· Private foundation
R Channing Wheeler Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Homes With Hope | $40,000 |
| Westport Rotory Club Foundation | $2,500 |
| Connecticut Foodshare | $1,000 |
| Aspectuck Land Trust | $1,000 |
| Wildlife in Crisis | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HWHOMES WITH HOPE7× · 2018–2025 · $211k · revenue +38%
- TTTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION6× · 2018–2023 · $125k · revenue +94%
- WRWESTPORT ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION INC4× · 2021–2025 · $10k · revenue +567%
Funded once
- PSPSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETYone grant, 2020 · $5k
- JLJUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +79%
- ACAmerican Cancer Societyone grant, 2024 · $500
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The westport library was established for the purpose of maintaining a public library in the town of westport, connecticut. the library is committed to empowering the individual and strengthening the community through dynamic interaction…
To preserve and protect westport massachusetts natural resources for people and nature, and to educate the public about the wise use of natural resources.
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
The norwalk seaport association, inc. offers a cultural, environmental, and historical journey to the norwalk islands. the sheffield island lighthouse and the light keeper's cottage provide a unique historical and educational venue which…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.
Founded in 1966, Aspetuck Land Trust is a non-profit membership ogranization whose mission is to protect land forever and connect people to the natural world.
The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…
The primary mission of the Westchester Land Trust is to conserve, maintain and enhance the natural environment and resources of Westchester County and eastern Putnam County. The Trust acquires interests in land exhibiting important natural…
To conserve and steward long island's natural and historic lands, waters and environmental resources. through education, outreach and volunteerism, we connect people to nature and inspire a community conservation ethic.
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HOMES WITH HOPE ↗
- Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE AFGHAN STRAY ANIMAL LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE SOUND ↗
- Who funds SIMPLY SMILES INC ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE IN CRISIS INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF STAMFORD-NORWALK INC ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
- Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization R Channing Wheeler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R Channing Wheeler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
- Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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