Wyoming · Private foundation
The Equipoise Fund
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $30k
- Granted FY2022
- 7
- Grants FY2022
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 33% of the organizations The Equipoise Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 6 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $21k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Womens Legislative Caucus | $46,299 | 6 | n/a |
| Womentum Inc | $29,000 | 6 | 5% |
| University of Wyoming Foundation | $11,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Equality State Policy Center | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Wyoming Womens Action Network | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connect 2 Women | $2,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership Wyoming | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sheridan Newspapers Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Cheyenne Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation
How this is measured
About The Equipoise Fund
- How much does The Equipoise Fund give?
- The Equipoise Fund reported 7 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Equipoise Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Public Benefit (41%), Philanthropy (32%), Education (17%).
- Who are The Equipoise Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Wyoming Womens Legislative Caucus ($46k), Womentum Inc ($29k), University of Wyoming Foundation ($11k).
- Does The Equipoise Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Equipoise Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Equipoise Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation.
- Where is The Equipoise Fund based?
- The Equipoise Fund is based in WY.
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