Missouri · Private foundation
The Gus S Wetzel 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.
- $214k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $153,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 51
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $159k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 40 | $214k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $203k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $159k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $207k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $77k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $51k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $65k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $62k | 52% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $158,400 | 6 | 20% |
| Clinton United Methodist Church | $132,683 | 9 | n/a |
| Education Foundation for Clinton Students Inc | $27,100 | 3 | 8% |
| Westminster College | $8,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Haitian Christian Mission Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Show-Me Christian Youth Home | $5,600 | 8 | 0% |
| MAP International Inc | $4,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Rainbow Network Inc | $3,940 | 6 | 0% |
| The Samaritan Center Inc | $3,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Clinton Scout Center Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($702k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation
- How much does The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation give?
- The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $213,810 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), Education (17%), Religion (14%).
- Who are The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Golden Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc ($158k), Clinton United Methodist Church ($133k), Education Foundation for Clinton Students Inc ($27k).
- Does The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation 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 Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc, Truman Lake Community Foundation, The Mary Jo & Kent Cable Foundation.
- Where is The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation based?
- The Gus S Wetzel Family Foundation is based in MO.
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