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The Michael & Victoria Wallace 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.

$194k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 36
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$108k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$194k38%
FY202416$499k50%
FY20236$185k50%
FY202217$123k29%
FY202118$95k50%
FY201936$134k56%
FY201832$262k72%
FY201723$63kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$761kArts & Culture$173kHealth$163kScience & Tech$149kReligion$98kPublic Benefit$91kYouth Development$34kPhilanthropy$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 65 grantees
All grantees of The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Marquette University$251,00030%
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc$250,00060%
Johns Hopkins University$158,00040%
The Naval Institute Foundation Inc$145,00061%
Annapolis Maritime Museum Inc$101,30047%
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System Inc$100,00010%
Naval Historical Foundation$36,00033%
University of Colorado Foundation$34,00030%
Youth With a Mission$32,9002n/a
Valor Christian High School In$29,580216%
The Heritage Foundation$14,50040%
The National World War II Museum Inc$10,50020%
Support Our Aging Religious Inc$10,00010%
Refugee Relief International Incorporation$10,00012%
World War II Foundation$10,00011%
Chesterton Academy$7,00010%
Capital Research Center$6,50030%
Diocese of Trenton$6,5003n/a
Salve Regina University$6,00010%
Arundel Rivers Federation Inc$6,00020%
Homes For Hope Inc$5,00010%
Riverside Foundation$5,0001n/a
Vasculitis Foundation$5,00010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$5,00030%
The Eisenhower Foundation$4,50030%
St Jude Catholic Church$4,5001n/a
The Pennington School$4,50040%
Judicial Watch Inc$4,00030%
Citizens United Foundation$3,50020%
The Light House Inc$3,00020%
American Nuclear Society Incorporated$2,98020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,20020%
Knights of Columbus$2,00014%
The George W Bush Foundation$2,00020%
Bay Area Community Church Inc$2,0001n/a
Lighthouse$1,25010%
Turning Point USA Inc$1,00010%
St Andrew's Episcopal School Inc$1,00010%
American Legislative Exchange Council$1,0001n/a
High Line Canal Conservancy$1,00010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$1,00020%
Associated Catholic Charities Inc$1,00010%
Family Promise Inc$1,00010%
Parkinson Association of the Rockies$75010%
National Geographic Society$75030%
National Center for Public Policy Research$50010%
Smithsonian Institution$50010%
Alpha Sigma Nu Inc$5001n/a
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc$50010%
Cato Institute$50010%
USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus Inc$4001n/a
National Park Foundation$30020%
The Maryland State Boychoir Inc$30010%
Peppers Senior Dog Sanctuary$30010%
Legion of Christ Inc$2501n/a
The American Legion$20010%
Triangle Education Foundation$15010%
The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs$10010%
Catholic Relief Services$1001n/a
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$10010%
Annapolis Yacht Club Foundation Inc$10010%
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation$10010%
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$10010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10010%
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($260k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMarquette University: $251,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUS Naval Academy Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $158,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Naval Institute Foundation Inc: $145,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAnnapolis Maritime Museum Inc: $101,300 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetSisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaval Historical Foundation: $36,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $34,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetValor Christian High School In: $29,580 over 2y, 16% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSupport Our Aging Religious Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee Relief International Incorporation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWorld War II Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChesterton Academy: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCapital Research Center: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSalve Regina University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArundel Rivers Federation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHomes For Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVasculitis Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pennington School: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Light House Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Nuclear Society Incorporated: $2,980 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKnights of Columbus: $2,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse: $1,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Andrew's Episcopal School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Line Canal Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAssociated Catholic Charities Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson Association of the Rockies: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Public Policy Research: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maryland State Boychoir Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeppers Senior Dog Sanctuary: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTriangle Education Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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.

T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD16.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · American Gift Fund · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Amica Companies Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation

How much does The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation give?
The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $194,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Arts & Culture (11%), Health (10%).
Who are The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marquette University ($251k), US Naval Academy Foundation Inc ($250k), Johns Hopkins University ($158k).
Does The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Michael & Victoria Wallace 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 Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co.
Where is The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation based?
The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 98 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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