Tennessee · Private foundation
The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,300
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,834,850
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $11M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $620k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $546k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $642k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $696k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $716k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $468k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $945k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation | $10,834,850 | 1 | 99% |
| Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc | $1,530,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Southern Methodist University | $1,045,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Christian Brothers University | $531,600 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $351,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eaa Aviation Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Veterans Airlift Command | $100,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Memphis Theological Seminary of The | $90,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Aopa Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Diego Air & Space Museum Inc | $52,240 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($471k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Clay Lacy Foundation · Lichterman Loewenberg Foundation · Gause Foundation · Thomas Garrott Foundation · The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation
- How much does The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation give?
- The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $10,872,768 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Education (13%), Environment (10%).
- Who are The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation ($11M), Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc ($1.5M), Southern Methodist University ($1.0M).
- Does The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert a and Susan C Wilson 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 Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation.
- Where is The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation based?
- The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation is based in TN.
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