Michigan · Private foundation
The Wadhams Family 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $710,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The Wadhams Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 | 15 | $1.0M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $988k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $567k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $766k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $595k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $2,040,000 | 4 | 94% |
| Ann Arbor Art Association | $250,000 | 4 | 7% |
| American University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $107,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Arbor Hospice Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Louis Center | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ozone House Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Huron River Watershed Council | $48,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Ele's Place Inc | $45,239 | 4 | 0% |
| Girls Group | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $2,040,000 | 4 | 94% |
| Ann Arbor Art Association | $250,000 | 4 | 7% |
| American University | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $107,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Arbor Hospice Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Louis Center | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ozone House Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Huron River Watershed Council | $48,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Ele's Place Inc | $45,239 | 4 | 0% |
| Girls Group | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation | $39,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ann Arbor Pioneer Booster Club | $30,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Packard Health Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ypsilanti District Library | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan League of Conservation Voters Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garrett's Space | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Therapeutic Riding Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Generosity Project Corp | $15,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Glacier Hills Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Theater Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amara Conservation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Ability Partners | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mackinac Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends In Deed | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Washtenaw | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gg S Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Wadhams Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Herrick Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon) · Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · The Buhr Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Wadhams Family Foundation
- How much does The Wadhams Family Foundation give?
- The Wadhams Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $1,010,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wadhams Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (50%), Education (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Wadhams Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Michigan ($2.0M), Ann Arbor Art Association ($250k), American University ($200k).
- Does The Wadhams Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wadhams 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 Wadhams Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, James a and Faith Knight Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County.
- Where is The Wadhams Family Foundation based?
- The Wadhams Family Foundation is based in MI.
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