California · Private foundation
The Wahoos 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.
- $115k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,475
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $929k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The Wahoos Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 13 | $105k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $85k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $81k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $67k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $66k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $51k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $48k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $48k | 57% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas House Temporary Shelter | $155,400 | 8 | 2% |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | $32,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sunshine Day Program | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Project Medsend | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope and Care Outreach | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas House Temporary Shelter | $155,400 | 8 | 2% |
| Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation | $32,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sunshine Day Program | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Project Medsend | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope and Care Outreach | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Priceless Puppy Rescue Corp | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Someone Cares Soup Kitchen | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Wildlife Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maui Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($309k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wahoos 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
About The Wahoos Family Foundation
- How much does The Wahoos Family Foundation give?
- The Wahoos Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $115,475 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wahoos Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Housing & Shelter (30%), International (6%).
- Who are The Wahoos Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Thomas House Temporary Shelter ($155k), Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation ($33k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($27k).
- Does The Wahoos Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wahoos 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 Wahoos Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Wahoos Family Foundation based?
- The Wahoos Family Foundation is based in CA.
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