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The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$94k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$9,400
Organizations funded a year
14 to 21
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$765k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalHousing & ShelterHealthCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving29$94k41%
FY202421$69k33%
FY202321$62k29%
FY202219$57k21%
FY202118$51k17%
FY202017$43k59%
FY201914$31k43%
FY201715$23kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$113kHousing & Shelter$55kHealth$52kFood & Nutrition$50kEducation$33kInternational$31kAnimals$20kYouth Development$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OR
IN
OH
RI
CA
VA
MD
DC
TX

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 41 grantees
All grantees of The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Raphael House of Portland$37,23360%
Meals on Wheels People Inc$26,58660%
Sarah's Circle$25,86960%
Haven House Emergency Shelter$21,2164n/a
Starfish Inc$19,10080%
The Julian Center Inc$18,60080%
Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley Inc$18,50770%
North by Northeast Community Health Center$17,18550%
Greater Indianapolis Literacy League Inc$14,63280%
The Bail Project Inc$13,43940%
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop$10,58530%
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc$10,52050%
American Near East Refugee Aid$9,00010%
Glen Ellyn Childrens Resource Center$7,50021%
Smile Train Inc$6,28830%
National Lawyers Guild Foundation Inc$6,28420%
Edesia Inc$5,43220%
Tender Mercies Inc$4,7001n/a
Roanoke Area Ministries$4,58620%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$4,57710%
The Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc$4,50020%
Commonwealth Catholic Charities$4,50020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,00020%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$3,43310%
Auburn United Methodist Church$3,2882n/a
Our Daily Bread$3,08110%
A Child's Hope International$3,08110%
World Central Kitchen Inc$3,0001n/a
The Clear Fund$2,78510%
New River Valley Agency on Aging$2,7851n/a
Family Health Partnership Clinic$2,26010%
Northwood Christian Church$2,0002n/a
Childrens Oncology Services Inc$1,60120%
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc$1,57010%
Bradley Angle$1,50510%
Outside In$1,50510%
Mercy Ships International$1,00010%
Believe in Grace Resource Inc$1,0001n/a
Paws Chicago$8001n/a
Indiana Raptor Center Inc$2001n/a
Brown County Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($99k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRaphael House of Portland: $37,233 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels People Inc: $26,586 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSarah's Circle: $25,869 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetStarfish Inc: $19,100 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Julian Center Inc: $18,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Resource Center of the New River Valley Inc: $18,507 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNorth by Northeast Community Health Center: $17,185 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Indianapolis Literacy League Inc: $14,632 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Bail Project Inc: $13,439 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFree Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop: $10,585 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc: $10,520 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Near East Refugee Aid: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlen Ellyn Childrens Resource Center: $7,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $6,288 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Lawyers Guild Foundation Inc: $6,284 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEdesia Inc: $5,432 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoanoke Area Ministries: $4,586 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $4,577 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rescue Mission of Roanoke Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommonwealth Catholic Charities: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnrwa USA National Committee Inc: $3,433 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Daily Bread: $3,081 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA Child's Hope International: $3,081 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $2,785 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $2,260 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $1,601 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc: $1,570 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBradley Angle: $1,505 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOutside In: $1,505 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,000 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 31.

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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.

Ge Aerospace FoundationCT20.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Allstate Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $94,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Housing & Shelter (13%), Health (12%).
Who are The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Raphael House of Portland ($37k), Meals on Wheels People Inc ($27k), Sarah's Circle ($26k).
Does The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation, United Way of Central Indiana Inc.
Where is The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Walter E & Ruth K Wright Charitable Foundation Inc is based in IN.

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 63 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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