New Jersey · Private foundation
The Wardell Family 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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 61
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,375
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Wardell Family Foundation Inc 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; $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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 60 | $99k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $67k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $63k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $62k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $72k | 51% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $70k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $69k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $68k | 30% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant House New Jersey Inc | $91,404 | 9 | 0% |
| Yspaniola Incorporated | $37,750 | 9 | 4% |
| Lunch Break Inc | $12,750 | 5 | 0% |
| The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties Inc D/B/A Fulfill | $12,255 | 9 | 0% |
| St Gregory's Pantry Inc | $9,450 | 9 | 1% |
| Philabundance | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Vin Gopal Civic Association | $7,650 | 7 | 1% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $7,092 | 8 | 0% |
| Parker Family Health Center Inc | $6,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $6,250 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 69 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($359k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wardell Family Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · Oceanfirst Foundation · The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Gravina Family Foundation Inc · Torcivia Family Foundation · Jules L Plangere Jr Fam Fdn Inc · The Stone Foundation of New Jersey · The Amboy Foundation · The Ansell Grimm & Aaron Foundation Inc · Hackensack Meridian Health Inc-Subordinates
How this is measured
About The Wardell Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Wardell Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Wardell Family Foundation Inc reported 61 grants totaling $99,542 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wardell Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Wardell Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Covenant House New Jersey Inc ($91k), Yspaniola Incorporated ($38k), Lunch Break Inc ($13k).
- Does The Wardell Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wardell Family 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 Wardell Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc, Oceanfirst Foundation, The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation.
- Where is The Wardell Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Wardell Family Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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