Nevada · Private foundation
The Wawona 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.
- $75k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $9,316
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Wawona Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 5 | $47k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $53k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $58k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $65k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $48k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Museum of Art | $55,597 | 6 | 0% |
| Nevada Diabetes Association for Children and Adults | $51,098 | 7 | 1% |
| Freedom for Great Apes Inc | $41,732 | 5 | 7% |
| Miracle Flights | $38,413 | 6 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $37,004 | 6 | 0% |
| Reno Philharmonic Association Inc | $36,597 | 5 | 0% |
| Eudora Area Historical Society | $19,316 | 2 | n/a |
| Step 2 Inc | $17,597 | 4 | 0% |
| Renown Health Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chimps Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Museum of Art | $55,597 | 6 | 0% |
| Nevada Diabetes Association for Children and Adults | $51,098 | 7 | 1% |
| Freedom for Great Apes Inc | $41,732 | 5 | 7% |
| Miracle Flights | $38,413 | 6 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $37,004 | 6 | 0% |
| Reno Philharmonic Association Inc | $36,597 | 5 | 0% |
| Eudora Area Historical Society | $19,316 | 2 | n/a |
| Step 2 Inc | $17,597 | 4 | 0% |
| Renown Health Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chimps Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| High Sierra Industries Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Ark Incorporated | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mighty Under Dogs | $786 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wawona 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.
Open a dossier: The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Peek Family Charitable Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Susanne & Gloria Young Foundation · The Marshall R Matley Foundation · Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Dermody Properties Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Wawona Foundation
- How much does The Wawona Foundation give?
- The Wawona Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $75,212 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wawona Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Arts & Culture (24%), Animals (16%).
- Who are The Wawona Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nevada Museum of Art ($56k), Nevada Diabetes Association for Children and Adults ($51k), Freedom for Great Apes Inc ($42k).
- Does The Wawona Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wawona 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 Wawona Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Nell J Redfield Foundation, Community Foundation of Northern Nevada, Peek Family Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Wawona Foundation based?
- The Wawona Foundation is based in NV.
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