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The Wayne 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.

$170k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
76%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 23
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 76% of the organizations The Wayne Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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 arriving37$145k57%
FY202421$214k76%
FY202323$67k70%
FY202215$85kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

International$148kHuman Services$135kHealth$120kPublic Safety & Disaster$35kFood & Nutrition$30kEducation$28kPhilanthropy$24kCivil Rights$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of The Wayne Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kettle Moraine YMCA Inc$100,00011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$45,00040%
World Central Kitchen Inc$35,00030%
Americares Foundation Inc$25,00030%
Save The Children Federation Inc$22,00030%
International Rescue Committee INC$20,00030%
One Heart Uganda Incorporated$18,00028%
Oxfam-America Inc$15,00020%
Lift Up$12,00021%
Foothills Food Bank$11,00040%
The Jester & Pharley Phund$8,00022%
The Carter Center Inc$8,00020%
Foothills Caring Corps Inc$8,00020%
Wayland Academy$7,00020%
Unmanageable$5,00010%
Core$5,0001n/a
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies$5,00010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$5,00010%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$5,00010%
Maui United Way$5,00010%
Think Wild$4,00010%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$4,00020%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$3,00010%
Love Luke$3,0001n/a
Microgrants$3,00010%
Ridgeview Foundation$3,0001n/a
Greater Twin Cities United Way$3,00010%
Furnish For Good Inc$3,00020%
Desert Foothills Land Trust$3,0001n/a
Second Harvest Heartland$3,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Youth on Record$2,50010%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$2,50010%
The Saint Paul Seminary$2,5002n/a
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Bridging Inc$2,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,00010%
Klamath Lake Counties Food Bank$2,00010%
CaringBridge$2,00010%
Vision to Learn$2,00010%
Honorhealth Foundation$1,50010%
Chiloquin Visions in Progress$1,0001n/a
We Can Ride Inc$1,0001n/a
Evergreen Collaborative$1,00010%
Charity Navigator$50010%
Friends of Public Radio Arizona$50010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($81k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wayne Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKettle Moraine YMCA Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOne Heart Uganda Incorporated: $18,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLift Up: $12,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jester & Pharley Phund: $8,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoothills Caring Corps Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWayland Academy: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnmanageable: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAspen Center for Environmental Studies: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaui United Way: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThink Wild: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMicrogrants: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFurnish For Good Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth on Record: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom From Religion Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridging Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKlamath Lake Counties Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCaringBridge: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVision to Learn: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHonorhealth Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Collaborative: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Public Radio Arizona: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund: $500 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 41.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN19.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc

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 Wayne Family Foundation

How much does The Wayne Family Foundation give?
The Wayne Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $170,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does The Wayne Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (25%), Human Services (23%), Health (20%).
Who are The Wayne Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Kettle Moraine YMCA Inc ($100k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($45k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($35k).
Does The Wayne Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 76% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Wayne 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 Wayne Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is The Wayne Family Foundation based?
The Wayne Family Foundation is based in MN.

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 69 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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