Ohio · Private foundation
The Wesley Family 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.
- $397k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $28,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $108,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Wesley Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 11 | $397k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $185k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $498k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $357k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $344k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $266k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $311k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $253k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmour Academy Inc | $362,000 | 6 | n/a |
| City Mission | $352,200 | 5 | n/a |
| The Musical Arts Association | $188,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Coach Sam's Inner Circle Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 16% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $115,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Laurel School | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Lakeland Foundation | $62,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Allegheny County Parks Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($554k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wesley 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.
Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Sullivan Family Fund · The Sam J Frankino Foundation · The Catherine L & Edward a Lozick Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
How this is measured
About The Wesley Family Foundation
- How much does The Wesley Family Foundation give?
- The Wesley Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $396,894 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wesley Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Health (15%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are The Wesley Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gilmour Academy Inc ($362k), City Mission ($352k), The Musical Arts Association ($188k).
- Does The Wesley Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wesley 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 Wesley Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Swagelok Foundation, Sullivan Family Fund.
- Where is The Wesley Family Foundation based?
- The Wesley Family Foundation is based in OH.
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