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The Wiggins Foundation Inc

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.

$896k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2024
48
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 57
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$20M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Wiggins Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2024still arriving55$746k31%
FY202348$482k15%
FY202244$514k20%
FY202128$495k21%
FY202039$449k21%
FY201921$481k24%
FY201857$513k47%
FY201751$437kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MHousing & Shelter$649kHealth$640kHuman Services$451kEnvironment$410kPhilanthropy$382kInternational$184kAnimals$122kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
MT
MN
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
WV
VA
MD
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Accessible Space Inc$560,00071%
Macalester College$486,50080%
Squam Lakes Conservation Society$195,00063%
The Stamford Hospital$180,00070%
Hogar Mis Primeros Pasos Inc$150,00063%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$112,50050%
University of St Thomas$95,00030%
Loon Preservation Committee$92,50080%
Austin Catholic Schools Inc$85,0006n/a
Partnership for Modern Puerto Rico Inc$80,00036%
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All grantees of The Wiggins Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Accessible Space Inc$560,00071%
Macalester College$486,50080%
Squam Lakes Conservation Society$195,00063%
The Stamford Hospital$180,00070%
Hogar Mis Primeros Pasos Inc$150,00063%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$112,50050%
University of St Thomas$95,00030%
Loon Preservation Committee$92,50080%
Austin Catholic Schools Inc$85,0006n/a
Partnership for Modern Puerto Rico Inc$80,00036%
Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport Inc$76,0007n/a
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart$76,0005n/a
The Rain and Rose Charitable Fund LLC$75,00034%
Centros Sor Isolina Ferre Inc$67,50050%
Stew Leonard III Water Safety Fd Inc$66,00083%
Holy Innocents Childrens Hospital Uganda Inc$65,00079%
Integro Foundation Inc$60,56028%
Homes With Hope$60,00071%
Norwalk Hospital Foundation$55,00070%
Darien Library Inc$50,00080%
World Telehealth Initiative$50,00042%
Pencils of Promise Incorporated$50,00050%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$50,00010%
Teach for America Inc$50,00060%
Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund$45,00030%
Banco de Alimentos Puerto Rico Inc$45,00050%
2022 Act Foundation Inc$40,00031%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$40,00030%
Save the Sound$39,00080%
Positive Directions-The Center for Prevention & Counseling Inc$35,00041%
Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society Inc$32,00072%
Breast Cancer Alliance Inc$32,00070%
Squam Lakes Association$31,50070%
Puerto Rico Youth Development Foundation$30,00023%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$28,50050%
Sociedad de Educacion y Rehabilitacion Ser de P R$25,00010%
Kiss the Ground$25,00042%
Land Trust of Darien Inc$20,00051%
Darien EMS Post 53 Inc$20,00061%
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Inc$20,00030%
Fundacion de Ninos de Puerto Rico Inc$20,00021%
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc$20,00040%
Fundacion de Desarrollo Comunal de P R Inc$20,00021%
Americas Homeless Veterans$15,50013%
Liberation Programs Inc$15,00030%
Brixham Montessori Friends School$15,00030%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$15,00020%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$13,00050%
Volunteer Square Corp$12,500212%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$12,00010%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$11,00020%
Hogares Teresa Toda Carmelitas de San Jose$10,00011%
Kittery Land Trust Inc$10,00022%
Foundation for Puerto Rico Inc$10,00010%
Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez Incorporado$10,00010%
Family & Children's Agency Inc$10,00020%
Center for Carbon Removal$10,00010%
Trustees of Boston College$10,00020%
Person to Person Inc$10,0001n/a
The Luis a Ferre Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Macphail Center for Music$10,00010%
Fair Tide$10,00020%
Addiction Is A Dis-ease$10,00013%
Adoptando En Pr Inc$10,00012%
The Town of Darien Firefighters Foundation Inc$7,500648%
The Marion Institute Inc$7,00020%
Congregation Organized for a New Ct$6,00012%
Second Chance Animal Rescue Inc$6,00023%
Protect Our Winters$6,00010%
Soundkeeper Inc$6,00028%
The Williston Northampton School$5,50030%
Music for Movements Inc Dba Bye Bye Plastic USA$5,00013%
Friends of Puerto Rico$5,00010%
Rice Public Library$5,00018%
Fresh Air Fund$5,00010%
Darien Community Association Inc$5,00011%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$5,00010%
Berwick Academy$5,00010%
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association$5,00010%
3s Contemporary Artspace Inc$5,00010%
York Land Trust$5,00010%
Brunswick School Inc$5,00010%
Alliance for Choice in Education$5,00010%
Unitarian Universalist Association$5,0001n/a
The Darien Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Bridgeport Field of Dreams Fdtn Inc$5,00021%
Filling in the Blanks Inc$5,00011%
ConprmetidosCorp$3,50010%
Puerto Rico Lacrosse Inc$3,5001n/a
Norwalkstamford Grassroots Tennis & Education Inc$3,50030%
Latitude Project Inc$3,0001n/a
The Open Door Shelter Inc$3,00020%
The Center for Wildlife$2,50010%
Prescott Park Arts Festival Inc$2,50010%
National Public Radio Inc$2,50010%
The Luving Paws Foundation Inc$2,50012%
Blue Star Families Inc$2,50010%
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center$2,50010%
City Lax Inc$2,50011%
Johns Hopkins University$2,50010%
Art At A Time Like This Inc$2,00012%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The 5 Gyres Institute$2,00010%
Norwalk Youth Travel Basketball Association$2,0002n/a
Mq Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Voice of the Faithful Inc$2,00011%
Petaluma Wetlands Alliance$2,0001n/a
The River Fund New York Inc$2,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$2,00010%
Blue Star Mothers of New Hampshire Chapter$2,0001n/a
Long Live the Kings$2,00010%
Strawbery Banke Museum$1,50010%
The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children$1,00010%
White Pine Programs$1,00010%
Education and Hope Inc$1,00010%
Women's Community Clinic$1,00010%
Trevor Smith Memorial Foundation$1,0001n/a
Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($230k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Wiggins Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 107 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAccessible Space Inc: $560,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMacalester College: $486,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSquam Lakes Conservation Society: $195,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetThe Stamford Hospital: $180,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHogar Mis Primeros Pasos Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $112,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLoon Preservation Committee: $92,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPartnership for Modern Puerto Rico Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetThe Rain and Rose Charitable Fund LLC: $75,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetCentros Sor Isolina Ferre Inc: $67,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetStew Leonard III Water Safety Fd Inc: $66,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetHoly Innocents Childrens Hospital Uganda Inc: $65,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetIntegro Foundation Inc: $60,560 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetHomes With Hope: $60,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDarien Library Inc: $50,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Telehealth Initiative: $50,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetPencils of Promise Incorporated: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPuerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBanco de Alimentos Puerto Rico Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budget2022 Act Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Sound: $39,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPositive Directions-The Center for Prevention & Counseling Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGreens Ledge Light Preservation Society Inc: $32,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetBreast Cancer Alliance Inc: $32,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSquam Lakes Association: $31,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPuerto Rico Youth Development Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $28,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSociedad de Educacion y Rehabilitacion Ser de P R: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKiss the Ground: $25,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetLand Trust of Darien Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetDarien EMS Post 53 Inc: $20,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMuseo de Arte de Puerto Rico Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFundacion de Ninos de Puerto Rico Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFundacion de Desarrollo Comunal de P R Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAmericas Homeless Veterans: $15,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLiberation Programs Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBrixham Montessori Friends School: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Animal League America Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteer Square Corp: $12,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 107.

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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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT26.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · A Caring Community Inc · Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc · The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation · Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · Rosamond Thaxter Foundation · Bucks Creek Foundation · Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico · Boston Foundation Inc · Davis Conservation Foundation

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 Wiggins Foundation Inc

How much does The Wiggins Foundation Inc give?
The Wiggins Foundation Inc reported 58 grants totaling $896,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 57 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Wiggins Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Health (15%).
Who are The Wiggins Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Accessible Space Inc ($560k), Macalester College ($487k), Squam Lakes Conservation Society ($195k).
Does The Wiggins Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Wiggins 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 Wiggins Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, A Caring Community Inc.
Where is The Wiggins Foundation Inc based?
The Wiggins Foundation Inc is based in DE.

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 134 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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