· Private foundation
The Wight Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k104 grants · $115k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $261k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UCSF FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| THE PALM BEACH POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION INC | $35,000 |
| CHURCH FARM SCHOOL | $32,336 |
| THE LOOMIS-CHAFFEE SCHOOL | $27,250 |
| NANCY LIEBERMAN CHARITIES | $20,000 |
| STUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS | $18,000 |
| WESTTOWN SCHOOL | $16,090 |
| PHILLIPS ACADEMY SUMMER SESSION | $16,056 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,750 |
| THE EXPERIMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LIVING | $15,000 |
| SOLEBURY SCHOOL | $12,127 |
| STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $11,250 |
| GEORGE SCHOOL | $11,000 |
| SAINT TIMOTHY SCHOOL | $10,570 |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | $10,512 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
289 repeat relationships: 89 still active in FY2024, 200 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SDSTUDENT DIPLOMACY CORPS INC3× · 2022–2024 · $48k · revenue +35%
- OWOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY2× · 2018–2019 · $23k · revenue +44%
- THTHE HILL SCHOOL2× · 2018–2019 · $20k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- VUVANDERBILT UNIVERSITYone grant, 2017 · $750k
Vanderbilt Universitygraduatedone grant, 2018 · $750k · revenue +65%- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $55k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
See schedule o.solebury school is a private independent school for students in grades 9 through 12. solebury school's mission is to create an environment of educational excellence that prepares students for success in college and beyond.…
Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…
Running a private school.
Morristown beard school is an educational college preparatory school in grades 6 to 12 located in morristown, new jersey.
To nurture a diverse community in the episcopal tradition, fostering spiritual growth, moral responsibility and academic excellence, and artistic and athletic pursuits, while preparing for a life of service to our community and the world.
St. andrew's school develops the independence, character, mind, and spirit of its students to prepare them for lives of citizenship, service, and purpose.all our students live, learn, and play in the natural beauty of our 2,200-acre…
We engage a diverse community of learners in a collaborative educational experience, preparing them for college success and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the broader world.
Concord academy is a community animated by love of learning, diverse and striving for equity, with common trust as our foundation. honoring each individual, we challenge and expand our understanding of ourselves and the world through…
The mission of the spartanburg day school is to provide a superior educational experience, in a community of trust, that prepares students for a life well lived. spartanburg day school is dually accredited by southern association of…
Together, we teach and learn skills that foster the courage to discover our voices, develop old and new passions, practice balance in the pursuit of excellence, and collaborate in building vibrant,inclusive, and sustainable communities.
Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…
Windward school is a dynamic college-preparatory school that challenges each student to achieve excellence in a nurturing, inclusive community. windward teachers, parents, and administrators work together to inspire our students to be…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 480 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Wight Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wight Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology: 12% of income from government
- The Hun School of Princeton: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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