Arizona · Private foundation
The Wilhoit 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.
- $160k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations The Wilhoit Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 17 | $160k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $189k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $191k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $357k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $291k | 81% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $167,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $140,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Education Arizona | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Arizona Inc | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Foster Alliance | $18,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Aid to Women Center | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Housing for Hope Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Betty Ford Alpine Gardens | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest | $13,750 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $167,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $140,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Education Arizona | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Arizona Inc | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Foster Alliance | $18,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Aid to Women Center | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Housing for Hope Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Betty Ford Alpine Gardens | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest | $13,750 | 3 | 0% |
| St Joseph the Worker | $11,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Helens Hope Chest | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Robinson Ranch LLC | $7,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jeremiah's Place Pittsburgh Relief Nursery | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chatting With Char Char LLC | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($708k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wilhoit 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: Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Wilhoit Foundation
- How much does The Wilhoit Foundation give?
- The Wilhoit Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $160,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wilhoit Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Education (21%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are The Wilhoit Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Mary's Food Bank Alliance ($168k), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($140k), The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund ($36k).
- Does The Wilhoit Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wilhoit 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 Wilhoit Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, Charities Aid Foundation America, Arizona Community Foundation.
- Where is The Wilhoit Foundation based?
- The Wilhoit Foundation is based in AZ.
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