Vermont · Private foundation
The Wilkens 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.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $64,001
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $307,783
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $38M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations The Wilkens Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 29 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $2.0M | 3% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $2.1M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $1.5M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $1.4M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $864k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $978k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $860k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding America | $1,292,414 | 8 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $932,609 | 4 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $924,059 | 8 | 0% |
| Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc | $614,116 | 8 | 4% |
| Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition Inc | $535,053 | 8 | 2% |
| YWCA of Palm Beach County | $535,053 | 8 | 3% |
| Education Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc | $535,052 | 8 | 2% |
| The Lord's Place Inc | $535,051 | 8 | 1% |
| Friendly House Inc | $457,432 | 8 | 3% |
| Raphael House of Portland | $457,432 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Wilkens Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Vermont Community Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Louise Judith and Edgar May Foundation · Oakland Foundation Inc · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Windham Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Collins Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About The Wilkens Family Foundation
- How much does The Wilkens Family Foundation give?
- The Wilkens Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $2,196,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wilkens Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Wilkens Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Feeding America ($1.3M), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($933k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($924k).
- Does The Wilkens Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wilkens 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 Wilkens Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc, Louise Judith and Edgar May Foundation.
- Where is The Wilkens Family Foundation based?
- The Wilkens Family Foundation is based in VT.
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