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The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$238k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
41%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$65,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$149k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 41% of the organizations The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesReligionOther
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
FY2025still arriving20$238k25%
FY202417$136k41%
FY202317$262k18%
FY202218$215k22%
FY202119$240k26%
FY202019$246k37%
FY201923$259k30%
FY201817$94k35%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$797kHealth$479kArts & Culture$478kReligion$115kEnvironment$64kYouth Development$5kHuman Services$5kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
NV
IA
CA
CO
TN
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Anderson Ranch Arts Center$242,00081%
Sire Inc$241,15074%
Figge Art Museum$158,00091%
Joy Development School$154,37581%
St Francis Episcopal School$120,0005n/a
Annunciation Orthodox School$94,0003n/a
The Methodist Hospital Foundation$80,00050%
Texas Children's Hospital$71,00080%
University of St Thomas$70,25030%
Roaring Fork Conservancy$53,50091%
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Anderson Ranch Arts Center$242,00081%
Sire Inc$241,15074%
Figge Art Museum$158,00091%
Joy Development School$154,37581%
St Francis Episcopal School$120,0005n/a
Annunciation Orthodox School$94,0003n/a
The Methodist Hospital Foundation$80,00050%
Texas Children's Hospital$71,00080%
University of St Thomas$70,25030%
Roaring Fork Conservancy$53,50091%
Vanderbilt University$40,00080%
University of Colorado Foundation$40,00080%
The Art Base$26,50012%
Texas Cultural Trust Council$12,50040%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$12,28050%
Hermann Park Conservancy$10,00020%
Lupus Research Alliance Inc$10,0001n/a
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft$6,75060%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$5,50020%
Houston Arts Alliance$5,00020%
Stages$5,00010%
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation$5,00010%
Men of Distinction of Greater Houston$2,50011%
Texas Heart Institute$2,50010%
St Luke's Foundation$2,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$1,75020%
The Arts Campus at Willits$1,50010%
Menil Foundation Inc$1,38010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$1,00010%
American Festival for the Arts$1,0001n/a
Easter Seals of Greater Houston Inc$1,00010%
Holocaust Museum Houston$1,00010%
Recipe for Success Foundation$1,00010%
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation$1,00010%
Spaulding for Children$1,00010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$1,0001n/a
River Oaks Country Club$70030%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$35030%
Boysville Inc$25010%
Western Folklife Center Inc$25010%
MARFA THEATRE dba Marfa Live Arts$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($464k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnderson Ranch Arts Center: $242,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSire Inc: $241,150 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetFigge Art Museum: $158,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetJoy Development School: $154,375 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetThe Methodist Hospital Foundation: $80,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $71,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $70,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRoaring Fork Conservancy: $53,500 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Base: $26,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTexas Cultural Trust Council: $12,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $12,280 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Center for Contemporary Craft: $6,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Arts Alliance: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStages: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBarbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMen of Distinction of Greater Houston: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTexas Heart Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Luke's Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arts Campus at Willits: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $1,380 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals of Greater Houston Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Museum Houston: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRecipe for Success Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAspen Valley Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpaulding for Children: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Oaks Country Club: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoysville Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Folklife Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARFA THEATRE dba Marfa Live Arts: $250 over 1y, 0.2% 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 36.

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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX33.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · John P McGovern Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · The Alkek and Williams Foundation · MD Anderson Foundation · Sterling-Turner Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Mechia 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 William & Marie Wise Family Foundation

How much does The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation give?
The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $237,660 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Health (25%), Arts & Culture (25%).
Who are The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Anderson Ranch Arts Center ($242k), Sire Inc ($241k), Figge Art Museum ($158k).
Does The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The William & Marie Wise 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 William & Marie Wise Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Vivian L Smith Foundation.
Where is The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation based?
The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation is based in TX.

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 75 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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