Texas · Private foundation
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
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $238k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $136k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $262k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $215k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $240k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $246k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $259k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $94k | 35% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $242,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Sire Inc | $241,150 | 7 | 4% |
| Figge Art Museum | $158,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Joy Development School | $154,375 | 8 | 1% |
| St Francis Episcopal School | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Annunciation Orthodox School | $94,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $71,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of St Thomas | $70,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Roaring Fork Conservancy | $53,500 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 41 grantees
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.
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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: 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
Compare The William & Marie Wise Family Foundation with peer funders
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.
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