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The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$720k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$324k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$5.2MPhilanthropy$772kInternational$603kHealth$434kFood & Nutrition$171kPublic Safety & Disaster$144kHuman Services$118kCivil Rights$58kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+2 grants · $624k
$50,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KCNT1 EPILEPSY FOUNDATION$324,000
TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND$300,426
BRIGHTER TOMORROWS$50,000
BRIGHTER TOMORROWS$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
LEVELLAND WALLACE THEATER$5,984
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $723k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TIDE CENTER: $24k → 10%JAWONIO INC: $23k → 14%LOVE BEYOND WALLS: $8k → 13%USBG NATIONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION: $4k → 13%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $302k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $300k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 14%BYRD BARR PLACE: $10k → 9%ISLAND HARVEST: $24k → 7%ISLAND HARVEST: $11k → 7%HOPELINK: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
NY
MA
NV
PA
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.4M · 7 repeat orgs$561k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
36

Total granted

$6.4M
$540k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+28%

Still filing today

43%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SP
    SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE
    6× · 2018–2024 · $5.1M
  • TT
    THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $603k · revenue 0%
  • KE
    KCNT1 EPILEPSY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $374k

Funded once

  • RF
    RETHINK FOOD NYC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $83k · revenue +55%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • WT
    WE THE PROTESTORS - CAMPAIGN ZERO
    one grant, 2020 · $40k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
5
West Side Center for Community Life

To pursue anti-hunger initiatives through the west side campaign against hunger (wscah) program whose mission is to alleviate hunger by ensuring that all new yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive…

Youth Development
6
Wedontwaste Inc

We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.

Food & Nutrition
7
Techbridge Inc

Techbridge breaks the cycle of generational poverty through the innovative use of technology to transform nonprofit and community impact. techbridge's work is focused on four pillars: hunger relief, homeless support, social justice and…

Philanthropy
8
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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9
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
10
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
11
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brooklyn Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sean Casey Animal Rescue Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
21/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE: $5,084,000 · OtherSOUTH PLAINS COLLEGEKCNT1 EPILEPSY FOUNDATION: $374,000 · OtherKCNT1 EPILEPSY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $247,500 · Other+25 more: $292,000 · OtherNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $667,528 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL P…+4 more: $55,500 · Philanthropy+4 moreTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $602,828 · Human ServicesTHE TANZAN…ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $34,500 · Human Services+7 more: $85,590 · Human Services+7 moreRETHINK FOOD NYC INC: $82,500 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $11,500 · Food & NutritionTHE JOY BUS: $5,500 · Food & NutritionBRIGHTER TOMORROWS INC: $96,000 · Housing & ShelterWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 · InternationalPOTLATCH FUND: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureLEVELLAND WALLACE THEATER: $5,984 · Arts & Culture
Other$5,997,500Philanthropy$723,028Human Services$722,918Food & Nutrition$99,500Housing & Shelter$96,000International$50,000Arts & Culture$38,484

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $667,528 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $602,828 over 2y, 10% of budgetBRIGHTER TOMORROWS INC: $96,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRETHINK FOOD NYC INC: $82,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $34,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOTLATCH FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $23,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAWONIO INC: $22,590 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAdvocates for Children of New York: $14,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEAN CASEY ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHOPELINK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBYRD BARR PLACE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE FARMS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLove Beyond Walls Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOY BUS: $5,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUSBG NATIONAL CHARITY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOP CULTURE CLASSROOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Seattle FoundationImpactassetsincThe Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY13.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 50 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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