Texas · Private foundation
The Wilson 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $800,152
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Wilson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 | 14 | $1.1M | 36% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $579k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $1.3M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $1.9M | 57% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $1.7M | 39% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $579k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $896k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $5,671,296 | 7 | 0% |
| Tate Americas Foundation | $267,181 | 7 | 0% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $265,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Nasher Sculpture Center | $169,333 | 7 | 0% |
| The Tiny Miracles Foundation Inc | $126,100 | 7 | 5% |
| Strive Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Children's Diabetes Foundation | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc | $53,098 | 3 | 1% |
| The Council for Canadian American Relations Inc | $28,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Angel Force USA | $22,500 | 3 | 9% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($946k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Wilson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 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 Ford Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Annenberg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Wilson Foundation
- How much does The Wilson Foundation give?
- The Wilson Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,060,707 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wilson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (73%), International (8%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are The Wilson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Duke University ($5.7M), Tate Americas Foundation ($267k), The Foundation for AIDS Research ($265k).
- Does The Wilson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wilson 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 Wilson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Annenberg Foundation.
- Where is The Wilson Foundation based?
- The Wilson Foundation is based in TX.
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