Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Wireless Foundation
THE WIRELESS FOUNDATION advances positive social impact fueled by innovative wireless technology in american communities.
- $433k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $340k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $111,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $36M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Wireless Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k 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 | 10 | $340k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $430k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $431k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $367k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $250k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ffwd | $225,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Camelback Ventures | $200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Objective Zero Foundation | $188,550 | 5 | 20% |
| mRelief | $119,200 | 3 | 2% |
| Kai Xr | $118,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Rethink | $117,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Upchieve Inc | $111,800 | 1 | 4% |
| Dope Nerds | $72,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Parrots Inc | $66,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Healthy Hip Hop Foundation | $62,800 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ffwd | $225,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Camelback Ventures | $200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Objective Zero Foundation | $188,550 | 5 | 20% |
| mRelief | $119,200 | 3 | 2% |
| Kai Xr | $118,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Rethink | $117,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Upchieve Inc | $111,800 | 1 | 4% |
| Dope Nerds | $72,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Parrots Inc | $66,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Healthy Hip Hop Foundation | $62,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Storyup Inc | $57,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Bloomlife | $54,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mindright Health Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Okayso | $49,300 | 2 | 15% |
| Oxiwear Inc | $42,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Beforewebegin Inc | $38,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilleve | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Curajoy | $21,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Kevahealth Inc | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yb Consultingdba Revere Xr | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Promly Public Benefit | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Patientory Foundation Ltd | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palmplug | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pons Inc | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kai Xr Futures Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 43% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Wireless Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Wireless Foundation
- How much does The Wireless Foundation give?
- The Wireless Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $340,000, out of $433,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Wireless Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Philanthropy (12%), Community Improvement (12%).
- Who are The Wireless Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ffwd ($225k), Camelback Ventures ($200k), Objective Zero Foundation ($189k).
- Does The Wireless Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Wireless Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impactassetsinc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is The Wireless Foundation based?
- The Wireless Foundation is based in DC.
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