· Private foundation
The Wise Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k11 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Gods World Preschool | $10,000 |
| HOPE WOMENS CENTER | $10,000 |
| COURAGE INC | $5,000 |
| SAN DIEGO COUNCIL ON LITERCY | $5,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $5,000 |
| SAN IEGO FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| ASPCA | $5,000 |
| Moonlight Cultural Foundation | $5,000 |
| COMPUTERS 2KIDS | $5,000 |
| DOLLY PARTONS IMAGINATION LIBRARY | $5,000 |
| Mike Rowe Works | $1,197 |
| Patio Playhouse Foundation | $1,000 |
| The Open Barn Animal Sanctuary | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 17% of The Wise Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
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.
The mission of the san diego futures foundation is to improve lives in san diego county by making information technology available to underserved individuals, organizations and disadvantaged small businesses through training, education,…
To provide informational, educational and recreational resources which inspire personal and community enlightenment and enhance quality of life in our community. Our vision is that the library will be a chosen destination for the community…
Law enforcement agencies in today's environment find it difficult to cope with the magnitude of crime without the involved support of business, media and community. Since 1981, the San Diego County Crime Commission has built public…
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and…
Founded in 1996, The South Coast Symphony, the unstuffy symphony, is a resident orchestra for South Orange County. The seventy member Symphony services South Orange County's fifteen diverse communities with a professional, accessible and…
The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to reviewing and honoring the top achievements in San Diego professional theater. The organization is made up of 9 professional theater critics who…
The literacy cooperative of cleveland was formed for public, charitable, scientific, and educational purposes relating to the improvement of the literacy rate in the greater cleveland area.
Organization mission: the mission of the san francisco-based children's book project (the "project") is to promote literacy by providing (1) free books to children who need them for equity in literacy, learning, and life, and (2) free…
San Diego Junior Theatre (Junior Theatre) was incorporated in 1948 as a nonprofit corporation and is the oldest youth theatre in the nation, offering affordable camps, classes, and outreach programs for children ages 3-18; as well as six…
The Friends of the Seattle Public Library's mission is to elevate the Library and inspire the love of reading in our communities.
The library foundation strengthens communities by supporting excellence in the san diego public library system through philanthropy, advocacy and outreach.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds HOPE WOMEN'S CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds San Diego Council on Literacy ↗
- Who funds MOONLIGHT CULTURAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMPUTERS 2 SD KIDS ↗
- Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds JUSTICE DEFENDERS (USA) INC ↗
- Who funds MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ESCONDIDO PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds EAST COUNTY YOUTH SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds The Freecycle Network ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Wise Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wise Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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