New York · Private foundation
The Wisnefski 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.
- $101k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,975
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Wisnefski Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 32 | $101k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $72k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $76k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $57k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $69k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $76k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $39k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $57k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola School | $61,675 | 9 | n/a |
| Champlain Area Trails Inc | $47,000 | 9 | 1% |
| St Agnes Church | $30,800 | 7 | n/a |
| Adirondack Architectural Heritage Inc | $23,945 | 8 | 1% |
| Adirondack Land Trust Inc | $16,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Moore Catholic High School | $11,850 | 5 | n/a |
| Wnet | $10,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Come to Believe Foundation | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Town of Moriah Ambulance Squad Inc | $5,500 | 9 | 0% |
| New York Public Radio | $4,625 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola School | $61,675 | 9 | n/a |
| Champlain Area Trails Inc | $47,000 | 9 | 1% |
| St Agnes Church | $30,800 | 7 | n/a |
| Adirondack Architectural Heritage Inc | $23,945 | 8 | 1% |
| Adirondack Land Trust Inc | $16,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Moore Catholic High School | $11,850 | 5 | n/a |
| Wnet | $10,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Come to Believe Foundation | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Town of Moriah Ambulance Squad Inc | $5,500 | 9 | 0% |
| New York Public Radio | $4,625 | 4 | 0% |
| Sherman Free Library | $4,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Drive for Autism Foundation | $4,200 | 9 | 1% |
| Richmond Choral Society | $2,530 | 6 | 2% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Country Spca Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Priests of the Sacred Heart | $825 | 4 | n/a |
| Westerleigh Improvement Society Inc | $550 | 6 | n/a |
| Off the Streets Staten Island Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cathedral of the Holy Cross | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Seton Foundation for Learning | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Cross-Road Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| AARP Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $85 | 3 | n/a |
| Soroptimist International of the Americas Inc | $40 | 1 | 0% |
| Seagle Music Colony Inc D/B/A Seagle Festival | $20 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($548k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wisnefski Foundation supplied at peak.
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: JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Cloudsplitter Foundation · Adirondack Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Wisnefski Foundation
- How much does The Wisnefski Foundation give?
- The Wisnefski Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $101,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wisnefski Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Education (13%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are The Wisnefski Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Loyola School ($62k), Champlain Area Trails Inc ($47k), St Agnes Church ($31k).
- Does The Wisnefski Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wisnefski 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 Wisnefski Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include JM McDonald Foundation Inc, Cloudsplitter Foundation, Adirondack Foundation.
- Where is The Wisnefski Foundation based?
- The Wisnefski Foundation is based in NY.
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