New York · Private foundation
The Wj Barney 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.
- $185k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $532k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Wj Barney Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 33 | $185k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $199k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $147k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $148k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $120k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $103k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $98k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $98k | 24% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maddie's Mark Foundation Inc | $82,000 | 9 | 41% |
| Jordan Thomas Foundation Inc | $66,000 | 9 | 3% |
| The Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation | $41,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Inc | $40,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Wreaths Across America | $40,360 | 9 | 0% |
| Canine Partners for Life | $32,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Catie Hoch Foundation | $25,600 | 6 | 5% |
| United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc | $24,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Living Resources Foundation Inc | $18,000 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($576k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Wj Barney Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 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.
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How this is measured
About The Wj Barney Foundation Inc
- How much does The Wj Barney Foundation Inc give?
- The Wj Barney Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $185,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wj Barney Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (42%), Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Wj Barney Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maddie's Mark Foundation Inc ($82k), Jordan Thomas Foundation Inc ($66k), The Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation ($42k).
- Does The Wj Barney Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wj Barney Foundation Inc 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 Wj Barney Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, Price Chopper's Golub Foundation, Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Wj Barney Foundation Inc based?
- The Wj Barney Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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