New York · Private foundation
The Wonderful 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.
- $4.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $320k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $72,138
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $87,387
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 35
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations The Wonderful Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 3 | $145k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $23k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $204k | 77% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan School of Music | $8,334 | 3 | 0% |
| University at Buffalo Foundation Inc | $7,420 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Public Radio | $7,004 | 3 | 0% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $5,523 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $4,445 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridgton Community Center | $4,227 | 1 | 3% |
| Community Impact Inc | $2,542 | 1 | 0% |
| Riverside Language Program Inc | $1,797 | 2 | 0% |
| When We All Vote | $1,297 | 2 | 0% |
| Charlotte Food Shelf Inc | $1,018 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($335k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wonderful 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: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Wonderful Foundation
- How much does The Wonderful Foundation give?
- The Wonderful Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $319,528, out of $4,694,209 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Wonderful Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (93%), Arts & Culture (0%), Education (0%).
- Who are The Wonderful Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Manhattan School of Music ($8k), University at Buffalo Foundation Inc ($7k), New York Public Radio ($7k).
- Does The Wonderful Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wonderful 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 Wonderful Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Wonderful Foundation based?
- The Wonderful Foundation is based in NY.
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