Illinois · Private foundation
The Wristen Family 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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Wristen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 12 | $55k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $54k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $70k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $65k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $63k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $50k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $66k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $50k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Navigators | $60,377 | 6 | n/a |
| Orchard Evangelical Free Church | $59,500 | 9 | n/a |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $42,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Orphanetwork | $38,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $31,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Columbus Academy | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Willow Creek Community Church Inc | $15,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Reliant Mission Inc | $14,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Casa of McHenry County Inc | $13,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Mission Eurasia | $10,750 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Navigators | $60,377 | 6 | n/a |
| Orchard Evangelical Free Church | $59,500 | 9 | n/a |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $42,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Orphanetwork | $38,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $31,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Columbus Academy | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Willow Creek Community Church Inc | $15,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Reliant Mission Inc | $14,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Casa of McHenry County Inc | $13,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Mission Eurasia | $10,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Midamerica Baptist Conference | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Missio Dei Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Oaks Christian Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pioneers | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cary Grove Food Pantry | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Created for More Ministries NFP | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Direct Relief | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $4,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundry Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Water Missions International | $2,682 | 1 | 0% |
| Redemption Bible Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warp Corps | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breaking Ground Inc | $900 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wristen Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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
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About The Wristen Family Foundation
- How much does The Wristen Family Foundation give?
- The Wristen Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $55,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wristen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Arts & Culture (11%), International (9%).
- Who are The Wristen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Navigators ($60k), Orchard Evangelical Free Church ($60k), InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ($42k).
- Does The Wristen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wristen Family 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 Wristen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Wristen Family Foundation based?
- The Wristen Family Foundation is based in IL.
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