New York · Private foundation
Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family 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.
- $235k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 9 | $235k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $247k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $185k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $162k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $146k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curebound | $416,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Youth With a Mission | $125,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Borrego Art Institute | $40,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital San Diego | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scripps Health | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| La Jolla Country Day School | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Maranatha Christian Schools | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Eating Disorders Association | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curebound | $416,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Youth With a Mission | $125,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Borrego Art Institute | $40,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital San Diego | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scripps Health | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| La Jolla Country Day School | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Maranatha Christian Schools | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Eating Disorders Association | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Moxie Theatre Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rancho Coastal Humane Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kylie Rowand Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Cyt Sd | $3,550 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oceansides Finest Basketball Club | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Calvary Chapel of Menifee | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($328k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas and Michelle Wermers 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
Compare Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation with peer funders
About Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation
- How much does Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation give?
- Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $235,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (64%), Education (15%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Curebound ($416k), Youth With a Mission ($125k), Borrego Art Institute ($40k).
- Does Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas and Michelle Wermers 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 Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sempra Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation based?
- Thomas and Michelle Wermers Family Foundation is based in NY.
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