Illinois · Private foundation
Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable 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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $21,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $30k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $780 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 | 19 | $44k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $20k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $18k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $27k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $11k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $14k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $9k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Manor Inc | $35,167 | 8 | 0% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $15,690 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Peoria | $6,001 | 8 | n/a |
| Pregnancy Resources | $1,425 | 6 | 0% |
| KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Fr McGivney Council #8002 | $1,211 | 7 | 0% |
| William Butterworth Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion | $271 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Life | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| St Boniface Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $165 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Manor Inc | $35,167 | 8 | 0% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $15,690 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Peoria | $6,001 | 8 | n/a |
| Pregnancy Resources | $1,425 | 6 | 0% |
| KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Fr McGivney Council #8002 | $1,211 | 7 | 0% |
| William Butterworth Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion | $271 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Life | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| St Boniface Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $165 | 2 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Church | $150 | 2 | n/a |
| AARP Foundation | $68 | 4 | 0% |
| City of Moline | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels | $25 | 1 | n/a |
| American Parkinson Disease Assoc | $15 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable 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 Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation give?
- Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $43,856 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (51%), Human Services (24%), Education (21%).
- Who are Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friendship Manor Inc ($35k), Kansas State University Foundation ($16k), Catholic Diocese of Peoria ($6k).
- Does Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable 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 Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Moline Foundation, Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation based?
- Vern and Loma Wegerer Family Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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