Illinois · Private foundation
Wait 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.
- $128k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $117,563
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $117,563
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Wait Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 2 | $128k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $165k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $205k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $198k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $110k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $20k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds United Methodist Church | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rock Island County Historical Society | $60,000 | 3 | 65% |
| Mercer County Historical Society | $55,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Quad City Paws | $30,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Andalusia Volunteer Ambulance | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Mercer County Senior Citizens Center | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Atoot Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($608k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Wait Family Foundation
- How much does Wait Family Foundation give?
- Wait Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $127,563 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Wait Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (24%), Arts & Culture (18%), Membership Benefit (14%).
- Who are Wait Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Reynolds United Methodist Church ($60k), Rock Island County Historical Society ($60k), Mercer County Historical Society ($55k).
- Does Wait Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wait 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 Wait Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Wait Family Foundation based?
- Wait Family Foundation is based in IL.
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