Texas · Private foundation
Wakefield Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $19k
- Granted FY2020
- 7
- Grants FY2020
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $5,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $204k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 57% of the organizations Wakefield Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7 | $19k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History | $21,500 | 4 | 3% |
| John Paul II Catholic School | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Aggieland Humane Society | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Brazos Valley Food Bank Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Millican Reserve Land Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Wakefield Foundation
- How much does Wakefield Foundation give?
- Wakefield Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $18,750 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Wakefield Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Youth Development (23%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).
- Who are Wakefield Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History ($22k), John Paul II Catholic School ($9k), Aggieland Humane Society ($1k).
- Does Wakefield Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wakefield Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wakefield Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Wakefield Foundation based?
- Wakefield Foundation is based in TX.
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