Connecticut · Private foundation
Wakely 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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $350
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $66k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Wakely Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 8 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $8k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $5k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Agency Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $4,575 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hartford | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant Soup Kitchen Inc | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Pin Incorporated | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Assisi Food Pantry Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Daily Bread An Ecumenical Food Pantry Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $450 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
About Wakely Foundation
- How much does Wakely Foundation give?
- Wakely Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $6,322 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Wakely Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Community Improvement (23%), Health (16%).
- Who are Wakely Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Access Agency Inc ($8k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($5k), University of Hartford ($2k).
- Does Wakely Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wakely 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.
- Where is Wakely Foundation based?
- Wakely Foundation is based in CT.
Play a game based on Wakely’s filings →