California · Private foundation
Wakerly Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $363k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $7.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 31% of the organizations Wakerly Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 17 | $338k | 29% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $299k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $272k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $249k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $248k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $240k | 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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation | $185,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Abcd Inc | $185,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Marquette University | $183,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $142,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ozaukee Family Services Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Humanitarian Service Project | $69,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Providence St Mel School | $66,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $66,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pearls for Teen Girls Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bartow Family Resources Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation | $185,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Abcd Inc | $185,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Marquette University | $183,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $142,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ozaukee Family Services Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Humanitarian Service Project | $69,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Providence St Mel School | $66,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $66,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pearls for Teen Girls Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bartow Family Resources Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $43,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Lights | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| People's Resource Center | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Literacy Services of Wisconsin Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Nicholas School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sustainable Living Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Villa Siena | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Sharing of Ozaukee County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All-In Milwaukee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($364k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wakerly 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.
Open a dossier: Dr Scholl Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Wakerly Family Foundation
- How much does Wakerly Family Foundation give?
- Wakerly Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $363,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Wakerly Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (35%), Health (28%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Wakerly Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation ($185k), Abcd Inc ($185k), Marquette University ($183k).
- Does Wakerly Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wakerly 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 Wakerly Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dr Scholl Foundation, Baird Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Wakerly Family Foundation based?
- Wakerly Family Foundation is based in CA.
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