Virginia · Private foundation
Wallace 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.
- $34k
- Granted FY2019
- 28
- Grants FY2019
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $324
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 6
- Total assets, FY2019
- $617k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 54% of the organizations Wallace Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 24 | $34k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $32k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $20,216 | 2 | 0% |
| Fpf Education and Innovation Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation | $8,151 | 3 | 2% |
| Future of Privacy Forum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arlington Soccer Association | $2,785 | 2 | 0% |
| Rainforest Trust | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arlington Senior Babe Ruth Baseball | $1,875 | 3 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arlington Free Clinic Inc | $886 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wallace 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: Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc · Arlington Community Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington Forrest Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Wallace Foundation
- How much does Wallace Foundation give?
- Wallace Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $33,972 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Wallace Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (9%), Science & Tech (6%), Environment (4%).
- Who are Wallace Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Cornell University ($20k), Fpf Education and Innovation Foundation ($10k), The Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation ($8k).
- Does Wallace Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wallace 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 Wallace Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc, Arlington Community Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
- Where is Wallace Foundation based?
- Wallace Foundation is based in VA.
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