Utah · Public charity
Wander Project
Empowering individuals to transform outdoor adventures into platforms that raise awareness for charitable causes
- $206k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $72k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,514
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $28,850
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $283k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Wander Project funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 5 | $72k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $111k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $119k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $148k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $121k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah Inc | $108,129 | 5 | 11% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $72,333 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Staircase - Escalante Partners Inc | $57,169 | 3 | 4% |
| Bigger Than Inc | $56,524 | 2 | n/a |
| Public Lands Alliance | $45,890 | 3 | 3% |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | $35,938 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridging Bionics Foundation | $34,382 | 1 | 4% |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy | $20,087 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $18,218 | 2 | 0% |
| Zion Natural History Association | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah Inc | $108,129 | 5 | 11% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $72,333 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Staircase - Escalante Partners Inc | $57,169 | 3 | 4% |
| Bigger Than Inc | $56,524 | 2 | n/a |
| Public Lands Alliance | $45,890 | 3 | 3% |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | $35,938 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridging Bionics Foundation | $34,382 | 1 | 4% |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy | $20,087 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $18,218 | 2 | 0% |
| Zion Natural History Association | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society | $14,540 | 1 | 0% |
| Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network Inc | $12,514 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park | $11,594 | 2 | 0% |
| themarshalleffect | $8,429 | 1 | n/a |
| This Time Tomorrow Inc | $8,141 | 1 | 2% |
| Native Legacy Foundation Inc | $8,029 | 1 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc | $7,830 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Saguaro National Park | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Wilderness Society | $6,190 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Basin K-9 Sar Inc | $6,033 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing the Grassroots Inc | $5,516 | 1 | n/a |
| Poudre Wilderness Volunteers | $5,514 | 1 | 15% |
| Uniform Funding Foundation | $5,208 | 1 | 5% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wander Project 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: National Park Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Wander Project
- How much does Wander Project give?
- Wander Project reported 5 itemized grants totaling $72,088, out of $205,594 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Wander Project fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (45%), Health (19%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are Wander Project's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Youth Empowerment Services for Dine Bikeyah Inc ($108k), Yosemite Foundation ($72k), Grand Staircase - Escalante Partners Inc ($57k).
- Does Wander Project fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wander Project?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Park Foundation, Texas Instruments Foundation, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is Wander Project based?
- Wander Project is based in UT.
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