Virginia · Private foundation
Wardle Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $170,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 33
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Wardle Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600k 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 | 32 | $1.2M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $1.2M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $640k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $666k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $666k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $597k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopeful Horizons | $300,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Grand View Health Foundation Inc | $270,000 | 6 | 3% |
| United Way of the Lowcountry | $210,000 | 6 | 3% |
| YMCA of the Lowcountry Inc | $165,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc | $160,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Valley Points Family Young Men's Christian Association | $150,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Building Goodness Foundation | $150,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Bridges to Community Inc | $134,800 | 5 | 11% |
| El Porvenir | $125,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Special Treasures of Iredell County Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 8% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wardle Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Manning Family Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · Caplin Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · The Rimora Foundation · The Better Living Foundation · Sentara Health · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · Thomas C & Mary Ann Hays Fam Char Tr · The J & E Berkley Foundation
How this is measured
About Wardle Family Foundation
- How much does Wardle Family Foundation give?
- Wardle Family Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $1,356,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 33 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Wardle Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Human Services (19%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are Wardle Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Hopeful Horizons ($300k), Grand View Health Foundation Inc ($270k), United Way of the Lowcountry ($210k).
- Does Wardle Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wardle 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 Wardle Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Manning Family Foundation, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Perry Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wardle Family Foundation based?
- Wardle Family Foundation is based in VA.
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