Colorado · Private foundation
Wave 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.
- $82k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $643k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Wave Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $82k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $90k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $67k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $40k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $46k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $64k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $80k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $84k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brearley School | $115,000 | 7 | 0% |
| First Christian Church | $47,975 | 7 | n/a |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $42,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Maritime Museum | $37,107 | 7 | 1% |
| Leading from Within | $31,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara Inc | $27,340 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $18,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Safe Place for Youth Inc | $17,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $12,779 | 3 | 0% |
| Women's Fund of Santa Barbara | $12,075 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wave 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: Www Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Osherenko-Young Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Henry E & Lola Monroe Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Mosher Foundation · The McCune Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Wave Foundation
- How much does Wave Foundation give?
- Wave Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $81,853 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wave Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (20%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Wave Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Brearley School ($115k), First Christian Church ($48k), Trustees of Deerfield Academy ($43k).
- Does Wave Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wave 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 Wave Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Www Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation.
- Where is Wave Foundation based?
- Wave Foundation is based in CO.
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