Florida · Private foundation
Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $744k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $48k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $37k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $37k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $36k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $31k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $31k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $27k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $27k | 44% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saugatuck Center for the Arts Inc | $73,806 | 7 | 1% |
| Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc | $35,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Christian Neighbors Inc | $31,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cafe of Life Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saugatuck Center for the Arts Inc | $73,806 | 7 | 1% |
| Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc | $35,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Christian Neighbors Inc | $31,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cafe of Life Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Piney Woods School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Indiana Historical Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mason Classical Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bonita Bay Veterans Council | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Imerman Angels | $936 | 1 | n/a |
| Gfwc Naples Woman's Club Inc | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Hospice and Community Services Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws Chicago | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| 4 Paws Lakeshore | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($117k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wayne and Sharon Wellman 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: Collier Community Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation
- How much does Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation give?
- Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $51,136 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Health (16%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
- Who are Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Saugatuck Center for the Arts Inc ($74k), Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc ($35k), Christian Neighbors Inc ($31k).
- Does Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wayne and Sharon Wellman 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 Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Collier Community Foundation Inc, WK Kellogg Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation based?
- Wayne and Sharon Wellman Family Foundation is based in FL.
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