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Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$142k
Granted FY2021
17
Grants FY2021
17
Organizations funded FY2021
47%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2021
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2021
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 17
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
9
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 47% of the organizations Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21
AnimalsHealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202117$142k47%
FY202010$39k20%
FY20199$49k11%
FY20189$60k44%
FY201711$59kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$149kRecreation & Sports$56kAnimals$35kHuman Services$33kEducation$29kYouth Development$28kPublic Benefit$10kArts & Culture$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
NV
IN
OH
CA
MO
VA
KS
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 20 grantees
All grantees of Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$47,50050%
Jack Jablonski Believe in Miracles Foundation$35,00052%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$22,50050%
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund$20,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$20,00030%
Marine Corps Reserve Association Inc$13,0002n/a
Tiger Woods Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The Chase Foundation$10,00013%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10,00010%
Spectrum on Ice$7,5001n/a
Village for Vets$7,50020%
Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Canc$6,50050%
True Competitors Inc$5,0001n/a
Paws of War Inc$3,30010%
Pets for Patriots Inc$3,30011%
K9s for Warriors Inc$3,30010%
Project Opportunity$2,5001n/a
Birdies for Buddies$2,50011%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$2,50010%
Pack Dance$2,00012%

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJack Jablonski Believe in Miracles Foundation: $35,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Coalition Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTiger Woods Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chase Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVillage for Vets: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Canc: $6,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPaws of War Inc: $3,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPets for Patriots Inc: $3,300 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirdies for Buddies: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHeart of Los Angeles Youth Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPack Dance: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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.

California Community FoundationCA12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA

How much does Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA give?
Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA reported 17 grants totaling $142,400 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (43%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Animals (10%).
Who are Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($48k), Jack Jablonski Believe in Miracles Foundation ($35k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($23k).
Does Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA 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 Gretzky Foundation USA?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA based?
Wayne Gretzky Foundation USA is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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