Illinois · Private foundation
WD Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $16k
- Granted FY2020
- 2
- Grants FY2020
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
87% of WD Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Nature Conservancy, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $14,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations WD Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $46k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $35k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $46,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc | $10,491 | 3 | 0% |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Nachusa Grasslands | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Glen Lake Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Building One Community Corp | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Save the Maah Daah Hey | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $46,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc | $10,491 | 3 | 0% |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Nachusa Grasslands | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Glen Lake Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Building One Community Corp | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Save the Maah Daah Hey | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith in Place | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| The Land Connection Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTs INC | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget WD 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About WD Foundation
- How much does WD Foundation give?
- WD Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $16,157 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does WD Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Environment (91%), Education (7%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are WD Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest ($50k), Leelanau Conservancy ($46k), Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does WD Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does WD 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 WD Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is WD Foundation based?
- WD Foundation is based in IL.
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