Florida · Private foundation
Wedner 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.
- $107k
- Granted FY2021
- 6
- Grants FY2021
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
60% of Wedner Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Wedner Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $107k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Total assets, FY2021
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 67% of the organizations Wedner Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 6 | $107k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $88k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $101k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $130k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $231k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan University | $210,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Library Foundation | $115,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Freedom House | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mi Vecino Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Spark Climate Solutions | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreen Climate Innovations | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Truman National Security Project | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Redistricting Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gift of Adoption Fund Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($315k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wedner Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About Wedner Family Foundation
- How much does Wedner Family Foundation give?
- Wedner Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $107,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Wedner Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Education (21%), Social Science (10%).
- Who are Wedner Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wesleyan University ($210k), Chicago Public Library Foundation ($115k), Freedom House ($40k).
- Does Wedner Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wedner 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 Wedner Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Wedner Family Foundation based?
- Wedner Family Foundation is based in FL.
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