Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Wessel Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $25k
- Granted FY2022
- 36
- Grants FY2022
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $350
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 48
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 10
- Total assets, FY2022
- $120k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 39% of the organizations Wessel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 36 | $25k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $23k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $14k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
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, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | $5,225 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $4,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $4,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Vermont Insight Meditation Center | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $3,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Bread For The World Inc | $1,350 | 3 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Partners | $1,125 | 3 | 0% |
| Homefront Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wessel 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.
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How this is measured
About Wessel Foundation
- How much does Wessel Foundation give?
- Wessel Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $24,590 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 48 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Wessel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), International (16%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Wessel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc ($5k), Feeding America ($4k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($4k).
- Does Wessel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wessel Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wessel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Wessel Foundation based?
- Wessel Foundation is based in DC.
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