· Private foundation
Wessel Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EDLAVITCH DCJCCC | $4,000 |
| THEATRE J | $3,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $1,700 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $1,500 |
| HIAS | $1,300 |
| CARE | $1,000 |
| ADL | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMM | $1,000 |
| VERMONT INSIGHT MEDITATION CENTER | $1,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHECN | $1,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $900 |
| BREAD FOR THE WORLD | $800 |
| READING PARTNERS | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2022, 13 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- EJEDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC4× · 2019–2022 · $5k · revenue +76%
Feeding America3× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +40%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC4× · 2019–2022 · $4k · revenue +79%
Funded once
- MTMOSAIC THEATERone grant, 2019 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $1k
- UWUNICEF WORLD FOOD BANKone grant, 2020 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
Inspired by Jewish values and ideals, MAZON is a national advocacy organization working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel. See Schedule O for more details.
The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…
Cultivate local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability, from farm forward.
To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.
For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…
How this is measured
37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 85 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds EDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
- Who funds Bread For The World Inc ↗
- Who funds HIAS INC ↗
- Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds HOMEFRONT INC ↗
- Who funds BREAD FOR THE CITY INC ↗
- Who funds SOME INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER DC DIAPER BANK ↗
- Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds MANY LANGUAGES ONE VOICE ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds The Defiant Requiem Foundation ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wessel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wessel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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