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Wheeler 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.

$378k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$478kHuman Services$312kReligion$308kHealth$153kRecreation & Sports$80kFood & Nutrition$33kCrime & Legal$25kPhilanthropy$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $132k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$150,000
THE WORLD BIBLE SOCIETY$50,000
CHILDHELP INC$21,100
CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC$20,000
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$15,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$15,000
FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION$15,000
MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES$15,000
THE PRAYER COVENANT$11,000
MARINERS CHURCH IRVINE$10,000
MARINERS CHURCH OUTREACH$10,000
HOMEWORD$7,500
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$5,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY$5,000
LAND OF THE FREE FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $592k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDHELP INC: $21k → 11%CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 27%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%CHILDHELP INC: $20k → 11%CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $18k → 27%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5k → 14%CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $18k → 27%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5k → 14%CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 27%CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 27%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $150k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $150k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OH
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 24 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
10

Total granted

$1.3M
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+11%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthReligionPhilanthropyEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • KC
    KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP
    4× · 2021–2024 · $450k · revenue +52%
  • CK
    CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $81k · revenue +86%
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOAG CHARITY SPORTS
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +24%
  • MO
    MARINERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • SC
    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RODEO BOOSTERS
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
3
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
4
Childfund Alliance

Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in more than 70 countries. we help nearly 30 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying…

International
5
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
6
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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7
Young Men's Christian Association

The burbank community ymca (burbank y) is committed to strengthening the foundation of our community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. we work within our community to ensure that everyone, regardless of…

Human Services
8
World Christian Broadcasting Corporation

World christian broadcasting exists so that people in places best served by broadcast media become aware of the good news of jesus christ and want to know more. geographic areas that cannot be easily served by missionaries are a priority.

Arts & Culture
9
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
10
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
11
Childserve Inc

We partner with families to help children with special health care needs live a great life.

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12
Christel House International Inc

Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Majestic Realty Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $450,000 · Human ServicesKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPCAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $80,500 · Human ServicesCAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INCCHILDHELP INC: $41,100 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INCWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $243,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILYMARINERS CHURCH: $70,000 · OtherMARINERS CHURCHWORLD BIBLE SOCIETY: $50,000 · OtherWORLD BIBLE SOCIETYSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $32,500 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKED TANDY MCGLASSON MINISTRIES INC: $31,500 · OtherED TANDY MCGLASSON MINISTRIES INCMARINERS CHURCH OUTREACH: $20,000 · Other+15 more: $60,900 · Other+15 moreMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $60,000 · ReligionThe Prayer Covenant Inc: $46,500 · ReligionFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEWORD: $22,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $50,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthHOAG CHARITY SPORTS: $9,000 · HealthAMERICA ON TRACK: $25,000 · Crime & LegalLAND OF THE FREE FOUNDATION: $13,000 · PhilanthropyMajestic Realty Foundation: $2,900 · Philanthropy
Human Services$591,600Other$507,900Religion$106,500Youth Development$84,500Health$79,000Crime & Legal$25,000Philanthropy$15,900

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $450,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetCAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $80,500 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Prayer Covenant Inc: $46,500 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $41,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetED TANDY MCGLASSON MINISTRIES INC: $31,500 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetAMERICA ON TRACK: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOMEWORD: $22,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLAND OF THE FREE FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHOAG CHARITY SPORTS: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMajestic Realty Foundation: $2,900 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVANGUARD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds CAPABLE KIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION ↗
  • Who funds The Prayer Covenant Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDHELP INC ↗
  • Who funds ED TANDY MCGLASSON MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA ON TRACK ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWORD ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAND OF THE FREE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOAG CHARITY SPORTS ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds Majestic Realty Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VANGUARD UNIVERSITY 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.

Orange County Communi…The Devto Support Fou…Curci FundChristian Community F…The Ayco Charitable F…Natl Christian Charit…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA19× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Curci Fund · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wheeler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wheeler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 36 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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