Michigan · Private foundation
Wheeler Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $231k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 28
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Wheeler Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $231k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $113k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $238k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $329k | 61% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $510k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Christian University | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pan Equus Animal Sanctuary | $114,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Vail Christian School Inc | $96,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $83,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Christian Leadership Academy | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Salvation Army | $71,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Million Voices Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Belle Isle Conservancy | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Vail Christian High School | $45,050 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($201k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wheeler Family Foundation Inc 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: Donors Trust Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · The Dunn Foundation · The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Gift Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Wheeler Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Wheeler Family Foundation Inc give?
- Wheeler Family Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $231,279 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 28 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Wheeler Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Education (8%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are Wheeler Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Texas Christian University ($150k), Pan Equus Animal Sanctuary ($114k), Vail Christian School Inc ($97k).
- Does Wheeler Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wheeler Family Foundation Inc 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 Wheeler Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Bradley Impact Fund Inc, The Dunn Foundation.
- Where is Wheeler Family Foundation Inc based?
- Wheeler Family Foundation Inc is based in MI.
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