How much does Wheeler Foundation give?

Wheeler Foundation reported 99 grants totaling $4,871,965 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 97 and 99 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does Wheeler Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (9%), Arts & Culture (6%), International (5%).

Who are Wheeler Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: University of Utah ($978k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($420k), International Rescue Committee INC ($358k).

Does Wheeler Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Wheeler Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Wheeler Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah.

Where is Wheeler Foundation based?

Wheeler Foundation is based in UT.

Foundation Dossiers

Utah · Private foundation

Wheeler Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.9M
Granted FY2023: 99
Grants FY2023: 99
Organizations funded FY2023: 24%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2023: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2023: $402,500
Organizations funded a year: 97 to 99; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 17
Total assets, FY2023: $81M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Wheeler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2023	99	$4.9M	24%
FY2022	97	$4.9M	n/a

97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.1MArts & Culture$1.3MInternational$1.2MFood & Nutrition$870kHealth$837kHuman Services$558kPublic Safety & Disaster$495kEnvironment$470kOther$0

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, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Utah	$977,500	2	n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$420,000	2	0%
International Rescue Committee INC	$358,000	2	0%
The Producers Club of Md Inc	$295,000	2	21%
The Good Samaritan Foundation	$257,500	2	16%
Farm Alliance of Baltimore Inc	$250,000	2	7%
Yellowstone Forever	$240,000	2	1%
Moveable Feast Inc	$200,000	2	2%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc	$175,000	2	0%
Brigham Young University	$160,000	1	n/a

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All grantees of Wheeler Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Utah	$977,500	2	n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$420,000	2	0%
International Rescue Committee INC	$358,000	2	0%
The Producers Club of Md Inc	$295,000	2	21%
The Good Samaritan Foundation	$257,500	2	16%
Farm Alliance of Baltimore Inc	$250,000	2	7%
Yellowstone Forever	$240,000	2	1%
Moveable Feast Inc	$200,000	2	2%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc	$175,000	2	0%
Brigham Young University	$160,000	1	n/a
The Village Learning Place Inc	$160,000	2	7%
Utah Chamber Artists	$145,000	2	32%
Creative Alliance Inc	$135,000	2	2%
Oasis Housing Inc	$135,000	2	36%
National Alliance On Mental Illness	$130,000	2	38%
Lighthouse Sanctuary	$130,000	2	58%
Blue Water Baltimore	$130,000	2	2%
Parker Theatre of the Arts	$122,500	2	15%
Onerefugee	$120,000	2	5%
Charity Global Inc	$118,000	2	0%
Pacific Ballroom Dance	$116,400	2	6%
Our Rescue	$110,000	2	0%
Tuerk House Inc	$107,000	2	0%
United States Fund for Unicef	$105,000	2	0%
Shelter the Homeless Inc	$100,000	2	0%
Immigrant Legal Services	$100,000	2	13%
Huntsman Cancer Foundation	$100,000	2	0%
Kids on the Move Inc	$95,000	2	1%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$90,000	2	0%
Backroads Foundation	$85,000	2	23%
Breakthrough T1d	$80,000	2	0%
Save The Children Federation Inc	$75,000	2	0%
Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love	$70,000	1	0%
High School to College Guide Foundation	$70,000	1	92%
Medical Teams International	$70,000	2	0%
Kostopulos Dream Foundation	$70,000	2	2%
The Inn Between	$65,000	2	2%
Shriners Hospitals for Children	$60,000	2	0%
Catholic Community Services of Utah	$60,000	2	n/a
Maryland New Directions Inc	$60,000	2	2%
Wasatch Community Gardens	$60,000	2	2%
International Children's Surgical Foundation	$60,000	2	9%
Global QRF	$60,000	1	44%
Mama Baby International	$59,500	1	7%
Utah Food Bank	$55,000	2	0%
Salt Lake Community College	$50,000	2	n/a
Parents Invested in Education Slc	$50,000	1	100%
Salt Lake Education Foundation	$50,000	1	2%
National Ability Center	$50,000	2	0%
Hoping Hearts Foundation Inc	$50,000	2	1%
Oregon Food Bank	$50,000	2	0%
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc	$50,000	2	0%
Latter-Day Saint Charities	$50,000	1	n/a
Wheeler Farm Friends Inc	$50,000	2	n/a
Rose Haven Cic	$40,000	2	1%
Sisters of the Road Inc	$40,000	2	2%
FRIENDS Of Great Salt Lake	$40,000	2	7%
Friends for Sight	$40,000	2	3%
The Living Planet Inc	$40,000	2	0%
Hale Centre Theatre	$40,000	2	0%
Salt Lake Choral Artists	$40,000	2	6%
Oregon Symphony Association	$40,000	2	0%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation	$40,000	2	0%
The Family Place Utah Formerly Known as Child & Family Support Center of Cache	$40,000	2	1%
Reaching Out Worldwide Inc	$40,000	2	24%
American Indian Services	$40,000	2	0%
Children's Craniofacial Association	$40,000	2	4%
Portland Youth Philharmonic Association	$35,000	2	1%
World Peace Parents	$30,000	1	75%
Opportunity Foundation of America	$30,000	2	20%
National Campaign to Stop Violence	$30,000	2	19%
Feed the Children Inc	$30,000	1	0%
Utah International Charter School	$30,000	1	1%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah	$25,000	2	1%
Brigham Young University-Hawaii	$25,000	1	n/a
Special Hoop Camp Incorporated	$25,000	1	14%
Solutions Utah a Non-Profit Corporation	$25,000	1	47%
Family Promise of Greater Washington County	$21,000	2	1%
Ouelessebougou Alliance	$20,000	1	5%
Young Women's Christian Association of Utah	$20,000	1	0%
Become More	$20,000	1	1%
Financial Beginnings Oregon	$20,000	2	2%
Friends of the Children	$20,000	1	0%
Casa of Clackamas County	$20,000	2	1%
Foundation for Ancient American Studies	$20,000	2	n/a
Davis Education Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
The Other Side Academy	$20,000	1	0%
801 Salon	$15,000	1	n/a
Crossroads Urban Center	$15,000	2	0%
The Choral Arts Society of Utah	$15,000	1	10%
The Sterling Singers	$15,000	1	n/a
Baltimore Museum of Art	$15,000	1	0%
Work Activity Center Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Portland State University Foundation	$14,000	1	0%
Granite Education Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Camp Rosenbaum Fund	$10,000	1	n/a
Habitat for Humanity Inc	$10,000	1	10%
America Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Good Deed Revolution	$10,000	1	6%
Immigrant Story	$10,000	2	8%
Coda Inc Comprehensive Options for Drug Abusers	$10,000	1	0%
Ward Refugee Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Amanaki Fo'Ou	$10,000	1	12%
Resilience Through Christ	$7,500	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Wheeler Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 91 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 91.

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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.

Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT63.5× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · McCarthey Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · David Kelby Johnson Memorial 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.

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About Wheeler Foundation

How much does Wheeler Foundation give?: Wheeler Foundation reported 99 grants totaling $4,871,965 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 97 and 99 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Wheeler Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (9%), Arts & Culture (6%), International (5%).
Who are Wheeler Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: University of Utah ($978k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($420k), International Rescue Committee INC ($358k).
Does Wheeler Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wheeler Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wheeler Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation, The Community Foundation of Utah.
Where is Wheeler Foundation based?: Wheeler Foundation is based in UT.