How much does Wholesome Wave Inc give?

Wholesome Wave Inc reported 13 grants totaling $417,329 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Wholesome Wave Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (92%), Health (6%), Environment (1%).

Who are Wholesome Wave Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Maine Farmland Trust ($292k), Sustainable Economic Enterprises of la Dba Food Access Los Angeles ($212k), Hartford Food System Inc ($174k).

Does Wholesome Wave Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Wholesome Wave Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fair Food Network Inc, Farm Aid Inc, American Heart Association Inc.

Where is Wholesome Wave Inc based?

Wholesome Wave Inc is based in CT.

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Connecticut · Public charity

Wholesome Wave Inc

Wholesome wave, inc. Inspires underserved consumers to make healthier food choices by increasing affordable access to fresh, local and regional food.

$417k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 13
Grants FY2024: 6
Organizations funded FY2023: 100%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $169,696
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 49; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 11
Total assets, FY2024: $912k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Wholesome Wave Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $227k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Food & NutritionHealthHuman ServicesEducationPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	13	$413k	54%
FY2023	6	$227k	100%
FY2021	1	$29k	100%
FY2020	9	$368k	89%
FY2019	6	$227k	50%
FY2018	23	$987k	9%
FY2017	49	$1.8M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$3.7MHealth$249kEnvironment$35kCommunity Improvement$25kArts & Culture$10k

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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Maine Farmland Trust	$292,168	2	6%
Sustainable Economic Enterprises of la Dba Food Access Los Angeles	$212,050	2	9%
Hartford Food System Inc	$173,911	3	13%
About Fresh Inc	$169,696	1	n/a
Pediatric and Family Medical Center Dba Eisner Health	$164,400	2	0%
Local Environmental Agriculture Project Leap	$162,577	2	17%
Hispanic Health Council Inc	$155,206	2	1%
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont	$147,100	2	3%
Produce Perks Midwest Inc	$140,338	2	20%
Farm Fresh Rhode Island Inc	$139,835	2	2%

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All grantees of Wholesome Wave Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Maine Farmland Trust	$292,168	2	6%
Sustainable Economic Enterprises of la Dba Food Access Los Angeles	$212,050	2	9%
Hartford Food System Inc	$173,911	3	13%
About Fresh Inc	$169,696	1	n/a
Pediatric and Family Medical Center Dba Eisner Health	$164,400	2	0%
Local Environmental Agriculture Project Leap	$162,577	2	17%
Hispanic Health Council Inc	$155,206	2	1%
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont	$147,100	2	3%
Produce Perks Midwest Inc	$140,338	2	20%
Farm Fresh Rhode Island Inc	$139,835	2	2%
New Hampshire Catholic Charities	$133,980	2	0%
C-Town Supermarket	$105,885	1	n/a
Wholesome Wave Georgia Inc	$102,224	2	8%
Vermont Farm-To-School Inc	$94,380	2	7%
Community Foodworks	$90,830	2	6%
The Campaign Against Hunger Inc	$88,300	1	1%
Fondy Food Center Inc	$83,697	2	14%
Dave's Supermarket	$83,585	2	n/a
George Washington Regional Commission	$67,544	2	n/a
Target Corporation	$65,279	1	n/a
The Corbin Hill Food Project Inc	$60,000	2	4%
Buffalo Go Green Inc	$60,000	2	2%
La Semilla Food Center	$60,000	2	1%
Hmong American Farmers Association	$60,000	2	1%
Heirloom Farmers Markets Inc	$57,382	2	13%
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation	$55,200	1	0%
Ohio State University Research Foundation	$53,171	1	1%
End Hunger Ct	$53,039	1	n/a
End Hunger Connecticut Inc	$49,242	1	11%
West Side Center for Community Life	$45,000	2	1%
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services	$42,828	2	0%
Church Charitable Foundation of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles	$42,500	1	n/a
Green Umbrella	$34,573	2	3%
Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation	$32,000	1	0%
Jessie Trice Community Health System Inc	$32,000	1	0%
Youth Policy Institute Inc	$30,000	1	n/a
Intend Inc - Dba for Tangelo Market LLC	$28,800	1	n/a
City of Aurora Illinois	$25,000	1	n/a
Fresh Approach	$24,916	1	2%
Twj Inc	$24,123	1	n/a
Farmers Market Of The Ozarks Inc	$23,368	2	10%
City of Madison Parks Division	$23,120	1	n/a
Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers Inc	$22,788	1	1%
Maryland Farmers Market Association	$22,724	1	7%
Memphis Tilth	$22,500	2	3%
Sid Public Services Association	$22,400	2	0%
Friends of Zenger Farm	$21,252	1	n/a
Williamsburg Farmers Market	$19,930	2	n/a
Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc	$18,830	1	0%
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center Foundation Inc	$18,000	1	0%
Cj Janes Inc (Dba Save-A-Lot)	$17,054	1	n/a
Webb City Farmers Market	$17,004	1	n/a
Appalachian Sustainable Development	$16,535	1	1%
City of Houston	$15,740	1	n/a
Ohio Grocers Association	$15,650	2	n/a
Indigehub	$15,000	2	n/a
Fair Food	$14,021	1	3%
Freshfarm Markets	$13,603	1	1%
Green Rural Redevelopment Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Hebni Nutrition Consultants Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Sicangu Community Development Corporation	$10,000	1	1%
Melting Pot Foundation USA Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Sankofa Community Development Corporation	$10,000	1	1%
Arcadia Food Inc	$9,240	1	1%
Fairfax County Early Childhood Programs and Services	$8,919	1	n/a
Urban Oasis Project Inc	$7,645	1	3%
Share Our Strength	$7,500	1	0%
Seaman's of Athens Inc	$7,463	1	n/a
No More Empty Pots	$7,186	1	n/a
Eastern Area Health Education	$7,130	1	3%
Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment Program Inc	$7,000	1	0%
On the Ranch LLC	$5,241	1	n/a
Jersey City Health Dept	$3,450	1	n/a
Abita Grows	$440	1	n/a
Davis Foodtown	$440	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wholesome Wave Inc supplied at peak.

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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 49.

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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.

Fair Food Network IncMI29.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fair Food Network Inc · Farm Aid Inc · American Heart Association Inc · Share Our Strength · The Reinvestment Fund Inc · Clif Family Foundation · UNFI Foundation · National League of Cities Institute Inc · The Rockefeller Foundation · National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Henry P Kendall 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 Wholesome Wave Inc

How much does Wholesome Wave Inc give?: Wholesome Wave Inc reported 13 grants totaling $417,329 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Wholesome Wave Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (92%), Health (6%), Environment (1%).
Who are Wholesome Wave Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Maine Farmland Trust ($292k), Sustainable Economic Enterprises of la Dba Food Access Los Angeles ($212k), Hartford Food System Inc ($174k).
Does Wholesome Wave Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wholesome Wave Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fair Food Network Inc, Farm Aid Inc, American Heart Association Inc.
Where is Wholesome Wave Inc based?: Wholesome Wave Inc is based in CT.