Texas · Private foundation
Wier Family Foundation
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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $730k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Wier Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $93k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $45k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $52k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $53k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $48k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $49k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal the Pacific | $112,000 | 6 | 11% |
| The Winston School | $97,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Generation Serve | $75,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Refuge for Dmst | $21,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Justice Mission | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hope United Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vickery Meadow Neighborhood Alliance | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spirit Reins Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nicaragua Resource Network Inc | $10,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal the Pacific | $112,000 | 6 | 11% |
| The Winston School | $97,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Generation Serve | $75,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Refuge for Dmst | $21,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Justice Mission | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hope United Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vickery Meadow Neighborhood Alliance | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spirit Reins Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nicaragua Resource Network Inc | $10,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pine Cove Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Capernaum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| I Live Here I Give Here | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Missionary Clearinghouse Inc | $3,501 | 2 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wier Family Foundation 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: United Way Worldwide · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Wier Family Foundation
- How much does Wier Family Foundation give?
- Wier Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $55,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wier Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (23%), Education (20%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Wier Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pedal the Pacific ($112k), The Winston School ($98k), Generation Serve ($75k).
- Does Wier Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wier Family Foundation 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 Wier Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way Worldwide, Austin Community Foundation Inc, Christian Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wier Family Foundation based?
- Wier Family Foundation is based in TX.
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