Minnesota · Private foundation
Wilderness River 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.
- $288k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Wilderness River Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 27 | $288k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $235k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $165k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $127k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $101k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $66k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott College Inc | $330,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Children & Nature Network | $130,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wilderness Inquiry Inc | $52,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Life | $37,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch Inc | $32,000 | 6 | 1% |
| TNT Kid's Fitness | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| River Valley Riders | $22,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Natural History Institute | $21,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Launch Pad Teen Center | $21,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Dlccc Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott College Inc | $330,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Children & Nature Network | $130,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wilderness Inquiry Inc | $52,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Life | $37,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch Inc | $32,000 | 6 | 1% |
| TNT Kid's Fitness | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| River Valley Riders | $22,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Natural History Institute | $21,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Launch Pad Teen Center | $21,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Dlccc Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Joni and Friends | $20,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kamp Kace | $19,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Prescott Creeks Preservation Association | $19,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Northland Cares | $19,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Granite Dells Preservation Foundation | $18,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Yavapai Exceptional Industries | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Choice Incorporated | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pelican Lake Sailing School | $14,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Chimbote | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Amistad Worldwide | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ecosa Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Whale Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grand Canyon River Guides Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Highland Friendship Club | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wilderness River Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Wilderness River Foundation
- How much does Wilderness River Foundation give?
- Wilderness River Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $288,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Wilderness River Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Environment (24%), Health (9%).
- Who are Wilderness River Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Prescott College Inc ($330k), Children & Nature Network ($130k), Wilderness Inquiry Inc ($52k).
- Does Wilderness River Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wilderness River 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 Wilderness River Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Wilderness River Foundation based?
- Wilderness River Foundation is based in MN.
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