· Private foundation
William F and Mary Louise Wischmeyer 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $113k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST | $29,500 |
| LUTHERAN FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES | $27,000 |
| CHRIST THE LORD LUTHERAN CHURCH | $20,500 |
| SALVATION ARMY OF PHOENIX | $15,500 |
| MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| STEALING HEARTS RESCUE | $10,000 |
| LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF | $7,500 |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| US VETS | $5,000 |
| NAVAJO EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN MISSION INC | $3,000 |
| ARIZONA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TUITION ORGANIZATION INC | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL PARK TRUST | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 6% of William F and Mary Louise Wischmeyer Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 40% of the giving stays in AZ; by stated purpose, 36%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- LFLUTHERAN FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF MISSOURI9× · 2017–2025 · $167k · revenue +32%
- LSLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST3× · 2023–2025 · $85k · revenue +22%
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC6× · 2017–2022 · $44k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- RREADWORKSINCone grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue 0%
- RNROBERT N SOPER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Witnessing to god's love for all people, we stand with and advocate for migrants and refugees, transforming communities through ministries of service and justice.
United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Lutheran social service of minnesota expresses the love of christ for all people through service that inspires hope, changes lives and builds community. lutheran social service of minnesota and affiliates is one of minnesota's largest and…
Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.
TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds LUTHERAN FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission Inc ↗
- Who funds STEALING HEARTS RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TUITION ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC ↗
- Who funds Foothills Caring Corps Inc ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds Active Minds Inc ↗
- Who funds OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT ↗
- Who funds EVIDENCE ACTION ↗
- Who funds READWORKSINC ↗
- Who funds Cancer Care Inc ↗
- Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
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: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William F and Mary Louise Wischmeyer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William F and Mary Louise Wischmeyer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
- Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
How this is measured
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