Connecticut · Private foundation
Wings for Things Foundation Inc
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.
- $5.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Wings for Things Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 15 | $5.0M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $2.5M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $2.3M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.7M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $3.6M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $4.4M | 47% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.2M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $1.3M | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding America | $1,950,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,750,000 | 8 | n/a |
| REACH Western CT Inc | $1,400,000 | 7 | 61% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Operation Homefront Inc | $1,200,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $950,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| We Need Diverse Books | $550,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Faith Food Pantry | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding America | $1,950,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,750,000 | 8 | n/a |
| REACH Western CT Inc | $1,400,000 | 7 | 61% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Operation Homefront Inc | $1,200,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $950,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| We Need Diverse Books | $550,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Faith Food Pantry | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Faith Food Pantry | $325,000 | 3 | 40% |
| The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Action Against Hunger - USA | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newtown Forest Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Alabama School of Fine Arts | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wings for Things Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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 Wings for Things Foundation Inc
- How much does Wings for Things Foundation Inc give?
- Wings for Things Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $5,050,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wings for Things Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (45%), Health (12%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
- Who are Wings for Things Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Feeding America ($1.9M), Catholic Relief Services ($1.8M), REACH Western CT Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Wings for Things Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wings for Things Foundation Inc 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 Wings for Things Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Wings for Things Foundation Inc based?
- Wings for Things Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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