Connecticut · Public charity
Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc
To provide grants and to qualified 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in our contributors' communities and the continental U.S.
- $679k
- Granted FY2020
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $335k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $57,268
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 13
- Total assets, FY2020
- $456k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 57% of the organizations Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 23 | $335k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $456k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $527k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $162k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc | $149,268 | 4 | 1% |
| Autism Speaks Inc | $113,259 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $54,356 | 2 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 54 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($352k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc 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: Chelsea Groton Foundation · Round Room Gives Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · McKesson Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc with peer funders
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About Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc
- How much does Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc give?
- Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc reported 23 itemized grants totaling $335,268, out of $679,268 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Health (35%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc ($149k), Autism Speaks Inc ($113k), Children's Tumor Foundation ($95k).
- Does Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chelsea Groton Foundation, Round Room Gives Inc, Citizens Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc based?
- Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving Inc is based in CT.
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