Tennessee · Public charity
Wiseheart Foundation Inc
Wiseheart foundation was formed to connect philanthropic christian donors with an avenue to enhance the tax advantages of a charitable foundation, while growing and empowering the donor's ability to support god honoring ministries and other not-for-profit organizations in a way to maximize the greatest impact.
- $11M
- Granted FY2023
- 4
- Grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,481,131
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 85
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $282k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Wiseheart Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $11M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 85 | $3.3M | 34% |
| FY2021 | 84 | $2.1M | 57% |
| FY2019 | 57 | $5.1M | 42% |
| FY2018 | 51 | $1.8M | 59% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $427k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $10,663,744 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee | $3,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Presbyterian Church | $904,765 | 4 | n/a |
| Third Millennium Ministries Inc | $745,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Champions for Literacy | $463,843 | 6 | 19% |
| Madonna Learning Center Incorporated | $300,250 | 2 | 4% |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $254,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission Church | $253,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Southeast Missouri University Foundation | $194,408 | 2 | 1% |
| Arise2read Inc | $185,000 | 5 | 20% |
Show all 154 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($831k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wiseheart Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 103 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.
Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Crews Family Foundation · Thomas Garrott Foundation · Second Presbyterian Church Foundation Inc · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · United Way of the Mid South · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · The Urban Child Institute · Jewish Foundation of Memphis
How this is measured
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About Wiseheart Foundation Inc
- How much does Wiseheart Foundation Inc give?
- Wiseheart Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $10,564,145 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 85 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wiseheart Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (47%), Education (23%), Religion (18%).
- Who are Wiseheart Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: National Christian Foundation Inc ($11M), The University of Tennessee ($3.5M), Hope Presbyterian Church ($905k).
- Does Wiseheart Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wiseheart Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc.
- Where is Wiseheart Foundation Inc based?
- Wiseheart Foundation Inc is based in TN.
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