Michigan · Private foundation
Wisne Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $172k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Wisne Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $172k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $107k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $215k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $143k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $115k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $95k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $64k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $48k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy High School | $122,500 | 7 | n/a |
| The University of Findlay | $112,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Russ Thomas Scholarship Fund | $40,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Bay Harbor Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lungevity Foundation Inc | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy High School | $122,500 | 7 | n/a |
| The University of Findlay | $112,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Russ Thomas Scholarship Fund | $40,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Bay Harbor Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lungevity Foundation Inc | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Lift Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orlando Health Foundation Inc | $16,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Center for the Arts | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humble Design Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of St Lucie & Okeechobee Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dove Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($322k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wisne Charitable Foundation 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wisne Charitable Foundation
- How much does Wisne Charitable Foundation give?
- Wisne Charitable Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $171,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wisne Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Arts & Culture (16%), Health (10%).
- Who are Wisne Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mercy High School ($123k), The University of Findlay ($113k), Academy of the Sacred Heart ($50k).
- Does Wisne Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wisne Charitable 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 Wisne Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Charities Aid Foundation America, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Wisne Charitable Foundation based?
- Wisne Charitable Foundation is based in MI.
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