California · Private foundation
Wize 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.
- $550
- Granted FY2019
- 2
- Grants FY2019
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Total assets, FY2019
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 50% of the organizations Wize Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 9% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 2 | $550 | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $4k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dechen Rang Dharma Center | $3,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism | $1,600 | 1 | n/a |
| The Vajrayana Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mahabodhi Society of U S A | $850 | 2 | n/a |
| Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Midpeninsula Community Media Center Inc | $140 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Pal Tsechen Ling | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Universal Buddhist Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| TLC Transitional Life Care | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($280), not named here.
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Wize Foundation
- How much does Wize Foundation give?
- Wize Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $550 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Wize Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Religion (97%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Wize Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Dechen Rang Dharma Center ($3k), Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism ($2k), The Vajrayana Foundation ($1k).
- Does Wize Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wize 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 Wize Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Wize Foundation based?
- Wize Foundation is based in CA.
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