California · Private foundation
Wjo 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Wjo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 7 | $1.3M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $827k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $99k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.7M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.0M | 64% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $1.3M | 56% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seminar Network Inc | $4,100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Methodist University | $950,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Americans for Prosperity Foundation | $616,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Youth Entrepreneur Institute | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Squashbusters Inc | $185,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Youth Entrepreneurs Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cvs Health Charity Classic Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Fii - National | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Farhang Foundation | $89,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($348k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wjo 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: Gramian-Emrani Foundation · Maximum Difference Foundation · California Community Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Impactassetsinc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Wjo Foundation
- How much does Wjo Foundation give?
- Wjo Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $1,323,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wjo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (71%), Public Benefit (9%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are Wjo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Seminar Network Inc ($4.1M), Southern Methodist University ($950k), Americans for Prosperity Foundation ($616k).
- Does Wjo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wjo 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 Wjo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gramian-Emrani Foundation, Maximum Difference Foundation, California Community Foundation.
- Where is Wjo Foundation based?
- Wjo Foundation is based in CA.
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