Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Wlg Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $178k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2026
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Wlg Charitable Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2026
- $177,995
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $177,995
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Wlg Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $250k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $600k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $260k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $302k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($612k), not named here.
About Wlg Charitable Foundation
- How much does Wlg Charitable Foundation give?
- Wlg Charitable Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $177,995 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Wlg Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Education (24%), Science & Tech (15%).
- Who are Wlg Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($300k), Trustees of Boston University ($200k), Equal Justice Initiative ($100k).
- Does Wlg Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wlg 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.
- Where is Wlg Charitable Foundation based?
- Wlg Charitable Foundation is based in PA.
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