Minnesota · Private foundation
Wonderful Foundations
BY MEETING STUDENTS EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE AND TAILORING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS, CHARTER SCHOOLS OFFER A PROVEN PATH FOR KIDS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. WONDERFUL FOUNDATIONS IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO MAKING CHARTER SCHOOL EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO KIDS ACROSS THE…
- $284k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $16,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,965
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $226M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Wonderful Foundations funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 12 | $284k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $223k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $320k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $178k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Preparatory Academy Inc | $134,765 | 4 | 1% |
| Imagine Prep Coolidge Inc | $86,555 | 4 | 1% |
| Imagine Schools Non-Profit Inc | $84,442 | 2 | 0% |
| Imagine Avondale Elementaryinc | $62,026 | 4 | 0% |
| Kid's Community College Charter School Inc | $57,615 | 4 | 0% |
| Dubois Integrity Academy | $52,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Imagine Coolidge Elementary Inc | $50,183 | 4 | 0% |
| Imagine Prep Superstition Inc | $49,783 | 4 | 0% |
| Imagine School at Town Center LLC | $39,002 | 2 | n/a |
| Amethod Public Schools | $34,061 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Preparatory Academy Inc | $134,765 | 4 | 1% |
| Imagine Prep Coolidge Inc | $86,555 | 4 | 1% |
| Imagine Schools Non-Profit Inc | $84,442 | 2 | 0% |
| Imagine Avondale Elementaryinc | $62,026 | 4 | 0% |
| Kid's Community College Charter School Inc | $57,615 | 4 | 0% |
| Dubois Integrity Academy | $52,050 | 2 | 0% |
| Imagine Coolidge Elementary Inc | $50,183 | 4 | 0% |
| Imagine Prep Superstition Inc | $49,783 | 4 | 0% |
| Imagine School at Town Center LLC | $39,002 | 2 | n/a |
| Amethod Public Schools | $34,061 | 1 | 0% |
| Fit Academy | $29,090 | 1 | 1% |
| Imagine School at South Indian River County LLC | $28,490 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifelong Learning Administration Corporation | $23,930 | 1 | 0% |
| Rex and Margaret Fortune School of Education | $21,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Youth Leadership Inc | $21,051 | 2 | 0% |
| Kid's Community College Elementary Charter School Southeast County Inc | $17,997 | 2 | 0% |
| Desert Star Academy | $13,250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($200k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wonderful Foundations 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: Imagine Schools Non-Profit Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wonderful Foundations
- How much does Wonderful Foundations give?
- Wonderful Foundations reported 12 grants totaling $283,765 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Wonderful Foundations fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (92%), Arts & Culture (3%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Wonderful Foundations's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Wayne Preparatory Academy Inc ($135k), Imagine Prep Coolidge Inc ($87k), Imagine Schools Non-Profit Inc ($84k).
- Does Wonderful Foundations fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wonderful Foundations 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 Wonderful Foundations?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Imagine Schools Non-Profit Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Wonderful Foundations based?
- Wonderful Foundations is based in MN.
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