· Private foundation
Wow Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Turning Point USA | $50,000 |
| McCallum Theater Foundation | $28,400 |
| Mamas House | $20,000 |
| San Diego Automotive Museum | $11,750 |
| Church at the Red Door | $10,220 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ | $10,000 |
| Restored Hope Ministries | $10,000 |
| Garden Fellowship | $10,000 |
| Ascend Ministries Clinical Services | $5,000 |
| Restoration Church | $5,000 |
| Old Town Artisian Art Studio | $5,000 |
| Kingdom Culture - Christian Fellows | $5,000 |
| Compassion International | $3,171 |
| Childfund International | $2,016 |
| Muttville | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $165k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MHMAMA'S HOUSE MINISTRIES FKA HEARTBEAT AT 227× · 2019–2025 · $144k · revenue +123%
- LCLAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER4× · 2017–2022 · $81k · revenue +173%
- MTMcCallum Theatre Foundation Inc4× · 2019–2025 · $69k · revenue +173%
Funded once
- LFLawyer for Leonard Hayesone grant, 2017 · $25k
- PCPrescott Community Pregnancy Centerone grant, 2021 · $10k
- HRHEARTLAND RANCH AZ INCone grant, 2024 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
Divine Mercy University is a Catholic graduate school of psychology and counseling, founded in 1999. The University is dedicated to the scientific study of psychology and counseling with a Catholic understanding of the person, marriage and…
The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
Resurrection University (dba Oak Point University) inspires, educates and forms life-long learners who meet the world's changing needs with curiosity, ingenuity and grace.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
The mission of madonna university, a catholic and franciscan institution of higher learning, is to instill in its students christain humanistic values, intellectual inquiry, a respect for university and a committment to serving others…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
How this is measured
25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 70 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MAMA'S HOUSE MINISTRIES FKA HEARTBEAT AT 22 ↗
- Who funds LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds McCallum Theatre Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA ↗
- Who funds Restored Hope Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MUTTVILLE ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION ↗
- Who funds The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ↗
- Who funds Fellowship Housing Corporation ↗
- Who funds NORTHPOINTE RESOURCES INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
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: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wow Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wow Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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