Maryland · Private foundation
Wright Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2022
- 29
- Grants FY2022
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 56
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 11% of the organizations Wright Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 27 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $854k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $784k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 56 | $778k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $719k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 51 | $659k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W Deutsch Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | $263,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Austin Theatre Alliance | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Family Tree Inc | $155,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Reading Partners | $145,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewels School Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Baltimore Montessori Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Texas Book Festival | $100,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Maryland Family Network Inc | $97,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 62 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wright Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Wright Family Foundation
- How much does Wright Family Foundation give?
- Wright Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $1,064,991 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Wright Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (44%), Philanthropy (16%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Wright Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Robert W Deutsch Foundation ($500k), Fund for Educational Excellence Inc ($264k), Austin Theatre Alliance ($170k).
- Does Wright Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wright Family 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 Wright Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The Abell Foundation Inc, The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc.
- Where is Wright Family Foundation based?
- Wright Family Foundation is based in MD.
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