California · Private foundation
Wurster Family 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.
- $75k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $510k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Wurster Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 8 | $75k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $66k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $66k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $61k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $66k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $65k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $86k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Skeet Shooting Association | $130,000 | 5 | 45% |
| California State University Bakersfield Foundation | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The United States Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rm Pyles Boys Camp | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| JJs Legacy | $16,700 | 3 | 4% |
| Taft College Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| St John Lutheran Church | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Honor Flight Kern County | $11,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Nobody Fights Alone | $7,500 | 2 | 42% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Skeet Shooting Association | $130,000 | 5 | 45% |
| California State University Bakersfield Foundation | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The United States Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rm Pyles Boys Camp | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| JJs Legacy | $16,700 | 3 | 4% |
| Taft College Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| St John Lutheran Church | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Honor Flight Kern County | $11,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Nobody Fights Alone | $7,500 | 2 | 42% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Going Coconuts For a Cure Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Loma Linda University Health | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| College of the Sequoias Foundation | $4,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $3,321 | 2 | 0% |
| Tigerfight Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Links for Life | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MARE Riding Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Magdalene Hope Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grace Baptist | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bakersfield Recovery Services | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Diablo Valley Baseball Club In | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($268k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wurster Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Kern Community Foundation · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Lazzerini Family Foundation · For All the Children Foundation · Robert Grimm Family Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Wurster Family Foundation
- How much does Wurster Family Foundation give?
- Wurster Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $75,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wurster Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (50%), Recreation & Sports (24%), Education (11%).
- Who are Wurster Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California Skeet Shooting Association ($130k), California State University Bakersfield Foundation ($40k), The United States Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches ($18k).
- Does Wurster Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wurster 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 Wurster Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kern Community Foundation, The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation, Lazzerini Family Foundation.
- Where is Wurster Family Foundation based?
- Wurster Family Foundation is based in CA.
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