Michigan · Nonprofit
THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION
THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being SME EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $76M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $891M
What The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation does
Programs
Rcwjrf seeks to bring western new york (wny) community leaders and stakeholders together to design a unified vision for the wny entrepreneurial ecosystem and co-develop a model of ecosystem support and sustainability. Through consultation and support from victor & co., we devised three actionable phases of work to advance the 2032 strategic vision for the western new york high-growth ecosystem: phase 1) accelerate ideas. Establish a rapid competition, known as springboard, to distribute small capital prizes to individuals, businesses, or organizations advancing innovative entrepreneurial support activities. Phase 2) accelerate the ecosystem. Co-design a model of ecosystem support and sustainability to advance coordination across the wny entrepreneurial community. Phase 3) accelerate capital formation. Support the establishment of an ecosystem of investment funds that deploys capital into wny startups and creates programming to educate, energize, and strengthen the community
$443,309 spentWorking with our consultant, guidehouse, the foundation supported a comprehensive scan of federal, state, county, and municipal funding aligned with the foundation's geographic and programmatic focus areas to determine impacts to co-investment expectations and identify risks and opportunities within the changing macro-level funding landscape. Staff and guidehouse shared and/or presented the findings with multiple funding partners, in addition to community and nonprofit organizations to assist them in navigating a rapidly changing landscape. Ultimately the study provided support and strategic guidance for the rcwjrf staff and for several key stakeholders working in similar focus areas in both regions the foundation serves.
$397,000 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
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Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3B to $1.0B (−23%).
Leadership and staff
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Against its field
THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
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In Michigan
Nationally
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION?
- THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being SME EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION?
- SME EDUCATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RALPH C WILSON JR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing