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What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc

What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ($65,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$68k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$65k
Net assets
$0
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc does

Mission

To raise awareness among inner-city youth and create oppurtunites for economic and social leverage.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. High School Confilct Resolution Tour Visited 10 high schools in the city of Philadelphia to talk to students on how to manage conflict in a non violent way. We brought speakers and local entertainers to tell their story and give different examples of dealing with conflict as well as providing resources from a different insights for the students as well to succeed in life. This high school tour which spanned over 5 different Philadelphia high schools benefited over 1,000 Students.

    $19,750 spent
    54% of program spending
  2. Power of Community - Career development and engagement event held in the fall to provide the youth and young adults with the knowledge of different job opportunities that there are in the world. We also provided career development advice and workshops to teach new soft and hard skills. Taught by various entrepreneurs and workforce employees. This single day event surpassed 250 attendees. During this day we presented a graduating high school student with a $1,000 "Get Bizy" grant to support college career advancement costs.

    $16,505 spentof which $1,000 as grants
    46% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $36,255.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Emmanuel Clark

CEO Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.

NY

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $65k to it.

Operating margin0% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,682 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc?
What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ($65,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $65,000 in grants to What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc.
Who is the largest funder of What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc?
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like What I Wish I Knew Foundation Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2024–2024), 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