Texas · Nonprofit
WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE
WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $262,925 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($97,925). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $217k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $263k
- Net assets
- $82k
What Wholly Informed Sex Ed Dba Wise does
Mission
Wise brings comprehensive and inclusive, affirming and anti-racist sexuality education to community settings in dallas, so young people and families can learn the facts and make informed decisions about their bodies and relationships, for their whole lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, wise expanded its programs and community impact, strengthening its role as a leader in youth health education in dallas. Wise provided more than 300 teaching hours, serving over 500 parents and youth, and averaging eight instructional hours per student. The organization increased staff, trained new facilitators, updated curriculum, and developed additional partnerships to enhance program delivery.during early 2024, wise hosted a trivia night fundraiser that raised awareness of its mission and built community support. In spring 2024, staff presented to local middle-school parents on effective communication with children. In summer 2024, wise returned to the upward bound programs at unt dallas, dallas college, and lnesc, providing life-skills instruction to first-generation, college-bound students.in fall 2024, wise participated in the united way community event at fair park, distributing educational materials to hundreds of parents and families on how to address sensitive topics and connecting with community partners. The organization also engaged with its founding community at the first unitarian church of dallas annual connection sunday, sharing program updates and…
$157,933 spent$46,247 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $157,933.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $150k to $74k (−51%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
79% of WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sherri Cook
Executive director
Board chair
Jermey Jewitt
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $40k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE’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.
How concentrated its funding is
WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
52% of WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $125k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE?
- WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $262,925 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($97,925). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $262,925 in grants to WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE?
- COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $97,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHOLLY INFORMED SEX ED DBA WISE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 5 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