California · Nonprofit
Wild and Whimsy Foundation
Wild and Whimsy Foundation (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,650 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($6,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $587
What Wild and Whimsy Foundation does
Mission
The Wild and Whimsy Foundation exists to raise awareness provide resources and restore childhood magic to children living in and youth aging out of the foster care system. We want to ensure every foster child is seen heard valued and given a healthy home; where they are provided with the childhood they deserve and the dignity opportunities and resources they need to become flourishing members of society.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our Annual Back to School Bash takes place at San Clemente High School and is thrown in collaboration with our partners. This initiative results in backpacks and premium school supplies being gifted to children who live in foster and kinship homes. In 2024 we served approximately 600 recipients.
$22,455 spentof which $25,000 as grants56% of program spendingThe Wild & Whimsy Foundation Gingerbread House Soiree is our annual holiday event for the families of the children and teens we serve. A night to remember filled with lots of holiday fun like a gingerbread house decorating contest catered food and lots of gifts for every child in the family - whether fostered adopted or biological! Its a wonderful way for families to create core memories of joy and to find community with other foster families. In 2024 we served approximately 90 recipients.
$14,936 spentof which $15,000 as grants37% of program spendingThe Wild Hearts Academy is our Equine Assisted Learning & Wellness Initiative developed to address the mental health disparity with children who have been impacted by foster care. We have collaborated with Otra Mas - a non-profit organization in San Juan Capistrano specializing in Equine Assisted Therapy - to develop our national mission of improving Confidence Connection Cooperation and Communication in the lives of the children we serve! In 2024 we had 24 children who participated in the Wild Hearts Academy.
$2,574 spentof which $3,000 as grants6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $39,965.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Wild and Whimsy Foundation’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
Wild and Whimsy Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
Wild and Whimsy Foundation receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Wild and Whimsy Foundation: 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 Wild and Whimsy Foundation?
- Wild and Whimsy Foundation (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,650 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($6,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Wild and Whimsy Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,650 in grants to Wild and Whimsy Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Wild and Whimsy Foundation?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Wild and Whimsy Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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