The Wilson Family Foundation

What they fund

communityeducationschoolchildrenfamiliesdevelopmentqualityservices

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “calving” · $10,000

• $10,000

  Sahara Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024

  To support the Reteti elephant sanctuary established to rescue and release orphaned and abandoned elephant calves.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Colonial Williamsburg Foundation2 grants · $2.8M
• Northern Arizona University Foundation2 grants · $340,000
• Flagstaff Christian Fellowship2 grants · $250,000
• Halfthestory1 grant · $250,000
• North Valley Caring Services2 grants · $205,000
• Upward Bound House2 grants · $200,000
• Aiken Equine Rescue2 grants · $160,000
• Center for Social Concerns2 grants · $120,000
• Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation2 grants · $105,000
• Miracosta College Foundation2 grants · $105,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

• $2.2M

  Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023

  To support education, museums, research and preservation.

• $586,000

  Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024

  To support education, museums, research and preservation.

• $250,000

  Halfthestory · Western Springs, IL · 2024

  To support the mission of empowering the next generation's relationship with technology.

• $190,000

  Northern Arizona University Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023

  To engage students, alumni, parents, friends and the broader NAU community to connect, invest, and inspire current and future Lumberjacks.

• $150,000

  Flagstaff Christian Fellowship · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024

  To create a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts and use them for God's glory.

• $150,000

  Northern Arizona University Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024

  To engage students, alumni, parents, friends and the broader NAU community to connect, invest, and inspire current and future Lumberjacks.

• $135,000

  North Valley Caring Services · North Hills, CA · 2023

  To offer FREE academic and enrichment programs for kids ages 5 years to 18 years old.

• $100,000

  Aiken Equine Rescue · Aiken, SC · 2024

  to rescue and rehabilitate horses that have suffered from abuse and neglect, re-purpose Off-the-Track Thoroughbreds, and take horses whose owners can no longer care for them.

• $100,000

  Upward Bound House · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

  To eliminate homelessness among families with children in our community by providing housing, supportive services, and advocacy.

• $100,000

  Flagstaff Christian Fellowship · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023

  To create a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts and use them for God's glory.

• $100,000

  Upward Bound House · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

  To eliminate homelessness among families with children in our community by providing housing, supportive services, and advocacy.

• $100,000

  Interfaith Community Services (Interf) · Escondido, CA · 2022

  To provide food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis

• $85,000

  Hitchcock Woods Foundation · Aiken, SC · 2024

  To support the 2,100-acre Hitchcock woods in Aiken, South Carolina.

• $75,000

  Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation · Jamestown, VA · 2024

  to support preservation, education, and the archaeological investigation of Historic Jamestowne, the original site of the first successful English settlement in America.

• $70,000

  North Valley Caring Services · North Hills, CA · 2024

  To offer FREE academic and enrichment programs for kids ages 5 years to 18 years old.

• $60,000

  Center for Social Concerns · Notre Dame, IN · 2024

  to respond to the complex demands of justice through a combination of justice education and research for the common good.

• $60,000

  Aiken Equine Rescue · Aiken, SC · 2023

  to rescue and rehabilitate horses that have suffered from abuse and neglect, re-purpose Off-the-Track Thoroughbreds, and take horses whose owners can no longer care for them.

• $60,000

  Center for Social Concerns · Notre Dame, IN · 2023

  to respond to the complex demands of justice through a combination of justice education and research for the common good.

• $55,000

  Miracosta College Foundation · Oceanside, CA · 2024

  To promote the benefits of MiraCosta College and secure resources that transform lives.

• $50,000

  Feeding America San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

  To provide nationwide network of food banks deliver programs at the front line of hunger. Programs like school-based food pantries.

• $50,000

  Longwood Gardens · Kennett Square, PA · 2024

  To provide support to the Longwood Gardens.

• $50,000

  Monarch School · San Diego, CA · 2024

  To provide comprehensive academic, social and emotional support to youth, alumni, and their families.

• $50,000

  San Fernando Valley Refugee · North Hills, CA · 2024

  To support programs that provide basic needs, opportunities for personal development, enrichment activities, and access to legal and social services to refugee children.

• $50,000

  Feeding America San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023

  To provide nationwide network of food banks deliver programs at the front line of hunger. Programs like school-based food pantries, emergency disaster relief, and Kids' Cafe.

• $50,000

  Miracosta College Foundation · Oceanside, CA · 2023

  To promote the benefits of MiraCosta College and secure resources that transform lives.

• $50,000

  Monarch School · San Diego, CA · 2023

  To provide comprehensive academic, social and emotional support to youth, alumni, and their families.

• $50,000

  San Fernando Valley Refugee · North Hills, CA · 2023

  To support programs that provide basic needs, opportunities for personal development, enrichment activities, and access to legal and social services to refugee children.

• $50,000

  Feeding America San Diego (Fasd) · San Diego, CA · 2022

  To provide nationwide network of food banks deliver programs at the front line of hunger. Programs like school-based food pantries, emergency disaster relief, and Kids' Cafe.

• $50,000

  Operation Hope (Opera) · Atlanta, GA · 2022

  To support tangible programs and initiatives that address Economic inequality, financial illiteracy, social injustice, inequitable access to capital and lack of financial dignity

• $50,000

  San Fernando Valley Refugee (Sfvref) · North Hills, CA · 2022

  To support programs that provide basic needs, opportunities for personal development, enrichment activities, and access to legal and social services to refugee children

• $48,000

  Youth Haven Ranch · Rives Junction, MI · 2024

  To provide life-changing christ-centered experiences for disadvantaged children.

• $40,000

  Brandywine Convervancy · Chadds Ford, PA · 2024

  To protects and conserves the land, water, natural, and cultural resources of the Brandywine-Christina watershed.

• $40,000

  Escondido History Center · Escondido, CA · 2024

  To support the second largest history museum in San Diego County.

• $40,000

  Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles · Inglewood, CA · 2024

  To support the mission of building girls' courage, confidence, and character.

• $40,000

  Escondido History Center · Escondido, CA · 2023

  To support the second largest history museum in San Diego County.

• $30,000

  California Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2023

  to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone.

• $30,000

  Charitable Ventures · Santa Ana, CA · 2023

  to strengthen communities and address critical social issues by supporting collaborative efforts, incubating new ideas and supporting community projects and providing practical and innovative consulting to nonprofits an… read allto strengthen communities and address critical social issues by supporting collaborative efforts, incubating new ideas and supporting community projects and providing practical and innovative consulting to nonprofits and foundations. less
• $30,000

  Hawaii Community Foundation · Kahului, HI · 2023

  To inspire generosity, advocate for equity, forge connections and invest in community to create a better Hawaii.

• $30,000

  Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation · Jamestown, VA · 2023

  to support preservation, education, and the archaeological investigation of Historic Jamestowne, the original site of the first successful English settlement in America.

• $26,000

  Unite 4 Africa · Tucson, AZ · 2024

  To support organization's goals to unite, equip, and mobilize individuals and organizations to transform their communities. socially, physically and economically

• $25,000

  Uss Midway Museum · San Diego, CA · 2024

  To preserve the historic USS midway and the legacy of those who serve, inspire and educate future generations, and entertain museum guests.

• $25,000

  Leap To Success · Carlsbad, CA · 2023

  To educate and empower women who are overcoming domestic violence, homelessness, and other major life challenges to reach their greatest potential.

• $20,000

  Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2024

  To provide underserved secondary students the experience of goal setting, character development, adult mentoring and improved health by training for and completing the LA Marathon.

• $20,000

  The Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease.

• $20,000

  Palos Verdes Friends of the Library · Rolling Hills Estates, CA · 2023

  to connect the Palos Verdes Library District with the community through communication, engagement and fundraising.

• $15,000

  Mr Holland'S Opus Foundation · Burbank, CA · 2024

  To donates high-quality musical instruments to deserving, under-funded music programs, and provides an array of support services to school districts.

• $15,000

  The Culver City Education Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2023

  To bring the community together to enhance the educational experience so that every student fromTK-12, at every school in the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD), can reach academic success.

• $10,000

  Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2024

  To provide support to the foundation which seeks a world free from diseases of mind and sight.

• $10,000

  American Contemporay Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To produce and present choreographic works of the highest quality which exemplify ballet as a musical art form.

• $10,000

  Diabetes Research Institute Foundation · Hollywood, FL · 2024

  To support Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) scientists in making continued progress toward a cure and improving the lives of people living with diabetes today.

• $10,000

  Diy Girls · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To support the mission to increased girls and gender-expansive youth's interest and long-term success in technology, engineering and making through innovative educational experiences and mentor relationships.

• $10,000

  Girls Growing Education · McLean, VA · 2024

  To help provide students with access to world-class education through an offline edutech device.

• $10,000

  Happy House · Northridge, CA · 2024

  to help bring about a safer community by "Building Better Families." A "family" in this case can be small or large; it can be a school, church, business, neighborhood or even a country.

• $10,000

  Meals On Wheels · Arlington, VA · 2024

  To support programs addressing senior hunger and isolation.

• $10,000

  Sahara Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024

  To support the Reteti elephant sanctuary established to rescue and release orphaned and abandoned elephant calves.

• $10,000

  Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To lead the fight against food insecurity in the Philadelphia region, by serving a network of organizations and school districts engaged in food distribution, education and advocacy.

• $10,000

  Sisterhood Is Global Institute · New York, NY · 2024

  To support the sisterhood in its strategic and activist role in the evolution of the international women's movement.

• $10,000

  The Culver City Education Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2024

  To bring the community together to enhance the educational experience of every student from the Culver City USD, can reach academic success.

• $10,000

  American Contemporay Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  To produce and present choreographic works of the highest quality which exemplify ballet as a musical art form, and to provide new insight into-and unparalleled engagement with-the art for today's audience.

• $10,000

  Dylan'S Wings of Change · Newtown, CT · 2023

  to support children with autism and related conditions, making grants to support small organizations that could not easily raise money.

• $10,000

  Escondido Comm Child Development Center · Escondido, CA · 2023

  to provide quality early childhood education, development, and health programs for children 4 months to 5 years of age at little or no cost to low-income families.

• $10,000

  Happy House · Northridge, CA · 2023

  to help bring about a safer community by "Building Better Families." A "family" in this case can be small or large; it can be a school, church, business, neighborhood or even a country.

• $10,000

  Lahaina Restoration Foundation · Puunene, HI · 2023

  to be stewards and storytellers of Lahaina's Historic & Cultural Heritage and to envision a community that engages in preserving and protecting Lahaina's Hawaiian & Historic Sense of Place.

• $10,000

  Meals On Wheels · Arlington, VA · 2023

  To support programs addressing senior hunger and isolation.

• $10,000

  Mr Holland'S Opus Foundation · Burbank, CA · 2023

  To donates high-quality musical instruments to deserving, under-funded music programs, and provides an array of support services to school districts.

• $10,000

  Namm Foundation · Carlsbad, CA · 2023

  To strengthen the music products industry and promote the pleasures and benefits of making music.

• $10,000

  Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To lead the fight against food insecurity in the Philadelphia region, by serving an expansive, quality partner network of community-based organizations and school districts engaged in food distribution, education and ad… read allTo lead the fight against food insecurity in the Philadelphia region, by serving an expansive, quality partner network of community-based organizations and school districts engaged in food distribution, education and advocacy. engaged in food distribution, education and advocacy. less
• $10,000

  Students Run La · Tarzana, CA · 2023

  to challenge underserved secondary students to experience the benefits of goal-setting, character development, adult mentoring and improved health by providing them with a truly life changing experience: The training fo… read allto challenge underserved secondary students to experience the benefits of goal-setting, character development, adult mentoring and improved health by providing them with a truly life changing experience: The training for and completion of the Los Angeles Marathon. less
• $10,000

  Doctors Without Borders (Doctorw) · New York, NY · 2022

  to provide independent medical humanitarian emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, natural disasters, and exclusion from health care.

• $6,000

  Cougar Athletic Alumni Club · Escondido, CA · 2024

  To support the cougar alumni club which devotes its time and energy to the alumni and friends of Escondido High School.

• $5,000

  All for One Therapy · Montrose, CA · 2024

  To provide support to a non-profit mental health center dedicated to providing compassionate support and evidence-based therapy to individuals, families, and communities.

• $5,000

  Friends of the Culver City Library · Culver City, CA · 2024

  To support volunteers in supporting the Culver City Julian Dixon Library.

• $5,000

  Kitty of Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To support homeless cats and kittens in Los Angeles.

• $5,000

  Patched Hearts Farm Sanctuary · Coral, MI · 2024

  To support the organization's mission dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating animals in need.

• $5,000

  Salvation Army of Aiken · Aiken, SC · 2024

  To support the mission to meet human needs wherever, whenever, and however we can through local programs and alleviate the effects of poverty.

• $5,000

  Soar · Silver Springs, MD · 2024

  To help assure financially stable and secure futures for elderly and frail members of Catholic religious congregations.

• $5,000

  The Realm Company · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

  To support organization that works in motion pictures and live productions.

• $5,000

  Whiskers N Wishers Sanctuary · Marana, AZ · 2024

  To support organization's mission committed to rescuing cats in need, with a special emphasis on senior and disabled felines.

• $5,000

  Brandywine Convervancy · Chadds Ford, PA · 2023

  to protects and conserves the land, water, natural, and cultural resources of the Brandywine-Christina watershed.

• $5,000

  Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation (Agdf) · Indianapolis, IN · 2022

  to provide support to our sisters, Fraternity, and communities

• $5,000

  Escondido Comm Child Development Center (Ecdc) · Escondido, CA · 2022

  to provide quality early childhood education, development, and health programs for children 4 months to 5 years of age at little or no cost to low-income families

• $5,000

  Freedom Dogs (Freedog) · Oceanside, CA · 2022

  To provide assistance to wounded members of the military who are being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and/or other physical impairments.

• $5,000

  Learning Ally (Recbl) · Princeton, NJ · 2022

  To support programs that help educators identify and prevent learning issues, allowing struggling readers to become independent, engaged learners who are empowered to achieve socially, emotionally and academically, rega… read allTo support programs that help educators identify and prevent learning issues, allowing struggling readers to become independent, engaged learners who are empowered to achieve socially, emotionally and academically, regardless of background or learning difference less
• $5,000

  Meals On Wheels (Meals) · Arlington, VA · 2022

  To support programs addressing senior hunger and isolation

• $4,000

  Other Miscellaneous Grants · Na, CA · 2022

  To support the public charities' programs

• $3,000

  Other Miscellaneous Grants · Na, CA · 2023

  To support the public charities' programs.

• $2,000

  Arizona Symphonic Winds · Tucson, AZ · 2024

  To support the musical organization.

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