Funding search · EIN 273046060 · Covington, KY

Harry T Wilks Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

116
grants reported
$7.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$6,505
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Hamilton Community Foundation3 grants · $2.9M
  • Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park3 grants · $1.6M
  • Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $1.0M
  • Miami University1 grant · $375,000
  • A Mindful Moment3 grants · $310,000
  • Cincinnati Opera2 grants · $256,000
  • Cincinnati Tennis Foundation1 grant · $250,000
  • City of Hamilton1 grant · $200,000
  • Creative Time1 grant · $100,000
  • Boone Conservancy1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$2.5M
2022
$2.4M
2023
$3.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 116 grants.

  • $1.5M

    Hamilton Community Foundation · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $1.1M

    Hamilton Community Foundation · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $1.0M

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $867,700

    Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $402,600

    Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $375,000

    Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $362,940

    Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $250,000

    Cincinnati Tennis Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $250,000

    Cincinnati Opera · Cincinnatit, OH · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $215,000

    Hamilton Community Foundation · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $200,000

    City of Hamilton · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $110,000

    A Mindful Moment · Bellevue, KY · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $100,000

    A Mindful Moment · Bellevue, KY · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $100,000

    Boone Conservancy · Burlington, KY · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $100,000

    Ohio Taste Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $100,000

    A Mindful Moment · Bellevue, KY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $100,000

    Creative Time · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $50,000

    Contemporary Arts Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $50,000

    Tidepool · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $30,000

    Butler Philharmonic Orchestra · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $27,500

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $25,000

    Ywca USA · Washington, DC · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $22,500

    Design Trust for Public Space · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $20,000

    Butler Philharmonic Orchestra · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $18,500

    Land in Common · Green, ME · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $15,000

    Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $15,000

    Butler Philharmonic Orchestra · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $15,000

    Land in Common · Green, ME · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $10,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $10,000

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $10,000

    The Architectural League · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $10,000

    The Fitton Center for Creative Arts · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $10,000

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $10,000

    Landscape Arcitecture Projects · Washington, DC · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $10,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $10,000

    Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $9,000

    Design Trust for Public Space · New York, NY · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $9,000

    Design Trust for Public Space · New York, NY · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $8,000

    Pioneer Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $7,602

    Tristan Nicholas Tincher · Oxford, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Andrew Nolan Keck · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Audrey Clare Graf · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Carson Stanley Martin · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Charli Lynn Clay · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Cole Francis Coomer · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Makayla Nicole Platt · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Mi By Chelle Orquidea Garcia · Fairfield, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Perla Adriana Rojas-Marquez · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,598

    Zackary Stephen Kramer · Hamilton, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $7,500

    Cultural Landscape Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $6,505

    Amber Marie Buss · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Carson Joseph Collins · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Cassidy Anne-Marie Cox · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Chase Danielle Meyer · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Devon Charles Adams · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Emma Claire Rhodis · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Luke Michael Franchini · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Reese Alexander Parsons · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Samuel Joseph Pendergest · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,505

    Stephanie Rojas Marquez · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Education

  • $6,500

    Celebration Barn · South Paris, ME · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $6,000

    Cincinnati Opera · Cincinnatit, OH · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,500

    Resources of Ongoing Social Change · Augusta, ME · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Municipal Art Society · New York, NY · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    The Architectural League · New York, NY · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Brooklyn Museum · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Hamilton Freshman Campus · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Operation Backpack4kids · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    The Foundation for City College · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Celebration Barn · South Paris, ME · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    City of Sculpture · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Portside New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    The Architectural League · New York, NY · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $5,000

    Wild Seed Project · North Yarmouth, ME · 2022

    Provide operating funds

  • $4,664

    Benjamin R Graham · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Catherine S Babb · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Eden E Lowry · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Emily E Snellgrove · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Emma D Seaton · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Eric a Cole · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Ethan W Gibson · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Julissa Trinidad-Botello · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Laura E Cole · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Lauren E Stidham · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Lesley a Padilla · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,664

    Marie a Hootman · West Chester, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,663

    Kelly a Engel · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $4,000

    Northeast Wilderness Trust · Montpelier, VT · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $4,000

    Project Street Vet · Encinitas, CA · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $4,000

    Rainforest Trust · Warrenton, VA · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $4,000

    Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Laguna Hills, CA · 2023

    Provide operating funds

  • $3,000

    Mwl Education Fund · Augusta, ME · 2024

    Provide operating funds

  • $3,000

    Beverly Hills Architectural Foundat · New York, NY · 2023

    Provide operating funds

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.