Funding search · EIN 841134776 · Denver, CO

Wave Foundation

Name: Wave Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

42
grants reported: $239,366
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,725
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Brearley School3 grants · $60,000
First Christian Church3 grants · $35,000
Deerfield Academy1 grant · $25,000
Camps Newfound and Owatonna2 grants · $25,000
Community Arts Music Santa Barbara3 grants · $16,275
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum2 grants · $16,097
Spark the Change Co3 grants · $15,017
Womens Fund of Santa Barbara2 grants · $5,750
Adventure Unlimited1 grant · $5,144
Ganna Walska Lotusland1 grant · $4,165

Giving over time

$66,693

2022

$90,820

2023

$81,853

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Deerfield Academy · Deerfield, MA · 2023
General
$20,000
Brearley School · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Camps Newfound and Owatonna · Harrison, ME · 2024
General
$20,000
Brearley School · New York, NY · 2023
General
$20,000
Brearley School · New York, NY · 2022
General
$15,000
First Christian Church · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General
$10,010
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
First Christian Church · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General
$10,000
First Christian Church · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General
$8,000
Community Arts Music Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$7,717
Spark the Change Co · Denver, CO · 2024
General
$6,087
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$6,000
Community Arts Music Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$5,144
Adventure Unlimited · Buena Vista, CO · 2022
General
$5,000
Camps Newfound and Owatonna · Harrison, ME · 2023
General
$4,180
Spark the Change Co · Denver, CO · 2022
General
$4,165
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$3,120
Spark the Change Co · Denver, CO · 2023
General
$3,000
Santa Barbara Youth Sailing · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$3,000
Womens Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$2,750
Womens Fund of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General
$2,700
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
Christian Heritage · Walton, NE · 2024
General
$2,500
Restored Hope Against Addictions · Lockwood, MO · 2023
General
$2,500
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$2,275
Community Arts Music Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$2,000
Four Winds Westward Ho · Deer Harbor, WA · 2023
General
$2,000
Montecito Library · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General
$2,000
Lifespring Church · Smithfield, NC · 2022
General
$1,500
Release · Omaha, NE · 2024
General
$1,500
Hope House of Colorado · Arvada, CO · 2023
General
$1,500
Hope House of Colorado · Arvada, CO · 2022
General
$1,500
Project 127 · Aurora, CO · 2022
General
$1,022
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General
$1,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
Project 127 · Aurora, CO · 2024
General
$1,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$1,000
Hollywood Bowl · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$623
Together Women Rise · Greenville, SC · 2022
General
$399
Westmont College · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$375
Santa Barbara International Film Festival · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General
$299
Westmont College · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
General

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