Funding search · EIN 261207948 · Wilmington, DE
The Wilke 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.
- 92
- grants reported
- $7.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- American Indian College Fund2 grants · $1.0M
- Code Org3 grants · $800,000
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3 grants · $550,000
- Teach for All3 grants · $500,001
- Children in Conflict3 grants · $400,000
- Whitman College Board of Trustees1 grant · $333,000
- Village Theatre5 grants · $325,000
- Neo Philanthropy3 grants · $300,000
- University of Washington Foundation3 grants · $300,000
- Trustees of Princeton University3 grants · $300,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 92 reported grants, largest first.
- $500,000
Code Org · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $500,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
Computer Science Initiative
- $500,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
Computer Science Initiative
- $333,000
Whitman College Board of Trustees · Walla Walla, WA · 2022
Wilke Family Computational Lab
- $275,000
Unite and Renew Educational Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $250,000
Children in Conflict · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $250,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Covenant Scholarship Fund
- $250,000
Scripps Research Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $250,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Covenant Scholarship Fund
- $200,000
Code Org · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $166,667
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2024
Technology Engineers Initiative
- $166,667
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2023
Technology Engineers Initiative
- $166,667
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2022
Technology Engineers Initiative
- $150,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Shout Your Abortion Fund
- $125,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2024
New Works Program
- $125,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2023
New Works Program
- $100,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Wilke Family Scholarship fund
- $100,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
IPD Translational Investigator Research
- $100,000
Brothers for Life · Seattle, WA · 2023
The Brothers for Life Emergency Fund Campaign
- $100,000
Children in Conflict · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable Event
- $100,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Annual Giving Campaign
- $100,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Wilke Family Scholarship fund
- $100,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
IPD Translational Investigator Research
- $100,000
Code Org · Seattle, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
Shout Your Abortion fund
- $100,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Annual Giving Campaign
- $100,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
IPD Translational Investigator Research fund
- $100,000
University of Washington Foundation - Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
College of Education DEW Scholarship Fund
- $75,000
Pacific Resident Theatre Ensemble · Venice, CA · 2022
Charitable Event
- $56,474
Kh Theatre Limited · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Sloan Annual Fund
- $50,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Ackland Art Museum
- $50,000
With Honor Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Sloan Annual Fund
- $50,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Shout Your Abortion fund
- $50,000
Children in Conflict · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable Event
- $50,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Sloan Annual Fund
- $50,000
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
New England Blacks in Philanthropy · Boston, MA · 2022
Give Black Alliance
- $35,000
Bay Area Lyme Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $33,333
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $33,333
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $33,333
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $30,000
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Bay Area Lyme Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Narrative Magazine · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Pacific Resident Theatre Ensemble · Venice, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North · Yakima, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Worldreader Org · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation · North Hollywood, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Bay Area Lyme Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Narrative Magazine · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Worldreader Org · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation · N Hollywood, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Narrative Magazine · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Village Theatre · Issaquah, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Worldreader Org · Seattle, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2022
President's Scholars Program Scholarship Fund
- $20,000
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Seattle Childrens Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy Research
- $15,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Monte Sereno Health · Gaithersburg, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Seattle Childrens Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy Research
- $15,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $15,000
Seattle Childrens Hospital Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Pediatric Cancer Immunotherapy Research fund
- $10,000
Amas Musical Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
Distant Thunder
- $10,000
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North · Yakima, WA · 2023
hospitality fund
- $10,000
Creative Visions Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Heroic Hearts Project · New Smyrna, FL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North · Yakima, WA · 2022
hospitality fund
- $10,000
Rhinebeck Writers Retreat · Staatsburg, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $7,500
Russell Westbrook Why Not Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
"For Mr Johnson" Project, a film by Khana Tillman
- $5,000
Forever Kids · Covina, CA · 2024
For DREAMERS project
- $5,000
Colab Arts · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
CP4P fund
- $5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Colab Arts · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022
Ukrainian artist residency in Pittsburgh, the Slovo House
- $5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Charitable Event
- $3,000
Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
"For Mr Johnson" Project, a film by Khana Tillman
- $2,000
Palestine Childrens Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
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