Funding search · EIN 541995591 · West Palm Beach, FL
Wonderful Life 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.
- 124
- grants reported
- $58.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $100,000
- 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
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- University of Notre Dame5 grants · $15.7M
- Shirley Ryan Abilitylab11 grants · $9.4M
- Central Presbyterian Church7 grants · $7.5M
- Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart4 grants · $4.0M
- Wofford College3 grants · $4.0M
- Shirley Ryan Ability Lab1 grant · $4.0M
- Catholic Extension4 grants · $3.3M
- Friends of the University of Notre Dame1 grant · $2.0M
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3 grants · $1.2M
- Northwestern Kellogg School of Management1 grant · $1.0M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 124 grants.
- $4.2M
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
Payment 1 of 6
- $4.0M
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Accelerate ability campaign - payment 3 of 5
- $4.0M
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $4.0M
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab · Chicago, IL · 2022
Accelerate ability campaign
- $3.0M
Catholic Extension · Chicago, IL · 2024
Endowment to support development
- $3.0M
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Boldly notre dame campaign
- $3.0M
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Mckenna hall renovation campaign
- $3.0M
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Boldly notre dame campaign
- $2.5M
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Mckenna hall renovation campaign
- $2.0M
Wofford College · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Capital campaign - payment 1 of 5
- $2.0M
Friends of the University of Notre Dame · South Bend, IN · 2023
General support
- $2.0M
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General support
- $1.2M
Central Presbyterian Church · New York, NY · 2024
General support - payment 5 of 5
- $1.2M
Central Presbyterian Church · New York, NY · 2023
Resound project
- $1.2M
Central Presbyterian Church · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $1.0M
Central Presbyterian Church · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $1.0M
Central Presbyterian Church · New York, NY · 2024
Resound project - payment 3 of 5
- $1.0M
Northwestern Kellogg School of Management · Chicago, IL · 2024
Payment 1 of 5
- $1.0M
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
General support
- $1.0M
Central Presbyterian Church · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $1.0M
Wofford College · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Capital campaign
- $1.0M
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
General support
- $1.0M
Central Presbyterian Church · New York, NY · 2022
Resound project
- $1.0M
Wofford College · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Capital campaign
- $400,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
The phoebe carolina covenant scholarship fund - payment 3 of 5
- $400,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
The phoebe carolina covenant scholarship fund
- $400,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
The phoebe carolina covenant scholarship fund
- $250,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support - payment 5 of 5
- $250,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $250,000
St Patricks Cathedral · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $250,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $250,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $200,000
Jazz at Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2024
Capital and endowment campaign - payment 3 of 5
- $200,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Havey institute for global health
- $200,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Art in motion
- $200,000
University of Maryland College Park · College Park, MD · 2024
Reyes endowed chairs in electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering - payment 2 of 5
- $200,000
Jazz at Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2023
Capital and endowment campaign
- $200,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2023
Bluhm cardiovascular institute
- $200,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $200,000
University of Maryland College Park · College Park, MD · 2023
Reyes endowed chairs in electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering
- $200,000
Jazz at Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2022
Capital and endowment campaign
- $200,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $180,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Payment 2 of 5
- $180,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $110,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Boys and Girls Club of Martin County · Hobe Sound, FL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Bridging Bionics Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Catholic Extension · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support - payment 4 of 5
- $100,000
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Kipp Miami · Miami, FL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Margaret Hackett Family Center Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support - payment 5 of 5
- $100,000
Norton Children'S Hospital Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General support
- $100,000
The Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Caves valley evans scholars scholarship - payment 4 of 10
- $100,000
The Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Keiser scholarship program - payment 2 of 5
- $100,000
Catholic Extension · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Lurie Children'S Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Margaret Hackett Family Center Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Old St Patricks Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
The Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
Caves valley evans scholars scholarship
- $100,000
The Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Accelerate Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Catholic Extension · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Margaret Hackett Family Center Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Bluhm cardiovascular institute
- $100,000
The Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Caves valley evans scholars scholarship
- $100,000
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022
Billy payne indoor facility
- $50,000
Accelerate Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Access Living · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Clearbrook - Shining Star Ball · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
Shining star ball
- $50,000
St Jane Frances De Chantal · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Forever de chantal general campaign
- $50,000
Accelerate Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Access Living · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Apbd Research Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Clearbrook - Shining Star Ball · Arlington Heights, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Off the Street Club · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
St Jane Frances De Chantal · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Forever de chantal general campaign
- $50,000
Access Living · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Clearbrook - Shining Star Ball · Arlington Heights, IL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Julia reyes taubman scholarship fund
- $50,000
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Gateway for Cancer Research · Schaumburg, IL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Lost Tree Chapel · North Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
St Jane Frances De Chantal · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Forever de chantal general campaign
- $45,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $40,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $40,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $40,000
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
American Enterprise Institute · Nw Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Gateway for Cancer Research · Schaumburg, IL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $25,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Gateway for Cancer Research · Schaumburg, IL · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Lost Tree Foundation · North Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General support
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