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 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

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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

$17.3M
2022
$19.5M
2023
$21.7M
2024

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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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.