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Wmr Family Foundation 045351-000

Wilmington, DE · EIN 65-6269018. Reported 138 grants totalling $736,351 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$736,351granted, 2021-2024
56organizations funded
84%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,824,188assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Wmr Family Foundation 045351-000 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $37,782. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
17 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
72 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
28 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Bay View AssociationPetosky, MI$97,000442024
University of DaytonDayton, OH$80,000442024
Kansas University Endowment AssocLawrence, KS$68,329332024
Kansas Public RadioLawrence, KS$54,504222022
CultureworksHolland, MI$37,500442024
Cornerstone of Topeka IncTopeka, KS$35,268442024
Little Traverse Conservancy IncHarbor Springs, MI$35,000442024
Community Action HouseHolland, MI$22,500442024
Friends of the Topeka Zoo IncTopeka, KS$22,500332024
Tip of the Mitt Watershed CouncilPetosky, MI$22,500442024
St Davids Episcopal ChurchTopeka, KS$21,000332024
Blustem Meadow FoundationPetoskey, MI$20,000222024
Audio-Reader NetworkLawrence, KS$19,000112021
Ksds Assistance Dogs IncWashington, KS$18,000442024
Justice in Motion IncBrooklyn, NY$16,000442024
I Am AcademyHolland, MI$15,000332023
Top of Michigan Trails CouncilPetosky, MI$12,500442024
West Ottawa Public Schools Educ FoundHolland, MI$11,000332024
Morningside UniversitySioux City, IA$10,000112023
Topeka Rescue Mission IncTopeka, KS$10,000442024
2030 Foundation of TopekaTopeka, KS$9,500332024
Midland Care Connection IncTopeka, KS$8,000442024
St David's Episcopal ChurchTopeka, KS$7,000112021
Buchanan Center IncTopeka, KS$6,000332024
Falling Forward FoundationLawrence, KS$6,000442024
Boys and Girls Club of TopekaTopeka, KS$5,000442024
Hope College Dewitt Std Culteral CenterHolland, MI$5,000112022
Campus Crusade for Christ IncOrlando, FL$4,000222023
Doorstep IncTopeka, KS$4,000442024
Downtown Topeka FoundationTopeka, KS$4,000442024
Washburn University FoundationTopeka, KS$3,750442024
Topeka Collegiate School IncTopeka, KS$3,500222024
Housing and Credit Counseling IncTopeka, KS$3,000222023
Lets Help IncTopeka, KS$3,000332024
Tcf-Topeka Active 2030 FundTopeka, KS$3,000112021
The Topeka Public Schools FoundationTopeka, KS$3,000332024
West Ottawa Educational FoundationHolland, MI$3,000112021
West Ottawas Music BoosterHolland, MI$3,000112022
Kansas University Endowment AssociationLawrence, KS$2,500112021
Topeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryTopeka, KS$2,500112021
Co-Op DaytonDayton, OH$2,000112021
CruOrlando, FL$2,000112021
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas Bethany Place GardenTopeka, KS$2,000112021
Greater Dayton Union Coop Initiative IncDayton, OH$2,000112022
West Ottawa Music BoostersHolland, MI$2,000112021
Historic Jayhawk Theater IncTopeka, KS$1,500332024
Lmh Health FoundationLawrence, KS$1,500332024
Topeka Rotary FoundationTopeka, KS$1,250442024
Housing Credit Counseling IncTopeka, KS$1,000112021
Let's Help IncTopeka, KS$1,000112021
The Street Dog CoalitionCherokee, KS$1,000112022
Tps FoundationTopeka, KS$1,000112021
Historic Jayhawk Theatre IncTopeka, KS$500112021
International Rotary FoundationEvanston, IL$500222023
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Health FoundationLawrence, KS$500112021
International Rotary FoundationTopeka, KS$250112021

35 of 56 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 84%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 3 grants to individuals totalling $7,500 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 79 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
16 grants
Human Services
12 grants
Environment
8 grants
Housing & Shelter
8 grants
Youth Development
7 grants
Health Care
7 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202137$165,444$2,500
202237$208,564$3,000
202334$182,398$2,500
202430$179,945$3,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 45% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kansas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Kansas
$334K
Michigan
$286K
Ohio
$84K
New York
$16K
Iowa
$10K
Florida
$6K
Illinois
$500

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc14 shared recipientsTopeka Community Foundation14 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program11 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation10 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Kansas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Wmr Family Foundation 045351-000's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1100 North Market St DE3-C070, Wilmington, DE, 19890. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 65-6269018 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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