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Private foundation (trust)EIN 461599466Est. 2013-10

The Wessel Foundation

Wilmington, DE 198091377

Total Assets

$19.1M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$655K

FY 2024

Grants Made

5

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$131K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$6K–$425K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.6M

Total Expenses

$759K

Qualifying Distributions

$687K

Distributable Amount

$870K

Min. Investment Return

$882K

Undistributed Income

$592K

Payout rate 79%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.79%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

5 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $6K through median $60K to maximum $425K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $655K in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

33 grants

ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
$1.3M
7 grants
LIBERTY EDUCATIONAL MINISTRIES INC
$418K
4 grants
RWANDA CHILDREN
$396K
7 grants
FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
$74K
4 grants
COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER INC
$29K
3 grants
CHILDRENS VISION INTERNATIONAL INC
$22K
1 grant
CHRISTS HAVEN FOR CHILDREN
$18K
2 grants
TEEN LIFELINE INC
$11K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

33 grants

<$10K
12
grants
$10–50K
9
grants
$50–250K
9
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

Texas
$2.3M
99% of total
Wisconsin
$22K
1% of total
Illinois
$8K
0% of total

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