Private foundation (trust)EIN 541942771Est. 1999-08

WISE FOUNDATION

MARSHALL, VA 201160557

Total Assets

$22.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$944K

FY 2024

Grants Made

86

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$11K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$60K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.1M

Total Expenses

$1.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$969K

Distributable Amount

$1.1M

Min. Investment Return

$1.1M

Undistributed Income

$1.0M

Payout rate 91%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.91%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

86 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $6K to maximum $60K, 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

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $1.1M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

FLAGLER COLLEGE
$500K
6 grants
FLAGLER MUSEUM
$200K
6 grants
THE HILL SCHOOL (VA)
$150K
2 grants
UVA JEFFERSONIAN GROUNDS
$150K
3 grants
THE PLAINS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
$144K
6 grants
ORLEAN VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENT
$144K
6 grants
MARSHALL VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD
$144K
6 grants
WARRENTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
$144K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
352
grants
$10–50K
141
grants
$50–250K
7
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

Virginia
$4.7M
80% of total
Florida
$700K
12% of total
West Virginia
$125K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$110K
2% of total
Maryland
$80K
1% of total
New York
$60K
1% of total
South Carolina
$32K
1% of total
North Carolina
$30K
1% of total
California
$25K
0% of total
Illinois
$21K
0% of total

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