Wexner Foundation
New Albany, OH · EIN 23-7320631. Reported 115 grants totalling $8,152,240 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Wexner Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $300 and $45,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $1,602,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $3,224,975 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $1,655,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of San Diego County | San Diego, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hebrew Union College | Cincinnati, OH | $330,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva University | New York, NY | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Natal | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary | New York, NY | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | Wyncote, PA | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of North America | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hebrew College | Newton Centre, MA | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish University | Belair, CA | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yeshivat Maharat | Bronx, NY | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabinical School | New York, NY | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal | Philadelphia, PA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Hadar | New York, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $63,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hunter College | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohr Torah Stone | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leading Edge Alliance for Excellence in Jewish Leadership | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Academy for Jewish Religion California | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of University of New York | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association | New York, NY | $10,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity-Mid Ohio | Columbus, OH | $4,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Mentor Foundation | Columbus, OH | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way | Columbus, OH | $1,301 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Furniture Bank of Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Magazine Publisher Family Literacy Project | Granville, OH | $1,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Giving Kitchen Pitssburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ohio Newsboys Association Inc | Columbus, OH | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coburn Place Safehaven II Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fetcher Place Community Center Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Godman Guild Association | Columbus, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | Duquesne, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grow Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Growing Places Indy Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hill District Consensus Group | Pittsburgh, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hilltop Urban Farm | Pittsburgh, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| KIPP Columbus | Columbus, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Random Acts of Flowers Indianapolis Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Second Helpings Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Storehouse for Teachers | Pittsburgh, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank | Pittsburgh, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wexner Heritage Village | Columbus, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zakiyah House Housing | Pittsburgh, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healthy Worthington Resource Center | Columbus, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mid-Ohio Food Bank | Grove City, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YWCA Columbus | Columbus, OH | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Ohio | Columbus, OH | $184 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union for Reform Judiasm | New York, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womens Rabbinic Network | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
28 of 55 (51%) 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 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc
TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FUNDING - Harvard University
TO FUND EDUCATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS - Jewish Federation of San Diego County
TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY SUPPORT. - Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal
TO FUND EDUCATIONAL FELLOWSHIP - Leading Edge Alliance for Excellence in Jewish Leadership
TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL FUNDING - Storehouse for Teachers
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $1,688,462 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $1,818,138 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 30 | $4,468,306 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $177,334 | $500 |
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. 43% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- 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.
- 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 Wexner Foundation'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: 8000 Walton Parkway 100, New Albany, OH, 43054. 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.
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