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The Wyman Family Foundation Inc

Easton, MD · EIN 13-6124582. Reported 214 grants totalling $1,509,690 to 68 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$1,509,690granted, 2020-2024
68recipients, as named on its returns
87%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,870,338assets, 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. The Wyman Family Foundation Inc 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $76,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
22 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
106 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
45 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
23 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
10 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Boulder Community Health FoundationBoulder, CO$169,500332024
Boulder Community Health - Comm CollabBoulder, CO$151,000222021
Humane Society of Boulder ValleyBoulder, CO$80,000442024
John Hopkins Cancer CenterBaltimore, MD$80,000332024
Memorial Hospital FoundationEaston, MD$78,500442024
The New PressNew York, NY$75,000112020
Johns Hopkins Heart Vascular InstituteBaltimore, MD$70,000332024
The Country SchoolEaston, MD$65,500552024
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$60,000112021
American Enterprise InstituteWashington, DC$50,000552024
St Matthews United Methodist ChurchEaston, MD$45,000442024
National Wildlife FederationReston, VA$36,000442024
Talbot Hospice FoundationEaston, MD$36,000442024
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY$30,000222024
The Nature ConservancyBoulder, CO$30,000552024
Community Food ShareLouisville, CO$26,000552024
Meridian International CenterWashington, DC$25,000552024
Tru Community CareLafayette, CO$25,000442024
Taft School Annual FundWatertown, CT$23,000552024
Cystic Fibrosis FoundationDenver, CO$22,500222024
Health Network FoundationCleveland, OH$22,000442024
Talbot Paramedic FoundationEaston, MD$21,000332024
For All SeasonsEaston, MD$20,500552024
Blue Sky BridgeBoulder, CO$20,000442024
Academy Art MuseumEaston, MD$19,090552024
Nyu Langone HealthNew York, NY$15,000222024
High Fives FoundationTruckee, CA$13,000552024
The Lyford Cay FoundationNew York, NY$13,000552024
Midshore Community FoundationEaston, MD$12,000332024
Pickering Creek Environmental CenterEaston, MD$11,500552024
The Avalon FoundationEaston, MD$10,500552024
CASA of the Mid-ShoreEaston, MD$10,000552024
Four Seasons Homeowner's FoundationBranford, CT$10,000112022
The Wild Animal SanctuaryKeenesburg, CO$10,000222024
Historical Society of Talbot CountyEaston, MD$9,000552024
Foothill Elementary School PTOBoulder, CO$7,500112024
Fractured AtlasNew York City, NY$7,500112024
Impact on Education FoundationLouisville, CO$7,000222024
OldfieldsSparks, MD$6,500442024
Adaptive Golf ProgramDurango, CO$5,000442024
Chef Ann FoundationBoulder, CO$5,000222023
Chesapeake Bay Maritime MuseumSt Michaels, MD$5,000552024
I Have a Dream Fdn of Boulder CityBoulder, CO$5,000112022
Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CA$5,000112021
One West 54TH Street FoundationNew York, NY$5,000332023
Shore RiversEaston, MD$5,000552024
Talbot Humane SocietyEaston, MD$5,000552024
Trust for the National MallWashington, DC$5,000552024
Western Resources AdvocatesBoulder, CO$5,000112024
The Wilmer Ophthalmological CenterBaltimore, MD$4,500332024
Union Dorcas SocietyEaston, MD$4,000552024
Maryland Public TelevisionOwings Mills, MD$3,000332023
Metrocaring of DenverDenver, CO$3,000112021
YMCA of Talbot CountyEaston, MD$3,000332023
Boulder Bridge HouseBoulder, CO$2,500112022
Dairy Center for the ArtsBoulder, CO$2,000112023
Easton Volunteer Fire DepartmentEaston, MD$2,000442024
Talbot County Fraternal Order of Police #18Easton, MD$2,000442024
Tunnels to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$2,000112022
United Fund of Talbot CountyEaston, MD$2,000222022
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC$1,250552024
WetaArlington, VA$1,100222024
Community Partnership SchoolPhiladelphia, PA$1,000112022
Stray Cat BluesColmar, PA$1,000112020
US Court Tennis Preservation FoundationConshohocken, PA$1,000112021
Maryland House and Garden PilgrimmageAnnapolis, MD$600442024
Talbot Mentors ProgramEaston, MD$500112024
Chesapeake CharitiesStevensville, MD$150112021

51 of 68 (75%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 87%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 89 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
25 grants
Health Care
12 grants
Human Services
12 grants
Education
10 grants
Animal Welfare
10 grants
Civil Rights
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
International Affairs
5 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202024$267,750$2,000
202143$285,140$2,000
202250$322,500$2,250
202348$306,900$2,000
202449$327,400$5,000

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

39% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Maryland
$592K
Colorado
$576K
New York
$148K
District of Columbia
$81K
Virginia
$37K
Connecticut
$33K
Ohio
$22K
California
$18K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc27 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund26 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust20 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program18 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc14 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc13 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
  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 The Wyman Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 31 South Harrison Street, Easton, MD, 21601. 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 13-6124582 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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