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Todd R Wagner Foundation

Austin, TX · EIN 91-2028112. Reported 92 grants totalling $4,162,906 to 61 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$4,162,906granted, 2021-2024
61recipients, as named on its returns
40%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,946,935assets, 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. Todd R Wagner 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.

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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $800,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
17 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
28 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
8 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
15 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
Cause Reports IncLos Angeles, CA$1,200,000222024
Carrollwood Day School Education IncTampa, FL$949,000442024
The First TeePonte Vedra Beach, FL$400,000442024
After-School All-StarsLos Angeles, CA$350,000332024
Morton Plant Mease Health CareClearwater, FL$190,000222022
Mayo ClinicJacksonville, FL$116,406112022
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA$100,000112023
Clooney Foundation for JusticeNew York, NY$50,000112023
Dreamflight USA IncGoldenrod, FL$50,000112022
Hoosiers for Good IncBloomington, IN$50,000112024
Kappa Sigma Endowment FundCharlottesville, VA$50,000112021
Memorial Sloan-Ketterling Cancer CenterNew York, NY$50,000112024
University of Virginia Advancement Operations ActCharlottesville, VA$50,000112024
Bgold IncTarpon Springs, FL$40,000332024
God's Pit CrewDanville, VA$40,000332024
A Sense of HomeHawthorne, CA$35,000112024
Lide FoundationLos Angeles, CA$30,000332024
The Museum of the Bible IncWashington, DC$30,000222023
The New Canaan LibraryNew Canaan, CT$30,000332023
University of Virginia Law SchoolCharlottesville, VA$30,000222024
East Lake United Methodist ChurchPalm Harbor, FL$28,000222023
Arise Alliance Institute IncTampa, FL$25,000222023
Environmental Working GroupWashington, DC$25,000112024
Friends of Tampa Day School IncTampa, FL$25,000112023
After-School All-Stars Tampa BayLos Angeles, CA$10,000222023
Arise Alliance Institute IncTampa, CA$10,000112024
Art International Training and Research IncTampa, FL$10,000112021
Community Foundation of Northwest MsHernando, MS$10,000112024
Crossroads School for Arts and SciencesSanta Monica, CA$10,000222023
East Lake Firefighters Benevolent Assn CorpPalm Harbor, FL$10,000222024
Foundation for the National Institute of Health IncNorth Bethesda, MD$10,000112021
The First Tee-Tampa BayTampa Bay, FL$10,000112022
The Museum of the Bible IncOklahoma City, OK$10,000112021
The Walden Woods ProjectLincoln, MA$10,000222023
Windward SchoolLos Angeles, CA$10,000222023
Our Lady of LourdesBethesda, MD$8,000222023
After-School All-Stars Tampa BayTampa, FL$5,000112021
Alpha Chi Omega Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN$5,000112023
American Lebanese Syrian Associated CharitiesMemphis, TX$5,000112023
End Human Trafficking IncTallahassee, FL$5,000112021
Florida Sheriff Youth Ranches IncLive Oak, FL$5,000112023
Her Lighthouse IncLutz, FL$5,000112021
Kids to Love FoundationMadison, AL$5,000112021
Nicklaus Children's Health Care FoundationNorth Palm Beach, FL$5,000112022
The Cambridge School IncWeston, MA$5,000112024
The Childrens Scholarship FundNew York, NY$5,000112023
The Methodist Hospital FoundationOmaha, NE$5,000112023
The Nomore FoundationLutz, FL$5,000112024
The Payton Wright FoundationSarasota, FL$5,000112023
Random Acts of Flowers Tampa Bay IncDunedin, FL$4,500222022
Feeding the Fosters IncClearwater, FL$4,000112024
World Business ChicagoChicago, IL$4,000112024
Year Up Inc- Tampa BaySt Petersburg, FL$4,000112022
Archbishop Carroll High SchoolWashington, DC$3,500222023
C Me Grow IncWashington, DC$3,500222023
Ne Florida Regional STEM2 Hub IncPonte Vedra Beach, FL$3,000112022
Coastal Rivers Conservation TrustDamariscotta, ME$2,500112024
Lexington Community Farm Coalition IncLowell, MA$2,500112024
Texas Business Hall of FameHouston, TX$2,000112022
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$2,000112024
North Tampa Young LifeHarlan, LA$1,000112022

22 of 61 (36%) 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 40%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 55 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.

Education
17 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
8 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Recreation & Sports
3 grants
Health Care
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202115$599,000$10,000
202226$801,906$10,000
202328$1,227,000$5,000
202423$1,535,000$10,000

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

46% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Florida
$1.9M
California
$1.8M
Virginia
$170K
New York
$107K
District of Columbia
$62K
Indiana
$55K
Connecticut
$30K
Maryland
$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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund30 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc24 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc22 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust20 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc16 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. 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 Florida.
  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 Todd R Wagner Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 11405 Calle Verde Cove, Austin, TX, 78759. 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 91-2028112 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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