William & Florence Wheeler Foundation
Accepts applications
William & Florence Wheeler Foundation is a private foundation in Bakersfield, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $327,692 in 22 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $64,750. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$327,692
- Number of grants22
- Typical grant$10,000
- Largest grant$64,750
- Assets$7.0 million
- New grantees9%
Giving in 2024 was up from $324,641 the year before.
9% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $270,455 | 18 | $6.2 million |
| 2023 | $324,641 | 26 | $6.6 million |
| 2024 | $327,692 | 22 | $7.0 million |
How to apply
| Contact | Nancy L Wheeler 5060 California Ave Suite 800, Bakersfield, CA 93309 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (661) 201-4119 |
| What to submit | Letter format |
What William & Florence Wheeler Foundation funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to California.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 21 | $322,692 |
| New York | 1 | $5,000 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Garces Memorial High School | To help nurture students' spirituality, develop their intellect and their character. | $64,750 |
| CMSF Heritage Foundation | To preserve and enrich the heritage of the 16th district agricultural association and showcase agricultural industries to the community; to offer support to the 4-h and ffa projects and create agricultural education opportunities; maintain a standard of excellence in the facilities and create capital improvement opportunities and to serve as an arm of the california mid-state fair that can accept charitable donations. | $55,072 |
| Hoffmann Hospice | To celebrate the sanctity of life, provide compassionate end-of-life care, and comfort the grieving. | $31,120 |
| Bakersfield College Foundation | To support the collegiate rodeo team. | $30,000 |
| Jack's Helping Hand | To provide community programs that meet the unique challenges of children with cancer or special needs. | $25,000 |
| Junior League of Bakersfield | To advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. | $20,000 |
| Mendiburu Magic Foundation | To provide support for the unmet needs of children and their families that may be facing cancer and/or other catastrophic or life threatening illness. | $15,000 |
| California Reining Horse Association | To advance the sport of reining with dedication and passion. | $11,500 |
| Alano Pintado Equine Health Foundation | To further equine veterinary medicine with new advancements and impactful therapies to improve clinical outcomes. | $10,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Kern County | To help young people improve scholartically, develop socially, and prepare professionally. | $10,000 |
| Redwings Horse Sanctuary | To eliminate the causes of equine suffering through educational and community outreach programs, rescue abused, abandoned, and neglected equines and provide permanent sanctuary or selected adoptive homes for those equines. | $10,000 |
| Surfing for Hope | To help people ease the difficulty of cancer through the healing powers of surfing and the ocean life. | $10,000 |
| Bakersfield Museum of Art | To support museums that engages, inspires, and builds community through visual art. | $5,000 |
| Boy Scouts of America | To prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and scout law. | $5,000 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | To assist america's heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to gold star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. To assist america's heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to gold star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders.to assist america's heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to gold star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. | $5,000 |
| Woods Humane Society | To serve, protect and shelter homeless companion animals and to place animals into humane environments. While promoting responsible pet ownership, provide humane education, and reduce animal overpopulation; and to celebrate the human-animal bond. | $5,000 |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support | To provide support to the families of those who have been wounded, injured or killed during combat operations. The families of our casualties suffer in many ways: some physically, some psychologically. | $5,000 |
| Jim Burke Education Foundation | To help the youth of kern county excel through grants, scholarships and civic projects. | $2,500 |
| Kathy's Legacy Foundation | To assist children whose lives are traumatically altered by the murder of a parent due to domestic violence. | $2,500 |
| Zoo to You | To give a worldwide voice to wildlife by providing a permanent, loving home for displaced, abused, abandoned or permanently injured wild and exotic animals. | $2,500 |
| St Francis School Foundation | To provide excellence in catholic education by preparing critical-thinking, disciplined, and active christian leaders. | $1,750 |
| Bass Lake Chamber of Commerce | To ensure the continued firework display tradition that brings smiles and cheers from young to old alike. | $1,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Nancy L Wheeler
Questions people ask
Does William & Florence Wheeler Foundation accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.
How much does William & Florence Wheeler Foundation give?
$327,692 in tax year 2024, across 22 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.
Who runs William & Florence Wheeler Foundation?
Its 2024 filing lists Nancy L Wheeler (Trustee).
What does William & Florence Wheeler Foundation fund?
Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and health.