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Wheeler Foundation

Accepts applications Salt Lake City, Utah · EIN 870503163

Wheeler Foundation is a private foundation in Salt Lake City, Utah. In tax year 2024 it gave $4.3 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $4.3 million and the largest $4.3 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $4.9 million the year before.

100% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$4.9 million99$102 million
2024$4.3 million1$115 million

How to apply

ContactWells Fargo Philanthropic Services
100 N Main St FL 5 D4001-052, Winston Salem, NC 27101
Phone or email(800) 352-3705
What to submitApplications must be submitted through the online grant application form
DeadlinesFebruary 1 and august 1
RestrictionsGRANTEES MUST QUALIFY AS EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SECTION 501(c) (3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. NO GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS. NO FINANCIAL AID OR EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE CONSIDERED.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in North Carolina.

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina1$4.3 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
See Attached
Winston Salem, NC
See attached$4.3 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Wheeler Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: February 1 and august 1.

How much does Wheeler Foundation give?

$4.3 million in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $4.3 million.

Who runs Wheeler Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Susan Holt (V.p./Director), Alison W Jensen (V.p./Director), Rebecca Davis (Pres. / Director) and Mary Katherine Younker (Treas. / Director) among 5 officers and trustees.

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