Wings for Things Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered; the realistic route in is a warm introduction or a direct conversation with someone connected to it.
- Its grants most often address hunger, so if your work touches hunger relief, that is the clearest point of fit.
- Most of its grants fall between $25,000 and $250,000, and half of its 38 grants to organisations across its three most recent filings were $100,000 or less, so a request towards the lower end of that band suits its usual giving, although its largest grant was $1,000,000.
- The filing shows that 98% of its grant dollars in its latest year went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so it leans towards renewing existing relationships.
- Any organisation that cannot make a personal introduction should not send a cold request.
Overview
Wings for Things Foundation is a US private foundation based in Sandy Hook, CT.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation’s grants principally address hunger, alongside emergency and disaster response, youth development and self-esteem, and assistance for trafficking survivors and their families. Its recorded recipients include food banks and hunger-relief organisations, humanitarian and disaster-response charities, youth-development organisations, and groups supporting military families, children’s books and reading, libraries, children’s disease research, performing-arts workers, booksellers and writers. The grants also support emergency assistance for disaster-impacted families and survivors of trafficking. The filings describe these specific charitable purposes rather than setting out a general funding policy; they show repeated grants for hunger relief and recurring support for several other community and emergency needs.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Hunger relief
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in District of Columbia, Connecticut, New York and Iowa.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 38 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
3 other states: 6%
- The largest single recipient received 23% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 98% of grant dollars went to organisations Wings for Things Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 13 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- World Hunger · To assist in alleviating hunger$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Connecticut Foodshare · To assist in alleviating hunger$250,0002024 tax year
- Feeding America · To assist in alleviating hunger in the united states$250,0002024 tax year
- Doctors Without Borders · To assist in their mission to support life saving care for those devastated by emergencies, epidemics, and natural disasters$250,0002024 tax year
- Catholic Relief Services · To assist in providing emergency financial assistance to prevent trafficking and provide welcome kits for survivors, helping mothers and babies around the world receive nutritional care and health exams.$250,0002024 tax year
- SBP · To provide support for disaster-impacted families that need immediate assistance$100,0002024 tax year
- Reach Western Connecticut · To assist in their mission of youth development and self-esteem enhancement$100,0002024 tax year
- We Need Diverse Books · To provide support for putting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of all children$100,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Isabel Pryor — Vice President
- Charles Andrew Pryor — Vice President
- Charles Allen Pryor — Co-President
- Suzanne M Collins — Co-President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,821,703 | $1,700,000 | $24,712,094 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,364,849 | $2,250,000 | $25,198,757 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,665,855 | $2,550,000 | $29,982,102 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Sandy Hook, CT
Applying to Wings for Things Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Sandy Hook, CT