Wonderful Life Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold application is not an option; a small charity should first look for a route to an introduction or invitation.
- Its recorded giving spans universities and colleges, schools and churches, health and medical research, and arts and cultural organisations, with general support the dominant kind of grant, so the charity should check whether its work sits within one of these fields.
- Most grants are modest: half of its 149 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less, so a request sized near that median fits better than a large one, though its largest grant was about $4,150,000.
- Repeat funding is strong, with 93% of grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so relationships with existing grantees appear to matter a great deal.
- No geographic focus is stated; the grants shown mainly in Illinois, Indiana, New York and South Carolina describe past giving, not a rule about who may apply.
Overview
Wonderful Life Foundation is a US private foundation based in West Palm Beach, FL.
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 12 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The grant record is dominated by general support, alongside capital, renovation and endowment campaigns. Recipients include universities and colleges, schools and churches, health and medical research institutions, and arts and cultural organisations. Recorded purposes also include scholarships, support for global-health and cardiovascular institutes, and arts projects. The grants therefore show giving spanning several institutional fields rather than one stated subject area. Its recorded giving includes broad support as well as named campaigns and programmes, with recipients in several states.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Illinois, Indiana, New York and South Carolina.
How to apply
The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing specifies no further application stage.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% 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 149 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
6 other states: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 25% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations Wonderful Life 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 53 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University of Notre Dame · Payment 1 of 6$4,167,0002024 tax year
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab · Accelerate ability campaign - payment 3 of 5$4,000,0002024 tax year
- Catholic Extension · Endowment to support development$3,000,0002024 tax year
- Wofford College · Capital campaign - payment 1 of 5$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Central Presbyterian Church · General support - payment 5 of 5$1,160,0002024 tax year
- Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart · General support$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart · General support$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart · General support$1,000,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Lori W Reyes — Trustee
- M Jude Reyes — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $17,425,253 | $17,280,000 | $25,631,142 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $22,043,240 | $21,614,500 | $30,631,789 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $25,020,148 | $24,729,000 | $32,976,158 | 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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- West Palm Beach, FL
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Contact
- West Palm Beach, FL