The Wild Gifting Project

• The foundation describes its mission as deliberately broad, but it is especially interested in experimental projects, hard-to-measure work, neglected work for overlooked people, and misfit needs that fall outside standard giving categories, so describe your project in those terms if it fits.
• Its stated priority is the Southern and Midwest United States, so an organisation working there is the closest match to that priority.
• Half of its grants to organisations were $75,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $20,500 and $150,000, so a request in that range suits it best, although its largest grant was about $360,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• Most of its grant dollars went to organisations it had not funded in its earlier filings, so a first approach is normal.
• Email proposals@thewildgiftingproject.org with who you are, what you want to do and how much money you need; applications are rolling, and if the idea interests the foundation, it will contact you for a short conversation before it may fund the project.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• WAWC Healthcare · Providing prenatal, reproductive, and additional healthcare services to at-risk populations in the greater tuscaloosa, al area, assisting patients in accessing medicaid and/or healthcare referrals, and providing doula support and midwifery care to pregnant and birthing patients.
  $200,0002024 tax year
• The Healing Underground · Running mutual aid groups focused on grocery and food distribution for low income, queer, and bipoc community members; support the growth and expansion of the gallery and expand offerings of free or low-cost classes and workshops to the community.
  $180,9002024 tax year
• Advocates for Family Justice · Providing legal advocacy and support to families during child abuse/neglect investigations to help ensure child and parental rights enforcement and to prevent family separation.
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Gun Violence Archive · Creation and maintenance of an online archive of gun violence incidents collected from law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence.
  $150,0002024 tax year
• 1in6 Support · Providing support, consulting, and advocacy for families of children with disabilities, fostering accommodating communities, and collaborating with organizations and companies dedicated to creating a more accessible and inclusive world.
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Mosquito Fleet · Democratize access to public waters through their kayak lending library, center waterways as sites of resilience and resistance to climate change, and shut down fossil fuel infrastructure in the pacific northwest.
  $120,0002024 tax year
• Street Health DC · Providing accessible and compassionate medical care to improve the health and well-being of persons experiencing homelessness in the greater washington dc area.
  $105,0002024 tax year
• Black Lotus Holistic Health Collective · Providing mental health and healing supports, conducting trainings on trauma and addiction for providers who care for marginalized community members in the greater philadelphia area, and funding mental health care for uninsured and marginalized community members.
  $100,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.