Grants paid by The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inc
EIN 81-4436916 · Bayshore, NY · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20
The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inc of Bayshore, NY (EIN 81-4436916) reported 63 grants paid totaling $7,280,798 to 43 recipients in tax years 2018–2025, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$7,280,798
63 grants
Recipients
43
distinct organizations
Tax years
2018–2025
7 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | $308,396 | — |
| 2020 | 39 | $5,604,590 | — |
| 2021 | 2 | $13,500 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | $47,000 | — |
| 2023 | 1 | $100,000 | — |
| 2024 | 8 | $486,902 | — |
| 2025 | 6 | $720,410 | — |
Top recipients
The 43 recipients receiving the most from The William R Wheeler & Sandra L Wheeler Charitable Foundation Inc, by grants paid, out of 43 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Plains College 75-1665618 | C | Levelland, TX | 7 | $5,066,000 | 2024 |
| Tanzanian Children's Fund 74-3087284 | C | Cambridge, MA | 2 | $602,828 | 2025 |
| Kcnt1 Epilepsy Foundation 84-2748218 | B | Scottsdale, AZ | 2 | $374,000 | 2025 |
| Natl Philanthropic Trust | U | Jenkintown, PA | 2 | $295,396 | 2018 |
| Stratton Foudation | U | Stratton Mountain, VT | 7 | $247,500 | 2024 |
| Brighter Tomorrows 11-2891967 | B | Shirley, NY | 3 | $83,000 | 2025 |
| Rethink Food NYC 82-1632259 | C | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | $82,500 | 2020 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc 27-3521132 | C | Washington, DC | 1 | $50,000 | 2024 |
| We the Protestors - Campaign Zero | U | New York, NY | 1 | $40,000 | 2020 |
| Island Harvest | U | Hauppauge, NY | 2 | $34,500 | 2020 |
| Potlatch Fund 73-1712905 | B | Seattle, WA | 1 | $25,000 | 2020 |
| Northwest Harvest 91-0826037 | C | Seattle, WA | 1 | $25,000 | 2020 |
| Tide Center | U | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $24,000 | 2020 |
| The Brennan Center for Justice 13-3839293 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $23,500 | 2020 |
| Jawonio Inc 13-1761660 | B | New City, NY | 1 | $22,590 | 2020 |
| The Navajo Nation 95-3464248 | D | Window Rock, AZ | 1 | $22,500 | 2020 |
| Seattle Foundation 91-6013536 | B | Seattle, WA | 2 | $20,000 | 2020 |
| Bay Shore Union Free School District | U | Bayshore, NY | 1 | $20,000 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Community Foundation 11-3422729 | C | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $16,000 | 2020 |
| Stratton Community Foudation | U | Stratton Mountain, VT | 1 | $15,000 | 2025 |
| Advocates for Children of New York 11-2247307 | C | New York, NY | 1 | $14,000 | 2020 |
| Public Policy Education Fund | U | Albany, NY | 1 | $13,500 | 2020 |
| World Wildlife Fund 52-1693387 | B | Washington, DC | 1 | $12,500 | 2020 |
| City Harvest 13-3170676 | C | New York, NY | 1 | $11,500 | 2020 |
| The New York Community Trust 13-3062214 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $11,500 | 2020 |
| A Beautiful Mind | U | Hyattsville, MD | 1 | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Issaquah Food and Clothing 91-1245499 | C | Issaquah, WA | 1 | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Hopelink 91-0982116 | C | Redmond, WA | 1 | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Byrd Barr Place 91-0786727 | B | Seattle, WA | 1 | $10,000 | 2020 |
| Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund | U | New York, NY | 1 | $9,000 | 2020 |
| The Loveland Foundation 83-3421375 | B | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $8,500 | 2020 |
| The Bail Project 81-4985512 | B | Venice, CA | 1 | $8,500 | 2020 |
| Actblue Charities Inc 47-3739141 | C | Somerville, MA | 1 | $8,000 | 2020 |
| Smile Farms Inc 46-5360466 | C | Carle Place, NY | 1 | $8,000 | 2020 |
| Love Beyond Walls 46-3909891 | C | College Park, GA | 1 | $7,500 | 2020 |
| American Red Cross | U | Washington, DC | 1 | $7,500 | 2020 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts 23-7129564 | C | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $7,500 | 2020 |
| Levelland Wallace Theater 47-4633578 | B | Levelland, TX | 1 | $5,984 | 2025 |
| The Joy Bus 46-3188719 | B | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $5,500 | 2020 |
| Sean Casey Animal Rescue 35-2244558 | B | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $5,000 | 2020 |
| Usbg National Charity Foundation 46-1309986 | B | Henderson, NV | 1 | $4,000 | 2020 |
| New York University School of Medicine | U | New York, NY | 1 | $2,500 | 2024 |
| Pop Culture Classroom 45-4798723 | C | Denver, CO | 1 | $1,000 | 2018 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 63 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kcnt1 Epilepsy Foundation Scottsdale, AZ | B | $324,000 | paid | SYDNEY'S HOPE FUND | 202621349349105357 |
| 2025 | Tanzanian Children's Fund Cambridge, MA | C | $300,426 | paid | THE OLDEANI SECONDARY SCHOOL DAILY OPERATIONS, THE OLDEANI SECONDARY SCHOOL BOARDING PROGRAM OPERATIONS, AND BOARDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT | 202621349349105357 |
| 2025 | Brighter Tomorrows Shirley, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | BETTER TOGETHER PILOT PROGRAM | 202621349349105357 |
| 2025 | Brighter Tomorrows Shirley, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | TO EXPAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES | 202621349349105357 |
| 2025 | Stratton Community Foudation Stratton Mountain, VT | U | $15,000 | paid | WHEELER FOUNDATION FIRST IN FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP | 202621349349105357 |
| 2025 | Levelland Wallace Theater Levelland, TX | B | $5,984 | paid | RENOVATIONS OF WALLACE THEATER | 202621349349105357 |
| 2024 | Tanzanian Children's Fund Cambridge, MA | C | $302,402 | paid | OLDEAN SECONDARY SCHOOL DAILY OPERATIONS, OLDEANI SECONDARY SCHOOL BOARDING PROGRAM OPERATIONS, SCHOOL AND PROGRAM LEADERSHIP | 202501329349102470 |
| 2024 | World Central Kitchen Inc Washington, DC | C | $50,000 | paid | HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF EFFORTS | 202501329349102470 |
| 2024 | Kcnt1 Epilepsy Foundation Scottsdale, AZ | B | $50,000 | paid | SYDNEY'S HOPE FUND | 202501329349102470 |
| 2024 | Stratton Foudation Stratton Mountain, VT | U | $35,000 | paid | NATHAN'S CORNER, A MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AT BURR AND BURTON ACADEMY | 202501329349102470 |
| 2024 | South Plains College Levelland, TX | C | $24,000 | paid | FOR THE WHEELER FOUNDATION FIRST TO COLLEGE IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP | 202501329349102470 |
| 2024 | Stratton Foudation Stratton Mountain, VT | U | $15,000 | paid | FOR THE WHEELER FIRST IN FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP | 202501329349102470 |
| 2024 | Brighter Tomorrows Shirley, NY | B | $8,000 | paid | RENOVATIONS TO SHELTER AND COUNSELING ROOMS W/ SUFFOLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 202501329349102470 |
| 2024 | New York University School of Medicine New York, NY | U | $2,500 | paid | (FACES) FINDING A CURE FOR EPILEPSY & SEIZURES | 202501329349102470 |
| 2023 | Stratton Foudation Stratton Mountain, VT | U | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202441369349102474 |
| 2022 | Bay Shore Union Free School District Bayshore, NY | U | $20,000 | paid | BAY SHORE VARSITY SAILING TEAM BOATS | 202321359349101887 |
| 2022 | Stratton Foudation Stratton Mountain, VT | U | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202321359349101887 |
| 2022 | South Plains College Levelland, TX | C | $12,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202321359349101887 |
| 2021 | Stratton Foudation Stratton Mountain, VT | U | $7,500 | paid | FOR THE WHEELER FIRST IN FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP | 202201369349102530 |
| 2021 | South Plains College Levelland, TX | C | $6,000 | paid | FOR THE WHEELER FOUNDATION FIRST TO COLLEGE IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP | 202201369349102530 |
| 2020 | South Plains College Levelland, TX | C | $2,500,000 | paid | WILBURN AND HELEN WHEELER SCIENCE CENTER RENOVATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | South Plains College Levelland, TX | C | $2,500,000 | paid | WILBURN AND HELEN WHEELER SCIENCE CENTER RENOVATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Rethink Food NYC Brooklyn, NY | C | $74,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT AS IT RELATES TO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Stratton Foudation Stratton Mountain, VT | U | $50,000 | paid | FOR THE COVID-19 RELIEF FUND | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | We the Protestors - Campaign Zero New York, NY | U | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Northwest Harvest Seattle, WA | C | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Potlatch Fund Seattle, WA | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Stratton Foudation Stratton Mountain, VT | U | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Island Harvest Hauppauge, NY | U | $24,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT AS IT RELATES TO COVID-19 RELIEF AND RESPONSE | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Tide Center San Francisco, CA | U | $24,000 | paid | SUPPORT OF NYC CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | The Brennan Center for Justice New York, NY | B | $23,500 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Jawonio Inc New City, NY | B | $22,590 | paid | PROVIDE NEW NEEDLEPOINT BI-POLAR IONIZATION UNITS IN THE KATZEN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCTION PROGRAM | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | The Navajo Nation Window Rock, AZ | D | $22,500 | paid | FOR THE COVID-19 RELIEF FUND | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Brooklyn Community Foundation Brooklyn, NY | C | $16,000 | paid | BROOKLYN COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Advocates for Children of New York New York, NY | C | $14,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Public Policy Education Fund Albany, NY | U | $13,500 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | World Wildlife Fund Washington, DC | B | $12,500 | paid | SUPPORT OF AUSTRALIAN FIRE RELIEF | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | South Plains College Levelland, TX | C | $12,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | City Harvest New York, NY | C | $11,500 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | The New York Community Trust New York, NY | B | $11,500 | paid | COVID-19 LONG ISLAND PHILANTHROPIC RESPONSE | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Island Harvest Hauppauge, NY | U | $10,500 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | A Beautiful Mind Hyattsville, MD | U | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Issaquah Food and Clothing Issaquah, WA | C | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Seattle Foundation Seattle, WA | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE PLATE FUND | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Seattle Foundation Seattle, WA | B | $10,000 | paid | FOR THE COVID-19 RELIEF FUND | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Hopelink Redmond, WA | C | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Byrd Barr Place Seattle, WA | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund New York, NY | U | $9,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | The Loveland Foundation Brooklyn, NY | B | $8,500 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Rethink Food NYC New York, NY | C | $8,500 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | The Bail Project Venice, CA | B | $8,500 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Smile Farms Inc Carle Place, NY | C | $8,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Actblue Charities Inc Somerville, MA | C | $8,000 | paid | ONE FAIR WAGE CAMPAIGN'S EMERGENCY CORONAVIRUS TIPPED AND SERVICE WORKER SUPPORT FUND | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Love Beyond Walls College Park, GA | C | $7,500 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | American Red Cross Washington, DC | U | $7,500 | paid | AUSTRALIAN FIRE RELIEF EFFORTS | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | New York Foundation for the Arts Brooklyn, NY | C | $7,500 | paid | FOR COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | The Joy Bus Phoenix, AZ | B | $5,500 | paid | TO SUPPORT HOSPITALITY PROFESSIONALS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 CRISIS | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Sean Casey Animal Rescue Brooklyn, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2020 | Usbg National Charity Foundation Henderson, NV | B | $4,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202131239349101823 |
| 2018 | Natl Philanthropic Trust Jenkintown, PA | U | $289,816 | paid | GENERAL | 201941359349102784 |
| 2018 | South Plains College Levelland, TX | C | $12,000 | paid | GENERAL | 201941359349102784 |
| 2018 | Natl Philanthropic Trust Jenkintown, PA | U | $5,580 | paid | GENERAL | 201941359349102784 |
| 2018 | Pop Culture Classroom Denver, CO | C | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL | 201941359349102784 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2025 | 2025-12-31 | not stated | 2025v4.1 | 202621349349105357 |
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.1 | 202501329349102470 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.0 | 202441369349102474 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202321359349101887 |
| 990PF | 2021 | 2021-12-31 | not stated | 2021v4.2 | 202201369349102530 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.1 | 202131239349101823 |
| 990PF | 2018 | 2018-12-31 | not stated | 2018v3.1 | 201941359349102784 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/814436916.json.
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