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The Wild Gifting Project: 56 grants to organizations, $4.3 million (tax year ended September 2025)
The Wild Gifting Project, a private foundation in Middletown, CT, paid 56 grants to organizations totaling $4,277,730 in its tax year ended September 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on January 15, 2026. The largest was $200,000 to Wawc Healthcare in Tuscaloosa, AL for 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, an.
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- EIN
- 854035968
- Based in
- Middletown, CT
- Assets
- $7,208,108
- Grants paid
- $4,377,730
- Tax year ended
- September 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended September 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed January 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202610159349100306. It reported $4,377,730 in grants paid; 56 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wawc Healthcare | Tuscaloosa, AL | 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, an | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Healing Underground | Portland, OR | 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 l | $180,900 | apps.irs.gov | |
| 1in6 Support | Montclair, NJ | Providing support, consulting, and advocacy for families of children with disabilities, fostering accommodating communities, and collaborating with organizations and companies dedicated to creating a | Human services | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Advocates for Family Justice | Weston, FL | 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. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gun Violence Archive | Washington, DC | 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 | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mosquito Fleet | Tukwila, WA | 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 pacif | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Street Health DC | Washington, DC | Providing accessible and compassionate medical care to improve the health and well-being of persons experiencing homelessness in the greater washington dc area. | Health care | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Autistic People of Color Fund | Lincoln, NE | Providing direct support, mutual aid, and reparations by and for autistic people of color. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Black Lotus Holistic Health Collective | Philadelphia, PA | 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 menta | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Exposure Project | Charlotte, NC | Providing hands-on career and character development experiences for under-resourced youth. | Youth development | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| If Foundation | Washington, DC | Supporting the let's go dmv! fund - a guaranteed income pilot program that provides unconditional direct cash to hospitality workers in the dc region. | Science and technology | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jeremiah Program | Minneapolis, MN | Supporting single mothers and their economic mobility. | Housing and shelter | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Life Pieces To Masterpieces | Washington, DC | Providing arts-based programs/initiatives to support the development of black boys and young men ages 3 25 in ward 7 impacted by community violence. | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sister Jos | Tucson, AZ | Supporting women who are unhoused in the greater tucson, az area. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sister Song | Atlanta, GA | Improving institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities. | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Willbliss Pregnancy Support | Cincinnati, OH | Providing birth, postpartum, and reproductive health support and education for at-risk and low-income pregnant people in az, where these kinds of reproductive health services are not available through | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women Enabled International | Washington, DC | Supporting the right to legal capacity of women and gender-diverse people with disabilities, particularly people with intellectual disabilities, to access information and services and make decisions a | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women's Foundation of the South | New Orleans, LA | Supporting women and girls of color in the southern united states. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Artistic Apothecary | Albuquerque, NM | Offering non-medical home birth care, gender hormone therapy, parenting support (resource distribution & coaching), and assistance with other collective campaigns in pueblo & apache territory, albuque | $97,207 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baltimore Safe Haven | Baltimore, MD | Expanding outreach and harm reduction efforts to support lgbtq individuals in baltimore city. | Human services | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Co-Counsel Nyc | New York, NY | Providing comprehensive training, supervision, and co-counseling to community-based organizations and law firms with high need immigration cases, especially those before uscis and immigration courts, | Crime and legal-related | $88,495 | apps.irs.gov |
| Free Migration Project | Philadelphia, PA | Legal services and advocacy promoting freedom of movement as a basic human right. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wawf Thrive As They Lead | Washington, DC | Advancing infrastructure, training, and support for black women and gender-expansive leaders. | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mixed Race Project | Sommerville, MD | Support the healthy identity development of young people with mixed racial and ethnic backgrounds, promoting resilience, belonging, and pride through mentorship and empowerment. | $77,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Allus | Washington, DC | Art classes/workshops, exhibitions, and artist residency programs for people impacted by racism, systemic oppression, and inequality in north carolina and georgia. | $75,900 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Birth Support & Beyond | Niantic, CT | Providing home-visiting support in the prenatal, birth, postpartum and early parenting periods for low income and young pregnant people and their families. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Black Girl Thriving Initiative | New York, NY | Development and facilitation of curricula, training, and educational events to dismantle the hierarchy of human value based on difference including race, sexual orientation, disability, or any other c | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Black Mothers in Power | Wilmington, DE | Eradicating racial health disparities for black birthing people and black babies throughout delaware by offering comprehensive, culturally relevant care through a midwifery-led approach. | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Doula Alliance | Portland, OR | Providing doula education and birth and postpartum doula services to bipoc communities in the portland metro area of oregon, in service of their mission to grow a generation of racially and linguistic | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fibco Family Services | Phoenix, AZ | Serving vulnerable populations in phoenix, az, including but not limited to food and clothing distribution, affordable housing support, immigrant support, and medical services for the unhoused. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Love146 | New Haven, CT | Supporting children impacted by trafficking today and prevent the trafficking of children tomorrow. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwoods Wildlife Center | Minoqua, WI | Continued development of an internship program to support future leaders in conservation who are actively pursuing careers benefitting wildlife and the environment. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Path | Northford, CT | Support and empower families, children, and youth living with disabilities or special healthcare needs through support, education, and advocacy in ct. | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mercado Popular | Hartford, CT | Running a farm and artisan market that promotes and raises awareness around food sovereignty and food insecurity. | $58,377 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lucinda's House | Windsor, CT | Creating spaces where women of color feel safe and supported and can actively participate in eliminating structural barriers to improve their overall health and well-being. lucinda's house will provid | $50,084 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Act for Alexandria | Alexandria, VA | Supporting community-centered initiatives in alexandria, va that disrupt the systems that perpetuate economic disparities impacting children, including their youth employment & cte program. | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network | Lincoln, NE | Supporting various initiatives throughout the disability justice community which empower disabled and autistic people in their fight for disability, gender, and racial justice. | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Dirt Farm Collective | Philadelphia, PA | Land development, construction, and programming with a focus on activating black agrarian communities, educating urban and suburban growers about sustainable growing practices, and working towards the | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Black Food Justice | Atlanta, GA | Supporting black-led organizations that develop and promote black leadership in groups working for food sovereignty and land justice in the southern united states. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Liberated Success | Brooklyn, NY | Nurture black young adults in their transition from high school to careers and build their social capital and economic mobility. | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Masgd Muslim Alliance | Richmond, CA | Support and empower lgbtq+ muslims with the muslim alliance for sexual and gender diversity. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Music in Common | Hapeville, GA | Using connection and music to work across difference and to engage with inter and multi-generational programming including jamms (journalism as music, multimedia, and songwriting), amplify, black lega | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Natick Is United | Natick, MA | Advocating for racial justice, health equity, immigration justice, and lgbtq+ rights at the school and city level. | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Open Goal Project | Washington, DC | Creating opportunities for young players from low-income families and underserved communities to access high-level soccer and grow with the game and to use soccer as a vehicle for cultural enrichment, | Recreation and sports | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peer Mental Health Alliance | Lincoln, NE | Support for the peer mental health alliance program which provides a peer model of support for queer folks around mental health issues and concerns. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| School Leader Lab | Washington, DC | Developing inspiring school leaders who disrupt racism and champion rigorous learning with a focus on community-building and adaptive skills for network-level leaders, principals, assistant principals | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Volunteer Ventures Ma | Lexington, MA | Creation of accessible picnic tables or in support of programs which aim to engage volunteers in hands-on work providing meaningful services to individuals, families, and the community in the greater | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amherst Neighbors | Amherst, MA | Supporting neighbor to neighbor connections, providing access to information and services, and empowering elders to maintain socially engaged lives while aging at home. | Human services | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Future Perfect Project | Stone Ridge, NY | Production of the im feeling queer today! podcast, or any other programming rooted in the power of storytelling that drives narrative change around identity and authenticity by amplifying the voices o | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Music Preservation Series | Philadelphia, PA | Provide equitable and inclusive music instruction and instruments for marginalized young people in the philadelphia area. | $27,698 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ma Coalition of Domestic Workers | Allston, MA | Any expenditures related to programs/initiatives of the massachusetts coalition for domestic workers and their work to bring racial and social justice and dignity to all domestic workers in the state | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Next Generation Language Access | Baltimore, MD | Any expenditures related to programs/initiatives of next generation language access and their work to provide high quality interpreter training to bilingual high school students, and growing a workfor | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Student Loan Fund | New Haven, CT | Support a student loan borrower led movement that holds public officials accountable for making policy changes to benefit borrowers, and build infrastructure for full student debt cancellation and fre | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Girl Health Collective | Dover, DE | Ensuring equitable and inclusive community health and care systems involving bipoc people and underserved communities. | Human services | $22,069 | apps.irs.gov |
| Social Capital Academy | Irvine, CA | Close the opportunity gap and assist first-generation and underrepresented students in developing the necessary skills, networks, and social capital to propel them from college into meaningful careers | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reach Fund for CT | Norwalk, CT | Providing direct financial assistance to individuals seeking legal abortion care. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended September 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed June 23, 2025, IRS object ID 202531749349100408. It reported $3,103,047 in grants paid; 44 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphitheater Public Schools Foundation Inc | Tucson, AZ | Implementation of the ready body learning minds curriculum at schools with self-contained classrooms in the amphitheater public school district and hiring of a part-time motor lab assistant and progra | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fringe Public Health Inc | Brinklow, MD | Expand harm reduction efforts in columbus ohio which aim to help people minimize the risks and negative consequences associated with drug use. | Health care | $176,587 | apps.irs.gov |
| Who Speaks for Me Project | Washington DC, DC | Support for the housing for all program for returning citizens, women, girls, and lgbtq people of color. | Crime and legal-related | $168,122 | apps.irs.gov |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | Support and empower lgbtq+ muslims with the muslim alliance for sexual and gender diversity. | Education | $155,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc | Hartford, CT | Advocate for queer youth by providing after school and summer programming and training on organizing, lobbying, and advocacy for gay straight alliances in high schools and on college campuses. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Co-Counsel Nyc Inc | New York, NY | Providing comprehensive training, supervision, and co-counseling to community-based organizations and law firms with high need immigration cases, especially those before uscis and immigration courts, | Crime and legal-related | $147,846 | apps.irs.gov |
| Katal Center for Equity Health and Justice Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Address community-identified needs around food insecurity, land access, environmental justice, and pathways towards agriculture and growing food for bipoc and formerly incarcerated people. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 4dasoil | Philadelphia, PA | Land development, construction, and programming with a focus on activating black agrarian communities, educating urban and suburban growers about sustainable growing practices, and working towards the | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Haven Arts and Culture | New Haven, CT | Support and foster community and art justice among bipoc filmmakers, storytellers, and creatives in the film industry, including hosting a black film residency and an annual film festival celebrating | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Empower DC | Washington DC, DC | Improve and promote the self-advocacy of low and moderate income ivy city and area dc residents in order to bring about sustained improvements in their quality of life with a focus on environmental ju | Community improvement and capacity building | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Futures of Color | Annandale, VA | Support underrepresented and immigrant students at wakefield high school in stem centered programming | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The People's Place Inc | Waterbury, CT | Support economic growth and social change that connects organizers and entrepreneurs to development, technology and each other in the greater waterbury, ct area. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Whole Brother Mission | Guasti, CA | Assist black men and their families nationwide with access to and payment for mental health services. | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Liberated Success Inc | Brooklyn, NY | Nurture black young adults in their transition from high school to careers and build their social capital and economic mobility. | Public and societal benefit | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Social Capital Academy | Irvine, CA | Close the opportunity gap and assist first-generation and underrepresented students in developing the necessary skills, networks, and social capital to propel them from college into meaningful careers | Education | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jasd'jor Emerging Philanthropists Inc | Jamaica, NY | Support for portals 2 power programming designed to empower bipoc young women to become strong, vibrant, and confident individuals, and to assist families of children with special needs. | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mothers Outreach Network Inc | Washington DC, DC | Support the unique legal needs and issues of mothers/parents, at the intersection of class and race, including support for family preservation, pop-up community legal clinics, and a representation pro | Human services | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 7 Pillars Collaborative Inc | Marietta, GA | Unite, educate, and expand training in social justice work with other grassroots organizations to better serve disenfranchised communities. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| JC Precious Mind Foundation Inc | Bloomfield, CT | Support for families with children with disabilities in the dominican republic. | Mental health and crisis intervention | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Parents Available To Help Inc | Northford, CT | Support and empower families, children, and youth living with disabilities or special healthcare needs through support, education, and advocacy in ct. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Student Loan Fund Inc | New Haven, CT | Support a student loan borrower led movement that holds public officials accountable for making policy changes to benefit borrowers, and build infrastructure for full student debt cancellation and fre | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ayuda Inc | Washington DC, DC | Hiring and supporting the work of a new bilingual case manager to meet the needs of the low-income immigrant community in the greater dmv area by providing client-centered wrap around services, and ru | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Safe Sisters Circle | Washington DC, DC | Provide no cost, culturally specific, holistic, and trauma-based legal and/or counseling services to black women survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault primarily living in washington dc' | Human services | $60,799 | apps.irs.gov |
| Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network Inc | Lincoln, NE | Support for the peer mental health alliance program which provides a peer model of support for queer folks around mental health issues and concerns. | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mamatoto Village Inc | Washington DC, DC | Provide accessible maternity care and parenting services to black pregnant people to help alleviate poor birth outcomes. | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mixed Identity Project Inc | Sommerville, MA | Support the healthy identity development of young people with mixed racial and ethnic backgrounds, promoting resilience, belonging, and pride through mentorship and empowerment. | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One Fair Wage Inc | Cambridge, MA | Support to raise wages and improve working conditions in the service sector. | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Our Sisters Our Brothers | Phoenix, AZ | Assisting families impacted by the foster care system in the safe reunification of children currently in foster care by providing education and support to the community. | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Volunteer Ventures Ma Inc | Lexington, MA | Creation of accessible picnic tables or in support of programs which aim to engage volunteers in hands-on work providing meaningful services to individuals, families, and the community in the greater | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hart Wellness Collaborative Inc | Middletown, CT | Trauma bonded sistas therapeutic group experiences for black women with untreated trauma, as well as any expenditures related to their youth mentoring pilot, supporting youth mental health and wellbei | Mental health and crisis intervention | $44,055 | apps.irs.gov |
| Law Offices of John R Mills A Non-Profit Corporation | Oakland, CA | Direct and systemic support to individuals caught in the legal system, including the maintenance and further development of a post-conviction participatory defense hub. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nurturing Justice Inc | New York, NY | Development and facilitation of curricula on how to have courageous conversations about race in america and how to support communities affected by racism, systematic oppression, and inequality. | Environment | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Unashamed Inc | Middletown, CT | Foster emotional health in disadvantaged families that have experienced incarceration, foster care, and teen pregnancy. | Youth development | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Music Preservation Inc | Philadelphia, PA | Provide equitable and inclusive music instruction and instruments for marginalized young people in the philadelphia area. | Arts, culture and humanities | $29,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Camp Common Ground Inc | Redwood City, CA | Foster cross-cultural relationships and inclusive social norms across bay area communities so that youth of all identities belong and are empowered to lead, including programs that teach intercultural | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Restoration Immigration Legal Aid | Arlington, VA | Holistically support the most vulnerable immigrants in the greater arlington, va community through pro bono immigration legal assistance. | Crime and legal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bereavement Care Network Inc | West Haven, CT | Support the needs of families afflicted by homicide in the greater new haven community. | Mental health and crisis intervention | $20,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| 4 Circles Beyond Inc | Willingboro, NJ | Develop and deliver educational programming to those affected by racism, systematic oppression, and inequality in pa. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Black Girl Health Collective | Dover, DE | Ensuring equitable and inclusive community health and care systems involving bipoc people and underserved communities. | Human services | $11,894 | apps.irs.gov |
| Strength in Numbers DC Inc | Washington DC, DC | Tutor k-5 children from the dc public schools and surrounding areas in math, seeking to address post-pandemic learning loss for students whose families do not have the means to hire private tutors and | Education | $11,130 | apps.irs.gov |
| Awakening Yoga Spaces Inc | Arlington, VA | Recruit and maintain a coalition of yoga and wellness communities and mentoring programs committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in yoga spaces for those impacted by racism and bias. | Recreation and sports | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Saving Our Youth Inc | Washington DC, DC | Support boys and young men living in southeast dc impacted by incarceration, drugs, and/or violence. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| So Others Finally Thrive Inc | Smyrna, GA | Setup and distribution of food, hygiene products, and other items of need to individuals and families who have been impacted by food apartheid, systems oppression, and low income. | $6,115 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Restoring Ivy Home | Washington DC, DC | Services for pregnant women and single female-identifying sex trafficking survivors including but not limited to individual and group therapy, community engagement, and housing in a confidential, safe | $1,499 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $979,762 |
| Education | $596,630 |
| Crime and legal-related | $429,463 |
| Health care | $281,587 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $240,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $205,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $204,000 |
| Youth development | $180,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $1,362,450 |
| Connecticut | $1,028,016 |
| New York | $726,341 |
| California | $475,500 |
| Arizona | $425,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $386,698 |
| Maryland | $368,587 |
| Massachusetts | $315,000 |
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Updated January 15, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.