The Christine Wheeler Family Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201963760
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
West Olive, MI, USA
Phone
6167192010
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,627
Expenses
$29,451

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Grantmaking Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 4 filed grant rows totaling $14,800. The stated grant purposes included to support events and operations and to support its annual event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 69% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 25

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 50.3%; rating input score 50; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 7.77; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
  • Investments: 25th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 25/100.