The Wild Gifting Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854035968
IRS 990-PF coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Middletown, CT, USA
Phone
6463343081
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Operating Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,880,555
Expenses
$10,052,877

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Operating Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 57 grants totaling $4,377,730. The stated grant purposes included 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., 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., and 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., plus 54 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 87% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.
  • 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 filed numbers largely add up. 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: 44
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 2

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 43.5%; rating input score 44; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 1.65; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 2th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 59 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.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 2/100.