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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 34-1852595

The Wheeler Foundation

A private foundation in Vero Beach, FL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $166,850 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $166,850

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,252,235

  • Tax year 2023

    $151,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,899,614

  • Tax year 2022

    $567,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,974,158

  • Tax year 2021

    $161,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,197,057

  • Tax year 2020

    $7,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,929,244

  • Tax year 2019

    $230,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,826,655

  • Tax year 2018

    $83,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,718,904

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Piano ClevelandShaker HTS, OH

    Annual fund / cleveland international piano competition

    $100,000
  2. Senior Resource AssociationVero Beach, FL

    Charitable contribution

    $28,850
  3. The Sola FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Charitable contribution

    $25,000
  4. Kirtland Country Club Scholarship FundWilloughby, OH

    Scholarship fund

    $10,000
  5. VNA & Hospice FoundationVero Beach, FL

    Charitable contribution

    $1,000
  6. The Curt Kriedman FoundationPort Orange, FL

    Scholarship fund

    $1,000
  7. National Trappers AssociationBedford, IN

    Charitable contribution

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services1 grant $28,85045% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $25,00039% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $10,00016% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio2 grants $110,000
  2. Florida3 grants $30,850
  3. California1 grant $25,000
  4. Indiana1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Thomas E WheelerPRESIDENT Hours 0.2Pay $0
  • Betsy J WheelerVICE-PRESIDENT Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Michelle MearsSECRETARY Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Rebecca W LewandowskiTREASURER Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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