The Wagner Foundation

This foundation accepts unsolicited applications

Restrictions:

APPLICATIONS MUST BE FROM 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WHICH USE FUNDS SOLEY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.

How to apply:

IRS DETERMINATION LETTER, LETTER FROM LEGAL COUNSEL OR DIRECTOR/OFFICER STATING THAT:(1) THEIR EXEMPT STATUS IS CURRENTLY STILL IN EFFECT,(2) THEIR PRESENT OPERATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE STATED IN THEIR DETERMINATION LETTER, AND (3) THAT ANY DISTRIBUTION TO THEIR ORGANIZATION FROM THIS ONE WOULD NOT RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL OR MATERIAL CHANGE IN ITS SOURCES OF SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR CHARITABLE STATUS. IN ADDITION, THIS ORGANIZATION MAY REQUIRE SUCH OTHER INFORMATION THEY CONSIDER NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT A DISTRIBUTION WOULD NOT SUBJECT THIS ORGANIZATION TO ANY EXCISE TAXES AND THAT IT WOULD NOT JEOPARDIZE THIS ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT STATUS.

Send to:

TROY S GILLESPIE

Quoted verbatim from IRS Form 990-PF Part XIV (2026 filing). Filings are 12–18 months behind, and the deadline above is the foundation's own wording rather than a fixed date — confirm with the foundation before you apply.