The Freeman & Gladys Wilson Family Foundation directs almost all of its giving to faith-based organizations and religious activities, primarily supporting one local church with repeated, substantial gifts. A smaller portion of funding goes to faith-affiliated children's education and welfare programming, indicating an interest in community and youth services delivered through religious institutions. Grants are concentrated and locally focused rather than broadly distributed across many causes.
Freeman & Gladys Wilson Family Foundation Inc gives at a small scale but with a strong center of gravity: repeated support for New Life Community Church in Hawthorne, including $46,500 in 2024 and $37,000 in 2025 for religious activities. That recurring pattern sits alongside a narrower set of grants to faith-linked children’s services, medical research, and counseling programs, showing a portfolio built around direct program support rather than broad thematic spread. The foundation’s recent filings also show grants to organizations serving children, students, people in military and first-responder communities, and disaster-relief efforts, but these appear in much smaller amounts than its church support. The largest gifts in the recent record reach into the mid-five-figure range, while most awards are much smaller. The foundation’s annual grants totaled $214,000, against assets of $1,539,097, which places its giving in a compact and locally oriented range. Its recent grant list includes a mix of repeated recipients and one-time awards, with a clear preference for California-based organizations. Although the structure of the portfolio is concentrated, the recipient types span faith congregations, youth-serving nonprofits, medical institutions, and scholarship providers.
Faith-based activity is the foundation’s clearest lane, but it is not limited to one type of religious grant. In addition to the large support for New Life Community Church, it gave $10,000 in 2023 to River of God International Ministries in Hawthorne for religious activities and $6,500 in 2023 to Christian Life Church in Long Beach for the same purpose. Children’s education and welfare appears as a second recurring theme. The Mission Inc in Potrero received $15,000 in 2025 and $4,000 in both 2024 and 2023 for children’s education and welfare. The foundation also supported Smile Train with $1,500 in 2023 for children’s education and welfare. Health-related funding is present through medical research grants to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Foundation, St Jude Children’s Cancer Research, City of Hope, and Little Company of Mary Hospital Foundation. Separate from that, Teen Challenge - S California received grants for teen counseling in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Typical grants are small: p25 is $1,000, median is $1,000, and p75 is $2,500. Even so, the recent record includes a few larger awards, including gifts above $10,000. Recipients also appear across multiple years, which suggests repeat support rather than one-time funding only: New Life Community Church, The Mission Inc, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Foundation, St Jude Children’s Cancer Research, Rising Star, Teen Challenge - S California, and Samaritan’s Purse each received grants in more than one year. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not making program-related investments.
$294K
$1.5M
$101K
$97K
Most grants fall between $1K and $3K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$3K
About 57% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Highly concentrated giving: a very small number of grants (3 total) with the majority of dollars going to a single repeat grantee; funding is directed to faith-based organizations and community-focused programs rather than a wide portfolio of nonprofits.
Notable grantees: New Life Community Church, The Mission Inc
Grants are overwhelmingly U.S.-based, with all 63 recent grants going to U.S. recipients. California is the main giving state, accounting for 57% of grants. Recipient cities cluster in Southern California, especially Hawthorne, Long Beach, Riverside, Duarte, and Torrance, with smaller activity in Potrero and Sherman Oaks. Outside California, recipient locations include Boone, Memphis, Rockville, Washington, Staten Island, Springfield, and Depoe Bay.
Its most visible funding goes to faith-based organizations and religious activities, especially repeated support for New Life Community Church. It also funds children’s education and welfare, medical research, teen counseling, college scholarships, military assistance, and first responders assistance.
Yes. Several recipients appear in more than one year, including New Life Community Church, The Mission Inc, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Foundation, St Jude Children’s Cancer Research, Rising Star, Teen Challenge - S California, and Samaritan’s Purse.
The distribution is small: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $1,000, and the 75th percentile is $2,500. Recent grants include both these small awards and a few larger gifts, such as $46,500 and $37,000 to the same church.
California is the main state for grantmaking, with 57% of grants going to recipients in CA. Recent recipient cities include Hawthorne, Long Beach, Riverside, Duarte, Torrance, and Sherman Oaks.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH | HAWTHORNE, CA | $43,000 | 2026 | RELIGOUS ACTIVITIES |
| THE MISSION INC | POTRERO, CA | $10,000 | 2026 | CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE |
| LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | LONG BEACH, CA | $5,000 | 2026 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | MEMPHIS, TN | $3,000 | 2026 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | BOONE, NC | $2,500 | 2026 | RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES |
| TEEN CHALLENGE - S CALIFORNIA | RIVERSIDE, CA | $2,000 | 2026 | TEEN COUNSELING |
| RISING STAR | DEPOE BAY, OR | $2,000 | 2026 | COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS |
| WOUNDED HEROES OF AMERICA | HAWTHORNE, CA | $1,500 | 2026 | MILITARY ASSISTANCE |
| JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES | FELTON, MO | $1,000 | 2026 | RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TX HILL COUNTRY | KERRVILLE, TX | $1,000 | 2026 | DISASTER RELIEF |
| FRED JORDAN MISSIONS | COVINA, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | FEEDING HOMELESS |
| CITY OF HOPE | DUARTE, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION | PHOENIX, AZ | $1,000 | 2026 | ASSISTING TERMINALLY ILL |
| SMILE TRAIN | WASHINGTON DC, DC | $1,000 | 2026 | CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | TOPEKA, KS | $1,000 | 2026 | MILITARY ASSISTANCE |
| WEST TORRANCE LL | TORRANCE, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | KIDS SPORTS ORG. |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $1,000 | 2026 | FIRST RESPONDERS ASSISTANCE |
| LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | TORRANCE, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | EDUCATIONAL |
| NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH | HAWTHORNE, CA | $37,000 | 2025 | RELIGOUS ACTIVITIES |
| THE MISSION INC | POTRERO, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE |
| LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | LONG BEACH, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH | MEMPHIS, TN | $3,000 | 2025 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | BOONE, NC | $2,500 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES |
| RISING STAR | DEPOE BAY, OR | $2,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS |
| TEEN CHALLENGE - S CALIFORNIA | RIVERSIDE, CA | $2,000 | 2025 | TEEN COUNSELING |
| WOUNDED HEROES OF AMERICA | HAWTHORNE, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | MILITARY ASSISTANCE |
| CITY OF HOPE | DUARTE, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | FIRST RESPONDERS ASSISTANCE |
| SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND | OCEANSIDE, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | MILITARY ASSISTANCE |
| SMILE TRAIN | WASHINGTON DC, DC | $1,000 | 2025 | CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE |
| JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES | FELTON, MO | $1,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION | PHOENIX, AZ | $1,000 | 2025 | ASSISTING TERMINALLY ILL |
| FRED JORDAN MISSIONS | COVINA, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | FEEDING HOMELESS |
| LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | TORRANCE, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | TOPEKA, KS | $1,000 | 2025 | MILITARY ASSISTANCE |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | EDUCATIONAL |
| NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH | HAWTHORNE, CA | $46,500 | 2024 | RELIGOUS ACTIVITIES |
| LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | LONG BEACH, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| THE MISSION INC | POTRERO, CA | $4,000 | 2024 | CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH | MEMPHIS, TN | $3,000 | 2024 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| RISING STAR | DEPOE BAY, OR | $2,000 | 2024 | COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS |
| TEEN CHALLENGE - S CALIFORNIA | RIVERSIDE, CA | $2,000 | 2024 | TEEN COUNSELING |
| CITY OF HOPE | DUARTE, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES | FELTON, MO | $1,000 | 2024 | RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION | PHOENIX, AZ | $1,000 | 2024 | ASSISTING TERMINALLY ILL |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | BOONE, NC | $1,000 | 2024 | RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $1,000 | 2024 | FIRST RESPONDERS ASSISTANCE |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | SHERMAN OAKS, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | EDUCATIONAL |
| LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | TORRANCE, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | MEDICAL RESEARCH |
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH
$43,000RELIGOUS ACTIVITIES
THE MISSION INC
$10,000CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE
LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
$5,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
$3,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
SAMARITAN'S PURSE
$2,500RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
TEEN CHALLENGE - S CALIFORNIA
$2,000TEEN COUNSELING
RISING STAR
$2,000COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
WOUNDED HEROES OF AMERICA
$1,500MILITARY ASSISTANCE
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
$1,000RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TX HILL COUNTRY
$1,000DISASTER RELIEF
FRED JORDAN MISSIONS
$1,000FEEDING HOMELESS
CITY OF HOPE
$1,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
$1,000ASSISTING TERMINALLY ILL
SMILE TRAIN
$1,000CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT
$1,000MILITARY ASSISTANCE
WEST TORRANCE LL
$1,000KIDS SPORTS ORG.
TUNNELS TO TOWERS
$1,000FIRST RESPONDERS ASSISTANCE
LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$1,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$1,000EDUCATIONAL
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH
$37,000RELIGOUS ACTIVITIES
THE MISSION INC
$15,000CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE
LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
$5,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH
$3,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
SAMARITAN'S PURSE
$2,500RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
RISING STAR
$2,000COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
TEEN CHALLENGE - S CALIFORNIA
$2,000TEEN COUNSELING
WOUNDED HEROES OF AMERICA
$1,500MILITARY ASSISTANCE
CITY OF HOPE
$1,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
TUNNELS TO TOWERS
$1,000FIRST RESPONDERS ASSISTANCE
SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND
$1,000MILITARY ASSISTANCE
SMILE TRAIN
$1,000CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
$1,000RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
$1,000ASSISTING TERMINALLY ILL
FRED JORDAN MISSIONS
$1,000FEEDING HOMELESS
LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$1,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT
$1,000MILITARY ASSISTANCE
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$1,000EDUCATIONAL
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH
$46,500RELIGOUS ACTIVITIES
LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
$5,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
THE MISSION INC
$4,000CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & WELFARE
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH
$3,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
RISING STAR
$2,000COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
TEEN CHALLENGE - S CALIFORNIA
$2,000TEEN COUNSELING
CITY OF HOPE
$1,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
$1,000RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
$1,000ASSISTING TERMINALLY ILL
SAMARITAN'S PURSE
$1,000RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
TUNNELS TO TOWERS
$1,000FIRST RESPONDERS ASSISTANCE
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$1,000EDUCATIONAL
LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$1,000MEDICAL RESEARCH