The Wahoos Family Foundation concentrates its giving on direct community relief and human services, with a strong emphasis on a company-linked scholarship program and repeated support for a family homeless shelter. Grants are typically unrestricted operating support for ongoing needs, and the foundation supplements local investments with occasional disaster and international humanitarian donations.
The Wahoos Family Foundation’s clearest pattern is recurring support for Wahoo's Scholarship and Thomas House Family Shelter. In the recent grants list, Wahoo's Scholarship received $41,479 in 2025, $25,000 in 2024, and $31,400 in 2023, showing a continuing relationship with a school-centered fund tied to ongoing student needs. Thomas House Family Shelter also appears more than once, with $26,000 in 2023 and $25,000 in both 2024 and 2025, pointing to sustained support for family shelter services in Orange County. Beyond those two anchors, the foundation also funds disaster relief, medical aid, and animal-related causes, including support for Maui Strong Fund, Doctors Without Borders, and several animal welfare groups. The giving profile is practical and service-oriented, with grants often labeled for ongoing services or operating needs rather than narrow project funding. Its recent activity shows a mix of larger recurring gifts and smaller community grants across education, shelter, humanitarian aid, and rescue work.
Education-related support is one of the foundation’s most visible threads. They gave $41,479 in 2025, $25,000 in 2024, and $31,400 in 2023 to Wahoo's Scholarship for school fund ongoing services for needs. Family shelter work is another recurring theme: Thomas House Family Shelter received $26,000 in 2023 and $25,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for ongoing services. The foundation also backed relief and humanitarian response, including $10,000 to Maui Strong Fund in 2024 and $10,000 to Doctors Without Borders in 2025. Animal care appears as a smaller but consistent area, with grants to Best Friends Animal Shelter, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Priceless Pets, and Maui Humane Society.
Typical grant size is modest: the p25 is $1,250, the median is $2,000, and the p75 is $10,000. The recent record shows both recurring and one-time support. Wahoo's Scholarship and Thomas House Family Shelter each received multiple grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025, while many other recipients appear once. The foundation is a private family foundation, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Grants in the list are primarily framed as ongoing services or operating support, with a smaller number of grants tied to specific needs.
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Most grants fall between $1K and $10K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$10K
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Concentrated and recurring: a small number of relatively large grants with repeated multi-year support to core local beneficiaries (scholarship program and a family shelter), plus occasional one-off gifts to disaster relief and international NGOs. Grants tend to fund ongoing operational needs rather than project-restricted initiatives.
Notable grantees: WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP, THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER, Maui Strong Fund, Tzu Chi, Doctors Without Borders
The foundation gives most often in Nevada by grant count, even though 59% of grants go to recipients in California. Recent grants reached Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Costa Mesa, Mission Hills, San Rafael, Newport Beach, and Laguna Hills, along with Las Vegas and Puunene. Its geographic reach is regional rather than national, with every listed recent grant going to a U.S. recipient. California remains the main recipient state, but Nevada and Hawaii also appear in the recent record.
The recent grant record points to schools and school-linked funds, family homeless shelter services, disaster relief, humanitarian aid, and animal care. Recipients include Wahoo's Scholarship, Thomas House Family Shelter, Maui Strong Fund, Doctors Without Borders, and several animal welfare groups.
The typical grant size is fairly small to mid-sized: the 25th percentile is $1,250, the median is $2,000, and the 75th percentile is $10,000. The recent grants list also shows a few larger recurring gifts above $25,000.
Yes. Wahoo's Scholarship appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Thomas House Family Shelter also appears in all three years. That pattern suggests sustained support for a small set of recurring partners alongside one-time grants.
By grant count, Nevada is the top state. California still receives the largest share of grants overall, with 59% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state.
No. The foundation’s profile indicates that it does not fund individuals. Its recent grants are directed to organizations such as scholarship programs, shelters, humanitarian groups, and animal welfare nonprofits.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP | SANTA ANA, CA | $25,475 | 2026 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER | GARDEN GROVE, CA | $20,000 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| MedSend | Fort Mill, SC | $10,000 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Ocean Cleanup | Pasadena, CA | $7,500 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| IRC | Albert Lea, MN | $7,500 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Tzu-chi | Laguna Hills, CA | $5,000 | 2026 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Priceless Pets | Costa Mesa, CA | $2,500 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Somecares Soup Kitchen | Costa Mesa, CA | $2,000 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Best Friends Animal Shelter | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Apex Wolf Project | Acton, CA | $1,000 | 2026 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP | SANTA ANA, CA | $41,479 | 2025 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER | GARDEN GROVE, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Hope and Care Outreach | Las Vegas, NV | $2,500 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Best Friends Animal Shelter | Mission Hills, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Priceless Pets | Costa Mesa, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind | San Rafael, CA | $1,500 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Somecares Soup Kitchen | Costa Mesa, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Pedro Perez | Garden Grove, CA | $500 | 2025 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER | GARDEN GROVE, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP | SANTA ANA, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Maui Strong Fund | Kahului, HI | $10,000 | 2024 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Tzu-chi | Laguna Hills, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Hope and Care Outreach | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 2024 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | NEW YORK, NY | $3,000 | 2024 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Association of Fundraiser Professio | Arlington, CA | $1,500 | 2024 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Maui Humane Society | Puunene, HI | $1,000 | 2024 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Newport Beach Baseball | Newport Beach, CA | $500 | 2024 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP | SANTA ANA, CA | $31,400 | 2023 | SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER | GARDEN GROVE, CA | $26,000 | 2023 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | NEW YORK, NY | $3,000 | 2023 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Leukemia Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $2,000 | 2023 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| Best Friends Animal Shelter | Mission Hills, CA | $2,000 | 2023 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
| SOMEONE CARES SOUP KITCHEN | COSTA MESA, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | ONGOING COMMUNITY SERVICE |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT THE CARE OF ANIMALS IN NEED |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind | Yorktown Heights, NY | $1,000 | 2023 | FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS |
WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP
$25,475SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
$10,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Ocean Cleanup
FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
IRC
$7,500FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Tzu-chi
$5,000SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Priceless Pets
$2,500FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Somecares Soup Kitchen
$2,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Best Friends Animal Shelter
$2,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Apex Wolf Project
$1,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP
$41,479SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER
$25,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
$10,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Hope and Care Outreach
$2,500FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Best Friends Animal Shelter
$1,500FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Priceless Pets
$1,500FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Somecares Soup Kitchen
$1,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Pedro Perez
$500FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP
$25,000SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Tzu-chi
$10,000SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Hope and Care Outreach
$5,000SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Association of Fundraiser Professio
$1,500SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Maui Humane Society
$1,000SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Newport Beach Baseball
$500SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
WAHOO'S SCHOLARSHIP
$31,400SCHOOL FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
Best Friends Animal Shelter
$2,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS
SOMEONE CARES SOUP KITCHEN
$1,000ONGOING COMMUNITY SERVICE
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
$1,000FUND ONGOING SERVICES FOR NEEDS