Wrethinking the Foundation concentrates its giving on organizations working to make the digital environment safer and more accountable, providing large, unrestricted grants to mission-driven internet safety and consumer privacy groups. Grants are sizable and flexible, suggesting a preference for supporting organizational capacity and strategy rather than project-specific activities. The foundation’s giving is narrowly focused and appears oriented toward policy, research, and advocacy that protect people online.
Wrethinking the Foundation’s largest recent grant was a $600,000 unrestricted award to Me2b Alliance Inc, a signal that the funder is willing to back internet-safety and digital-rights work at meaningful scale. The same pattern appears in 2025, when Internet Safety Labs Inc received $470,000 in general support and another $90,000 for development of Safetypedia fund. Those grants point to a foundation that favors organizations building tools, research, and public-interest infrastructure around online harms, accountability, and consumer privacy. The giving pattern is not broad. Recent grants cluster around a small set of mission-aligned recipients, with repeated support for some organizations across more than one year. That repetition is especially visible in the digital-safety area, where Wrethinking the Foundation has supported both general operations and specific initiatives. Alongside its core focus, the foundation also makes smaller grants to education, youth arts, community, and event-based efforts, including institutional support for Illinois Institute of Technology, scholarships for San Diego Youth Symphony, and general support for selected local nonprofits. The overall profile suggests a funder that combines large, flexible awards for its central priorities with smaller community grants in California and beyond.
In online safety research and technology, the foundation gave $470,000 to Internet Safety Labs Inc for general and unrestricted support, then added $90,000 to the same organization for development of the Safetypedia fund. It also made a $600,000 unrestricted grant to Me2b Alliance Inc, reinforcing a strong interest in digital-environment accountability and harm reduction. Its education-related giving includes $20,000 to Illinois Institute of Technology for the Stuart School of Business Dean's Priority Fund and the Institute of Design Dean's Discretionary Fund, plus another $20,000 in 2023 for funds for Stuart School of Business and the Institute of Design. In youth arts, it supported San Diego Youth Symphony with $10,000 for the Student Scholarship fund and another $10,000 for the Youth Symphony and Conservatory scholarship fund. The foundation also funded community and civic efforts, such as $10,000 to Ocean Discovery Institute for in-school programs for 6,500 students and $5,000 to Del Mar Community Connections for support to seniors.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Highly concentrated: very few, large general/unrestricted grants; repeat funding to at least one grantee; focused portfolio rather than broad distribution.
Notable grantees: ME2B ALLIANCE INC, INTERNET SAFETY LABS INC, Similar digital safety and consumer privacy nonprofits (representative of portfolio focus)
Typical grant size is tightly clustered at $10,000, with p25, median, and p75 all at that level. The presence of a few much larger awards, including $600,000 and $470,000, shows a two-tier pattern: a small number of major commitments alongside many standardized grants. The grant list also shows repeat support to the same organizations across 2023 and 2025, indicating ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. Wrethinking the Foundation is a regular funder and funds individuals, but the recent grants shown here are mostly organizational awards.
Grantmaking is regional and overwhelmingly U.S.-based, with 100% of the listed grants going to U.S. recipients. California is the top state by grant count, and many awards land in San Diego, including grants to organizations in San Diego, La Jolla, Oceanside, and Del Mar. Outside California, recent recipients include Chicago, Austin, and Westminster, showing a small spread beyond the foundation’s core giving geography. The pattern is concentrated rather than national.
The foundation focuses on online safety research and technology to reduce online harms, consumer data privacy and digital rights advocacy, and general operating support for digital policy and public-interest tech organizations. Recent grants also touch education, youth arts, seniors, and community events.
The typical grant size is $10,000, and the distribution is very tight: p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000. That sits alongside a few much larger awards, including $600,000 and $470,000.
Yes. The grant list shows repeat support for several recipients across 2023 and 2025, including Internet Safety Labs Inc, Illinois Institute of Technology, Girl Scouts San Diego-imperial Council Inc, San Diego Youth Symphony, U C San Diego Foundation, and Del Mar Community Connections.
California is the top state by grant count. The listed recipients are concentrated in San Diego-area cities such as San Diego, La Jolla, Oceanside, and Del Mar, with smaller numbers of grants going to Chicago, Austin, and Westminster.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNET SAFETY LABS INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $470,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| INTERNET SAFETY LABS INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $90,000 | 2025 | development of Safetypedia fund |
| ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2025 | Stuart School of Business Dean's Priority Fund and Institute of Design Dean's Discretionary Fund |
| U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | LA JOLLA, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | the Design Lab Fund |
| GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | Charitable Event |
| SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY | SAN DIEGO, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | Youth Symphony and Conservatory scholarship fund |
| WIRELESS HISTORY FOUNDATION | AUSTIN, TX | $9,000 | 2025 | Charitable Event |
| GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | Charitable Event |
| DEL MAR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS | DEL MAR, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | Del Mar Community Connections 24th Annual Benefit |
| INTERNET SAFETY LABS INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $400,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| DON NORMAN DESIGN AWARD | DEL MAR, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | LA JOLLA, CA | $75,000 | 2024 | World Design Capital fund |
| U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | LA JOLLA, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | the Design Lab Fund |
| SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY | SAN DIEGO, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | funds to support the Encore event for student scholarships |
| OCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE | SAN DIEGO, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR 6500 STUDENTS |
| GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | Charitable Event |
| ME2B ALLIANCE INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $600,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | CHICAGO, IL | $20,000 | 2023 | funds for Stuart School of Business and the Institute of Design |
| OCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE | SAN DIEGO, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | In-school programs for 6500 students |
| SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY | SAN DIEGO, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | Student Scholarship fund |
| GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | Critical programs for the Power Her Promise Campaign |
| CINEQUEST INC | SAN JOSE, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| U C SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION | LA JOLLA, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | The Design Lab Fund |
| PRODUCEGOOD | OCEANSIDE, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| WIRELESS HISTORY FOUNDATION | WESTMINSTER, CO | $8,500 | 2023 | 2022 Wireless Hall of Fame Awards Program |
| DEL MAR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS | DEL MAR, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | funds to support and serve seniors |
INTERNET SAFETY LABS INC
$470,000General & Unrestricted
INTERNET SAFETY LABS INC
$90,000development of Safetypedia fund
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$20,000Stuart School of Business Dean's Priority Fund and Institute of Design Dean's Discretionary Fund
Youth Symphony and Conservatory scholarship fund
WIRELESS HISTORY FOUNDATION
$9,000Charitable Event
DEL MAR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
$5,000Del Mar Community Connections 24th Annual Benefit
INTERNET SAFETY LABS INC
$400,000General & Unrestricted
DON NORMAN DESIGN AWARD
$100,000General & Unrestricted
funds to support the Encore event for student scholarships
ME2B ALLIANCE INC
$600,000General & Unrestricted
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$20,000funds for Stuart School of Business and the Institute of Design
Critical programs for the Power Her Promise Campaign
PRODUCEGOOD
$10,000General & Unrestricted
WIRELESS HISTORY FOUNDATION
$8,5002022 Wireless Hall of Fame Awards Program
DEL MAR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
$5,000funds to support and serve seniors