About Wreyford Family Foundation
The Wreyford Family Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on STEM and aviation-related scholarships and youth development in its Texas region. It makes multi-year, repeat grants to a small set of organizations that advance aerospace/aviation education and provide out-of-school opportunities for local youth. The foundation favors direct scholarship support and program funding for hands-on STEM experiences and community youth services.
Focus Areas
Undergraduate and early-career STEM scholarships (Astronaut/space science focus)Aviation history and flight education programs (hands-on youth aviation)Local youth development in the Highland Lakes region (Boys & Girls Club support)Support for scientific research talent development (research scholarships through ARCS Foundation)
Who They Fund
students (scholarship recipients)educators and learners in aviation historyaviation museums and related cultural institutions
Giving Approach
About Wreyford Family Foundation
A recurring $10,000-per-year scholarship commitment to Texas A&M, administered through the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, is one of the clearest markers of Wreyford Family Foundation’s giving. That five-year commitment, beginning in 2015, sits alongside a broader pattern of support for STEM education, aviation history, and youth development in Texas. The foundation’s recent grants show a mix of scholarship funding and program support: $20,000 to ARCS Foundation in 2025 for scholarships, $15,000 to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation in 2025 for general support, and repeated support for youth services in the Highland Lakes area. Its grantmaking also reaches aviation education, including support for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s aviation history education work. Across the record on file, the foundation favors hands-on educational opportunities and direct aid to organizations that serve students, learners, and local youth. The recurring nature of several awards suggests a small set of long-term relationships rather than a wide-open, one-time grantmaking style.
What Wreyford Family Foundation Funds
STEM education is the foundation’s core theme. In 2025, it gave $20,000 to ARCS Foundation for scholarships, and it has also supported scholarship commitments tied to Texas A&M through the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Aviation history education is another clear lane: the foundation gave $10,015 in 2025 to Experimental Aircraft Association I for aviation history education, following earlier gifts of $10,000 in 2024 and $10,000 in 2023 for the same purpose. Youth development appears in local grants as well. The Boys Girls Club of the Highland Lak received $15,000 in 2023, $10,000 in 2024, and $10,000 in 2025 for general support. The foundation also funds museums and space-oriented educational projects, including the Hill Country Space Expo and The Space Station museum in its broader grant descriptions.
How Wreyford Family Foundation Gives
Typical grant size clusters tightly around five figures, with p25 at $10,000, median at $10,015, and p75 at $15,000. The recent record also includes a larger $30,000 gift and a one-time $100,000 matching grant in prior giving, but the common pattern is steady mid-sized awards. Repeated grants are a defining feature: the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, Boys Girls Club of the Highland Lak, and Experimental Aircraft Association I each appear across multiple years. The foundation is a private family foundation and does not fund individuals or program-related investments. Unsolicited status is mixed in the record, with one Texas A&M scholarship commitment marked as accepting unsolicited while other active programs are not.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$86K
Total Assets
$1.7M
Total Revenue
$11K
Total Expenses
$103K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $15K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$15K
Geographic Reach
National5 states funded
About 37% of grants go to recipients in FL.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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