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Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$503k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2024
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$260,000
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
CA
CO
MO
TN
NC
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Southern Methodist University$260,00010%
Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc$51,00010%
Veterans Airlift Command$20,00011%
Memphis Theological Seminary of The$20,0001n/a
Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County$10,00010%
University of Memphis Foundation$10,00010%
Fayette County Animal Rescue$10,00014%
West Cancer Foundation$10,00011%
Calvary Rescue Mission$10,00011%
Lees-McRae College Inc$10,00010%
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All grantees of Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Southern Methodist University$260,00010%
Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc$51,00010%
Veterans Airlift Command$20,00011%
Memphis Theological Seminary of The$20,0001n/a
Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County$10,00010%
University of Memphis Foundation$10,00010%
Fayette County Animal Rescue$10,00014%
West Cancer Foundation$10,00011%
Calvary Rescue Mission$10,00011%
Lees-McRae College Inc$10,00010%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$10,00010%
Mid-South Raptor Center$10,0001n/a
Eaa Aviation Foundation Inc$10,00010%
San Diego Air & Space Museum Inc$7,50010%
Colorado State University Foundation$5,00010%
Ave Maria Foundation of Memphis Inc$5,00010%
Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame In$2,80016%
Pinecrest Camp and Retreat Center Inc$2,50010%
Lsu in Shreveport Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouthern Methodist University: $260,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc: $51,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVeterans Airlift Command: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHumane Society of Memphis & Shelby County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Memphis Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFayette County Animal Rescue: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetWest Cancer Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCalvary Rescue Mission: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLees-McRae College Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEaa Aviation Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Diego Air & Space Museum Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColorado State University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAve Maria Foundation of Memphis Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTennessee Aviation Hall of Fame In: $2,800 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetPinecrest Camp and Retreat Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLsu in Shreveport Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 17.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Robert a and Susan C Wilson FoundationTN28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation

How much does Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation give?
Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $503,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), Environment (10%), Religion (8%).
Who are Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2024: Southern Methodist University ($260k), Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc ($51k), Veterans Airlift Command ($20k).
Does Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Robert a and Susan C Wilson Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation.
Where is Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation based?
Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation is based in TN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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