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Charles Wood Family Foundation at a glance

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Charles Wood Family 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.

$52k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$55kPublic Benefit$21kYouth Development$13kHealth$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kFood & Nutrition$1kCrime & Legal$1kCivil Rights$750Other$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$500
Median grant
12
States reached
$18k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASSIST-A-GRAD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIO$12,835
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS$11,500
FRIENDS OF THE ASHBROOK CENTER$7,000
BOY SCOUTS$5,000
THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE$3,000
HERITAGE ACTION OF AMERICA$2,500
ASHBROOK CENTER$2,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,500
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$1,500
MEALS ON WHEELS SOLANO COUNTY$700
UCSF FOUNDATION$600
JUDICIAL WATCH$500
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER$500
THE SALVATION ARMY$500
HOOVER INSTITUTION$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $575 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MI
NY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DE
AZ
KS
DC
LA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 16 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
20

Total granted

$73k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+25%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
EducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AA
    ASSIST A GRAD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $28k · revenue +6%
  • TC
    THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +46%
  • HA
    HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • FS
    FAIRFIELD SUISUN EDUCATION FOUNDATI
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • LI
    LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +33%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
9
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
10
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
11
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
12
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
27/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS: $13,750 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARSBOY SCOUTS: $12,775 · OtherBOY SCOUTSFRIENDS OF THE ASHBROOK CENTER: $7,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ASHBROOK CENTERFAIRFIELD SUISUN EDUCATION FOUNDATI: $5,000 · OtherFAIRFIELD SUISUN EDUCATION FOUNDATITHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $4,250 · OtherTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & PO…LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $3,000 · OtherLEADERSHIP INSTITUTE+17 more: $6,570 · Other+17 moreASSIST A GRAD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $28,385 · EducationASSIST A GRAD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INCASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationASHLAND UNIVERSITYHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,900 · Education+7 more: $3,400 · Education+7 moreTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,500 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $500 · Public BenefitHERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA: $3,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $450 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,075 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $100 · Human ServicesPacific Legal Foundation: $1,250 · Crime & LegalTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $250 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $100 · Arts & CultureSTATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Arts & CultureColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $50 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $50 · Arts & Culture
Other$52,345Education$36,185Public Benefit$4,000Health$3,450Human Services$2,175Crime & Legal$1,250Arts & Culture$550

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetASSIST A GRAD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $28,385 over 2y, 10% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ASHBROOK CENTER: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $4,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SOLANO COUNTY: $1,070 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSON CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEND 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLANO COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Charles Wood Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Wood Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 46 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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