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CW Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20222025.

Religion$7kArts & Culture$2kCivil Rights$1kEducation$690Science & Tech$430Environment$75Health$75International$10Other$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$75
Median grant
3
States reached
$139k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ruan House Church$1,500
St Francis of Assisi Church$720
Chinese Baptist Church$500
Marble kids museum membership$150
Individual grant recipient$100
American Heart Assocation$75
St Louis Science Center$75
Individual grant recipient$50
Individual grant recipient$48
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association$20
Chinese American Friendship Association of North Carolina$15
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

Your US giving61% of grant dollars ($7k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 39% that went abroad ($5k) is mapped below.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Chinese american network: $50 → 7%Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: $119 → 10%the Monterey Bay Aquarium: $75 → 12%NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: $1k → 17%Ulysses Grant National Historic Site: $80 → 11%St Louis Science Center: $95 → 21%Yle University: $340 → 12%Marble kids museum membership: $150 → 8%Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: $20 → 10%American Heart Assocation: $75 → 11%Morehead planetarium: $25 → 13%Samaritan's Purse: $10 → 21%Liberty Science Center: $16 → 14%Fine arts museums of San Francisco: $80 → 10%Grant s Farm: $17 → 11%St Louis Science Center: $89 → 21%St Francis of Assisi Church: $720 → 8%Chinese Christian Mission Church: $800 → 11%California Academy of Sciences: $66 → 10%St Louis Modern Chinese School: $100 → 11%St Louis Science Center: $89 → 21%St Francis of Assisi Church: $520 → 8%St Louis Science Center: $75 → 21%St Francis of Assisi Church: $140 → 8%girl scout cookies: $48 → 8%Girl scout cookies: $45 → 8%girl scout cookies: $40 → 8%Chinese Baptist Church: $500 → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Beyond the US39% of all-years giving ($5k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
China$5k · 4 grants

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$8k · 7 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +217% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

7 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$8k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+217%
+25%

Still filing today

29%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $795 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCivil RightsEducationReligionAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RH
    Ruan House Church
    4× · 2022–2025 · $5k
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1k
  • CF
    CHINESE-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOC AT TRIANGLE AREA NORTH CAROLINA
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1k · revenue +217%

Funded once

  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -18%
  • CC
    CHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSION CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $800
  • YU
    Yle University
    one grant, 2024 · $340

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

Science & Tech
3
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
4
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
5
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
6
The Adler Planetarium

The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…

Arts & Culture
7
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
8
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
9
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
10
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
11
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
12
Texas State Aquarium Association

The texas state aquarium's mission is engaging people with animals, inspiring appreciation for our seas, and supporting wildlife conservation. its vision is to be a global leader in fostering support for the conservation of the gulf of…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Academy of Sciences and the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Ruan House Church — $4,500 · OtherRuan House ChurchST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH — $1,380 · OtherST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCHCHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSION CHURCH — $800 · OtherCHINESE CHRISTIAN MISSION CHURCHChinese Baptist Church — $500 · OtherChinese Baptist ChurchSt Louis Science Center — $348 · OtherYle University — $340 · Other+9 more — $725 · Other+9 moreCHINESE-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOC AT TRIANGLE AREA NORTH CAROLINA — $1,230 · Arts & CultureCHINESE-AMERICA…CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — $199 · Arts & CultureCORPORATION OF …CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $66 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $16 · Arts & CultureNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $1,125 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL…ST LOUIS MODERN CHINESE SCHOOL — $100 · EducationMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION — $75 · AnimalsSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $10 · Religion
Other$8,593Arts & Culture$1,511Civil Rights$1,125Education$100Animals$75Religion$10

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHINESE-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOC AT TRIANGLE AREA NORTH CAROLINA — $1,230 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC — $1,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — $199 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS MODERN CHINESE SCHOOL — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION — $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $66 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER — $16 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $10 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds CHINESE-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOC AT TRIANGLE AREA NORTH CAROLINA
  • Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS
  • Who funds ST LOUIS MODERN CHINESE SCHOOL
  • Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
  • Who funds LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA5.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization CW Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 14%
  • Liberty Science Center14% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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