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Dwight W Winkelman Foundation Inc at a glance

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Dwight W Winkelman Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$52kEducation$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$22kHuman Services$13kYouth Development$9kCommunity Improvement$8kArts & Culture$7kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$335k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SKANEATELES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$8,000
THE FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST$2,000
SKANEATELES LAKE ASSOCIATION$2,000
TOWN OF SKANEATELES OUTREACH$1,000
LONGHOUSE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$1,000
SKANEATELES VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$500
SKANEATELES AMBULANCE VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES INC$500
SKANEATELES HISTORICAL SOCIETY$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 (FY20–23, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LAKER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT INC: $10k → 14%LAKER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT INC: $3k → 14%THE SKANEATELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2k → 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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$120k · 11 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$120k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
-14%

Still filing today

82%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SL
    SKANEATELES LAKE ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +663%
  • TF
    The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +172%
  • SA
    SKANEATELES AMBULANCE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP FOR MADISON COUNTY
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
  • TO
    TOWN OF SKANEATELES OUTREACH - COVID-19 RELIEF
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • SF
    SKANEATELES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Skaneateles Central School Endowment
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2
Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerceinc

Skaneateles is a uniquely charming place to live, work, and grow. the skaneateles area chamber of commerce, comprising 425 businesses and individuals, works to promote the prosperity of its members, cultivate growth & economic development…

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3
Skaneateles Early Childhood Center Inc

Skaneateles early childhood center, inc. is a licensed, not-for-profit center providing infant, preschool and school age care to all children between the ages of 8 weeks and 10 years old.

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4
Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland

Skagitonians to preserve farmland is a membership based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving skagit county farmland and the economic viability of local agriculture and its required infrastructure.

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5
Saranac Lake Civic Center Inc

To provide ice rink facilities

Community Improvement
6
Squam Lakes Conservation Society

The Societys mission is to preserve the unique quality and character of the Squam watershed by protecting lands for present and future generations.

Environment
7
Skaneateles Recreational Charitable Trust C/O Michael Besaw

Expanding and improving upon the existing community recreational facilities available to the citizens of skaneateles, new york. the organization's primary focus is to act as a fund raising and construction entity.

Youth Development
8
Sand Lake Ambulance Inc

Provide ambulance service to any person in need within the town of sand lake and surrounding environs

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9
Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association

To preserve, promote, educate and make our lighthouses accessible to all

Human Services
10
Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department

Department provides fire fighting fire prevention and rescue services to the saranac lake, ny area

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11
Saranac Lake Voluntary Health Association Inc
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12
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

To advance understanding of ecology by exploring new hampshire's natural world.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Skaneateles Lake Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arthritis National Research Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SKANEATELES LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $31,000 · OtherSKANEATELES LAKE ASSOCIATION INCLONGHOUSE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8,000 · OtherLONGHOUSE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICACOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP FOR MADISON COUNTY: $8,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP FOR MADISON COUNTYSKANEATELES AMBULANCE: $7,500 · OtherSKANEATELES AMBULANCETOWN OF SKANEATELES OUTREACH - COVID-19 RELIEF: $7,000 · OtherTOWN OF SKANEATELES OUTREACH - COVID-19 RELIEFSKANEATELES FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Other+4 more: $6,500 · Other+4 moreSKANEATELES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · EducationSKANEATELES LIBRARY A…SKANEATELES ROTARY FOUNDATION INC SKANEATELES ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EducationSKANEATELES ROTARY FO…The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $20,000 · EnvironmentThe Finger Lake…+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentLAKER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesLAKER TRANS…SKANEATELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Human ServicesSKANEATELES…SKANEATELES VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME: $7,500 · Public Safety & DisasterSKANEATELES FESTIVAL INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSKANEATELES HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureARTHRITIS NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthSKANEATELES ECUMENICAL FOOD PANTRY: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$71,000Education$28,000Environment$20,500Human Services$14,500Public Safety & Disaster$7,500Arts & Culture$5,500Health$1,000Food & Nutrition$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSKANEATELES LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $31,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetSKANEATELES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLAKER TRANSPORTATION PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSKANEATELES AMBULANCE: $7,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSKANEATELES VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME: $7,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSKANEATELES FESTIVAL INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSKANEATELES HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSKANEATELES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetARTHRITIS NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONGHOUSE COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE WOODS NATURE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Central New York Comm…Fletcher Foundation I…Columbian Foundation …Allyn Family Foundati…Collier Community Fou…The Bruce a & Linda H…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Central New York Community Foundation IncNY21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central New York Community Foundation Inc · Fletcher Foundation Inc · Columbian Foundation Inc · Allyn Family Foundation Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Bruce a & Linda H Kenan Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dwight W Winkelman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dwight W Winkelman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Dwight W Winkelman Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Dwight W Winkelman Foundation Inc 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.

    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 21 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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