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Edward M Wilson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Edward M Wilson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
89
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$3.1MHuman Services$1.8MYouth Development$1.6MEducation$1.6MHealth$1.6MRecreation & Sports$498kReligion$493kAnimals$460kOther$0
02FY2024 · 89 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k39 grants · $208k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $815k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $587k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC$110,000
AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC$100,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS FORT WAYNE$97,000
FORT WAYNE BALLET INC$90,000
FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC$75,000
TRINE UNIVERSITY INC$60,000
FORT WAYNE PARK FOUNDATION INC$54,500
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS$40,000
PURDUE UNIVERSITY$35,000
FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC$35,000
ASSOCIATED CHURCHES OF FORT WAYNE AND$35,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN INDIANA$30,000
ALLEN COUNTY-FORT WAYNE HISTORICAL$25,000
NORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15k → 14%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 12%CROSSWINDS INC: $55k → 12%FORT WAYNE URBAN LEAGUE: $20k → 12%FORT WAYNE URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $85k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $40k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $10k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $10k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $10k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $10k → 12%THE POWER HOUSE ALLIANCE INC: $12k → 12%THE POWER HOUSE ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 12%THE POWER HOUSE ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $80k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $22k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $20k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $10k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $10k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $10k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $10k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $10k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $10k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $10k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $10k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $50k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $50k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $50k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $25k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $70k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $70k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $70k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $50k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $30k → 12%SCAN INC: $25k → 12%SCAN INC: $20k → 12%SCAN INC: $20k → 12%SCAN INC: $20k → 12%SCAN INC: $18k → 12%SCAN INC: $17k → 12%SCAN INC: $15k → 12%SCAN INC: $15k → 12%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 110 repeat orgs$437k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

110 repeat relationships: 83 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

110
34

Total granted

$12M
$375k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+31%

Still filing today

77%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AU
    ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $700k · revenue +291%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $490k · revenue +95%
  • AA
    AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $475k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • CM
    C2G Music Hall Corporation dba Baker Street Centre
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -123%
  • ST
    SPECIALTY TUTORING INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -47%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue -40%
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
The Arc of Northwest Indiana Inc

Mission is to provide necessary resources to persons with disabilities in order to assist them in enhancing their daily lives. we provide pre-vocational training, habilitation services, individual support, and employment services based on…

Human Services
2
Bowen Health Inc

To provide compassionate, patient-centered care for mind and body that improves the quality of life for our communities.

Health
3
New Hope of Indiana Inc

New hope of indiana, inc. is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance the opportunities for those in need of support.

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4
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
5
Greater Fort Wayne Metro Chamber Alliance Inc

Greater fort wayne (gfw) inc. is the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for fort wayne & allen county, indiana. at gfw inc., we focus on supporting local business, attracting new business, and improving our…

—
6
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
7
Indiana Health Centers Inc

Improving the health status of the community at large with special emphasis on those who, because of their poverty, location in rural areas, or for other reasons, have health needs which are not being properly addressed.

Health
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Indianapolis Private Industry Council

The indianapolis private industry council, inc., doing business as employindy, the workforce investment board for marion county, is a not-for-profit corporation responsible for the development of the marion county workforce. employindy…

Employment
10
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
11
Indiana Resource Center for Families With Special Needs Inc

The mission of insource is to provide parents, families, individuals and service providers in the state of indiana the information and training necessary to help assure effective educational programs and appropriate services for…

Education
12
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pufferbelly Junction 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

110 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 110 of the 150 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
42
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/110
Grantees still filing
81/110
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $315,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITYASSOCIATED CHURCHES OF FORT WAYNE IND INC: $305,000 · OtherASSOCIATED CHURCHES OF FORT WAYNE IND INCALLEN COUNTY-FORT WAYNE HISTORICAL: $200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS: $190,000 · OtherFort Wayne Park Foundation: $171,500 · OtherFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $450,000 · OtherFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INCHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $175,000 · Other+75 more: $2,865,000 · Other+75 moreARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $700,000 · Arts & CultureARTS UNITED OF GREATER FO…AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC: $475,000 · Arts & CultureAUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAG…EMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC: $325,000 · Arts & CultureEMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIO…FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $310,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC O…FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $280,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART …SCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $215,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE CENTRAL INCNORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE BALLET INC: $139,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $280,000 · Arts & Culture+7 moreMETROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $290,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN …COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY TRA…BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC: $165,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE OF GRA…YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $161,555 · Human ServicesYWCA NORTHEAS…IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $150,281 · Human ServicesIRIS FAMILY S…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $142,500 · Human ServicesAmerican Nati…EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesCrosswinds Inc: $72,500 · Human Services+10 more: $225,000 · Human Services+10 moreTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $400,000 · HealthTURNSTONE C…PARK CENTER INC: $200,000 · HealthPARK CENTER…VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME INC: $182,000 · HealthVISITING NU…MATTHEW 25 INC: $150,000 · HealthMATTHEW 25 …LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $80,000 · HealthLEAGUE FOR …CHILDREN'S HOPE INC: $70,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S …HEARCARE CONNECTION INC: $43,000 · Health+11 more: $147,500 · Health+11 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $432,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…ANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC: $160,000 · Youth DevelopmentANTHONY W…GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA MICHIANA INC: $140,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOU…Erins House for Grieving Children Inc: $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentErins Hou…HARLAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER INC: $130,000 · Youth DevelopmentHARLAN CH…YOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $45,500 · Youth DevelopmentBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $40,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $13,750 · Youth DevelopmentTrine University: $345,000 · EducationIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 · EducationSPECIALTY TUTORING INC: $50,000 · EducationTHE LITERACY ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 · EducationEAST WAYNE STREET CENTER INC: $35,000 · EducationINDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $27,500 · EducationJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $490,000 · International
Other$4,671,500Arts & Culture$2,874,000Human Services$1,536,836Health$1,272,500Youth Development$1,096,250Education$667,500International$490,000

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 budgetARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $700,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $490,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetAUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC: $475,000 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $450,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $432,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $400,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetTrine University: $345,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC: $325,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $310,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $290,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $280,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $250,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $215,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetPARK CENTER INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME INC: $182,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetFort Wayne Park Foundation: $171,500 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetBRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC: $165,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $161,555 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC: $160,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $150,281 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMATTHEW 25 INC: $150,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $150,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $142,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA MICHIANA INC: $140,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $140,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetFORT WAYNE BALLET INC: $139,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetErins House for Grieving Children Inc: $135,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetHARLAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER INC: $130,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC: $130,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetWELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $130,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC: $125,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $120,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetRedemption House Ministry Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCROSSROAD CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $80,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetC2G Music Hall Corporation dba Baker Street Centre: $75,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFORT WAYNE PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCrosswinds Inc: $72,500 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetUNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $72,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE INC: $70,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL SOCCER FESTIVALS INC: $70,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetFORT WAYNE TRAILS INC: $70,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetBLUE JACKET INC: $62,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetAUDIENCES UNLIMITED INC: $60,000 over 8y, 2.9% 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.

  • Who funds ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND ↗
  • Who funds TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Trine University ↗
  • Who funds EMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE CENTRAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PARK CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
  • Who funds Fort Wayne Park Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA MICHIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Erins House for Grieving Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds HARLAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

English-Bonter-Mitche…Community Foundation …Dr Louis a and Anne B…The Waterfield Founda…Howard P Arnold Found…Aws Foundation IncFlora Dale Krouse Fou…M E Raker Foundation …McMillen Foundation I…Surack Family Foundat…The James Foundation …Zollner Foundation
English-Bonter-Mitchell FdnPA192.5× affinity91 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Flora Dale Krouse Foundation · M E Raker Foundation Inc · McMillen Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Zollner 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 Edward M Wilson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward M Wilson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    47report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Edward M Wilson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Edward M 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.

    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 150 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.8M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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