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George R Jr & Donna M Wilson Family Foundation Inc

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.

$148k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$537kReligion$158kHuman Services$30kHousing & Shelter$27kHealth$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kEnvironment$3kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $139k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$45,000
SISTERS SERVANTS OF THE IHM$28,500
ST FRANCIS UNIVERSITY$25,000
HOLY CROSS ACADEMY$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CATHOLIC FAITH APPEAL$10,000
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ST THOMAS$5,500
ST MATTHEW'S HOUSE$1,000
ALS$1,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSP$1,000
FRIENDS OF CEDAR LANE$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $500 → 14%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
SD
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
WV
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
OK
GA
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$711k · 28 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
35

Total granted

$711k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+19%

Still filing today

32%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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

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EducationHealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • SF
    SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $151k · revenue +5%
  • SM
    ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +262%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN NEUMANN ACADEMY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $4k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MISSION 01 INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • EO
    EVENTS OF ST MICHAEL'S CHARITY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • MB
    MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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2
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

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3
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

University is a 4 year private catholic institution, offering degrees in nursing, health/behavioral sciences, & humanities. the college is an integral part of the fmol health system.

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4
Sancta Maria Hospital Inc

Faithful to the spirit of the congregation of the daughters of mary, sancta maria nursing facility's mission is to witness christ's compassion, caring and love, reflecting the catholic church's role in the continuation of christ's healing…

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5
St John's University New York

St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).

Education
6
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
7
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
8
St Francis Hospital Inc

We, saint francis hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.st. francis hospital is a member of trinity health of the mid-atlantic…

Health
9
Upper Frederick Fire Company

To provide volunteer fire fighting and prevention services in upper frederick township, montgomery county, pennsylvania.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
St Anne's Nursing Center St Anne's Residence Inc

The organization provides nursing and assisted care to individuals of all faiths regardless of ability to pay.

Health
11
Saint Mary Home Incorporated

We, mercy community health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming presence within our communities. saint mary home is a member of mercy community health and trinity health.

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12
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naples Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

19 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. 19 of the 66 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY CROSS ACADEMY: $165,500 · OtherHOLY CROSS ACADEMYSISTERS SERVANTS OF THE IHM: $103,500 · OtherSISTERS SERVANTS OF THE IHMDEMATHA HIGH SCHOOL: $99,000 · OtherDEMATHA HIGH SCHOOLCATHEDRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $80,000 · OtherCATHEDRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLSAINT BASIL ACADEMY: $20,100 · Other+48 more: $127,950 · Other+48 moreSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $151,000 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSI…+3 more: $6,250 · EducationTHE MISSION 01 INC: $20,000 · ReligionST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $4,600 · Housing & ShelterFRIENDS OF CEDAR LANE INC: $4,500 · Housing & ShelterALS UNITED MID-ATLANTIC: $3,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $500 · HealthFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $3,500 · Human ServicesLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $500 · Human ServicesNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $2,500 · Environment
Other$596,050Education$157,250Religion$20,000Housing & Shelter$9,100Health$5,500Human Services$4,000Environment$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $151,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MISSION 01 INC: $20,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $4,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CEDAR LANE INC: $4,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetST JOHN NEUMANN ACADEMY: $4,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLAPLATA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $3,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALS UNITED MID-ATLANTIC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH NAPLES EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFR MICHAEL MISSION 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.

  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE MISSION 01 INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CEDAR LANE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN NEUMANN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds LAPLATA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OCEAN CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds ALS UNITED MID-ATLANTIC ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH NAPLES EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗

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 George R Jr & Donna M Wilson Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George R Jr & Donna M Wilson Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • North Naples Education Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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Find your warmest path to George R Jr & Donna M Wilson Family 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 66 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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