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J Tylee Wilson Family Foundation at a glance

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J Tylee Wilson Family Foundation

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.

$230k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$525kHealth$500kInternational$100kArts & Culture$71kRecreation & Sports$44kYouth Development$30kAnimals$20kEnvironment$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $142k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$75,000
LAKE OF THE OZARKS SHOOTOUT$30,000
R J REYNOLDS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE INC$22,000
CAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL$10,000
LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY$10,000
NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST$10,000
THALIAN HALL CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC$10,000
GREATER WILMINGTON YOUTH INITIATIVE INC$10,000
LAKE OF THE OZARKS SHOOTOUT$10,000
NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC$10,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC$10,000
THE NORTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM SOCIETY$10,000
R J REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB INC$7,500
WAKE FOR WARRIORS INC$3,000
VILLAGE OF SUNRISE BEACH$1,250
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 (FY17–25, $118k) 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%SEMPER FI SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS: $3k → 11%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $10k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $10k → 12%ABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $25k → 15%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $5k → 12%ABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 15%ABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 15%ABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 15%ABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 15%ABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 15%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $5k → 12%ABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 15%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

IN
CO
MO
VA
AZ
NC
SC
DC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 22 repeat orgs$212k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
15

Total granted

$1.4M
$194k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+6%

Still filing today

77%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
EducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitCrime & 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

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $400k · revenue +24%
  • MU
    MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +70%
  • AO
    ABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
    7× · 2017–2023 · $85k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • CI
    CARDIOSTART INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue -40%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR THE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND THE BL
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • SB
    SUNRISE BEACH FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
    one grant, 2024 · $11k
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 Landfall Tradition

Showcase intercollegiate athletics by hosting an annual National Collegiate Golf Invitational at the Landfall Country Club and to provide support to the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Human Services
2
Seahawk Intercollegiate

Operate annual intercollegiate golf tournament, the net proceeds of which will benefit the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Recreation & Sports
3
Uncw Corporation

To enhance the university of north carolina at wilmington's educational mission, without limitation, overseeing and assisting with the acquisition and financing of capital assets for the university.

Education
4
North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation Fka Promote the Youth Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Uncw Research Foundation

To pursue the development of research facilities and research projects for the university of north carolina at wilmington.

Education
6
Wilmington School of the Arts

Wilmington School of the Arts is a tuition-free, public charter school located in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Its mission is to inspire students to pursue excellence in academics and the arts by awakening and nuturing the creative…

Education
7
Cape Fear River Watch

To protect and improve the water quality of the Cape Fear River Basin for all people through education, advocacy, and action.

Environment
8
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc

Uncsa foundation's primary purpose is to financially support the advancement and achievement of the students, faculty, and staff of the university of north carolina school of the arts. the uncsa foundation strives to support the strategic…

Education
9
Charlotte Sports Foundation

The Charlotte Sports Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization created in 2013 to provide leadership for sports-based initiatives that enhance the economy and quality of life in the Charlotte region. We provide unique events and…

Recreation & Sports
10
Uncw Corporation Ii

To enhance the university of north carolina at wilmington educational mission, without limitation, overseeing and assisting with the acquisition and financing of capital assets for the university.

Education
11
Carolina Small Business Development Fund

Our mission is to foster economic development in underserved communities by providing capital, business services, and policy research to support small businesses.

Public Benefit
12
Carolina Charter Academy

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

30 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. 30 of the 40 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)
30/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYThe Library Foundation of New Hanover County Inc: $55,000 · EducationThe Library Foundation of New Hanover Co…CAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL: $45,000 · EducationCAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCILR J REYNOLDS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE INC: $33,000 · EducationR J REYNOLDS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE INCUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $20,000 · Education+3 more: $22,500 · EducationMUSCF - STORM EYE INSTITUTE: $300,000 · OtherMUSCF - STORM EYE INSTITUTENORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE NORTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $30,000 · OtherTHE NORTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM SOCIETYNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST: $20,000 · OtherFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $20,000 · Other+16 more: $139,300 · Other+16 moreABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $85,000 · Human ServicesABC OF NC …Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $55,000 · Human ServicesCommunitie…+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthNEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthCARDIOSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyLAKE OF THE OZARKS SHOOTOUT INC: $67,500 · Recreation & SportsMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsGreater Wilmington Youth Initiative Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsThalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts Incorporated: $50,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$575,500Other$529,300Human Services$143,000Health$115,000Philanthropy$100,000Recreation & Sports$89,500Arts & Culture$50,000

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 budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $400,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCARDIOSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetABC OF NC CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $85,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetLAKE OF THE OZARKS SHOOTOUT INC: $67,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetThe Library Foundation of New Hanover County Inc: $55,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $55,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts Incorporated: $50,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL: $45,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetR J REYNOLDS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE INC: $33,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWAKE FOR WARRIORS INC: $14,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRODEHEAVER BOYS RANCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetR J REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB INC: $7,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetPTA NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESS RJ REYNOLDS HS PTSA: $5,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCape Fear Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSemper Fi Society of St Louis: $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SAFETY NET OF MO: $3,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetKansas City Soccer Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDAYBREAK ROTARY CHARITY FUND OF LAK: $1,250 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

North Carolina Commun…The Cynthia & George …The Winston-Salem Fou…Dan Cameron Family Fo…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Foundation for the Ca…Directed Balloun Fami…The Landfall Foundati…The Moore Charitable …Grace Jones Richardso…Reynolds American Fou…The Cannon Foundation…
North Carolina Community FoundationNC20.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Directed Balloun Family Foundation · The Landfall Foundation Inc · The Moore Charitable Foundation Inc · Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust C/O Piedmont Trust Co · Reynolds American Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc

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 J Tylee Wilson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Tylee Wilson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%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
    3get no government money at all
    7report 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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    Find your warmest path to J Tylee Wilson Family 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 40 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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