· Private foundation
James M & Ruth E Wilder Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| OASIS | $3,000 |
| THE TEMPLE | $2,000 |
| ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC | $2,000 |
| PAWS 4 LIFE | $2,000 |
| COMMUNITY PANTRY INC | $2,000 |
| CHEROKEE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER | $2,000 |
| GOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC | $2,000 |
| SOUTHERN HOPE HUMANE SOCIETY INC | $2,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $2,000 |
| TENDER LOVING CARE ANIMAL SHELTER CO DAHLONEGA-LUMPKIN CO HUMANE SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR | $2,000 |
| MOSTLY MUTTS ANIMAL RESCUE & ADOPTION INC | $2,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA | $2,000 |
| FURKIDS INC THRIFT STORE | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GMGOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $29k · revenue +118%
- CCCALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME6× · 2017–2022 · $29k · revenue +201%
- CPCOMMUNITY PANTRY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $29k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- ASATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAone grant, 2021 · $35k
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +46%
- AHATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY HOWELLone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
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.
Prevention of animal cruelty.
The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…
The charitable mission of Remedy Pet Care ("Remedy") is to make high-quality, compassionate veterinary care accessible and affordable for all pets by providing care at cost. Remedy exists to keep pets in their homes by removing financial…
The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.
All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.
Community Animal Treatment Center (CATC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to delivering high-quality, high-volume spay and neuter (HQHVSN) services for community cats and pets, with a focus on supporting low-income…
The mission of the Atlanta Humane Society is to improve animal welfare in the southeastern United States by providing quality animal services including preventative initiatives, education, advocacy and adoption of animals into permanent…
Animal rescue organization rescue homeless animals, provide them with the best medical care and nurturing environment while working to find them a forever home.
Dedicated to alleviating the pet over-population problems in georgia. house and place homeless dogs and cats into loving homes, offer access to low-cost vaccines, spay & neuter procedures, promote humane education and responsible pet…
Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.
Matching furry friends with their purr-fect homes & offering affordable spay/neuter.
The Humane Society of Tampa Bay is dedicated to ending animal homelessness and providing care and comfort for companion animals in need. Our vision is "Leading the way because every life counts". In 2025, we saved 10,631 animals.
How this is measured
25 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. 25 of the 48 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 GOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CALVARY CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue and Adoption Inc ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds Homeless Pets Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds OKALOOSA AIDS SUPPORT AND INFORMATIONAL SERVICES INC- OASIS ↗
- Who funds Crossroads Community Ministries Inc ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds Anna L Haas Humane Society of Cobb County ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds MIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds RABUN COUNTY FULLER CENTER FOR HOUSING ↗
- Who funds OPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CHARLES SMITHGALL HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Christian City Inc ↗
- Who funds TAG TREATMENT ACTION GROUP 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James M & Ruth E Wilder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James M & Ruth E Wilder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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