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Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Kathy and Jerry Wood 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.

$720k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.7MHealth$600kYouth Development$360kAnimals$300kHuman Services$240kArts & Culture$206kRecreation & Sports$105kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $530k
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL$100,000
DSYLEXIA TUTORING PROGRAM$80,000
SISTERS ACADEMY OF BALTIMORE$50,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$50,000
BELLO MACHRE$50,000
ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITIY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$50,000
CAPSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$50,000
AUTISIM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA$50,000
THE SUMMIT SCHOOL$50,000
THE BRENDAN CORPORATION$40,000
CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE$30,400
Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND$30,000
CHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER$25,000
KIDS NEED TO READ$25,000
OHANA OF HOWARD COUNTY$20,000
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 (FY19–24, $440k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $20k → 8%KINERA FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $85k → 11%Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $35k → 11%Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $35k → 11%Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $35k → 11%BELLO MACHRE: $50k → 6%Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $30k → 11%BELLO MACHRE: $25k → 6%BELLO MACHRE: $25k → 6%BELLO MACHRE: $25k → 6%BELLO MACHRE: $25k → 6%BELLO MACHRE: $25k → 6%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
MI
NY
NV
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
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.
$4.0M · 21 repeat orgs$447k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
9

Total granted

$4.0M
$317k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+49%

Still filing today

76%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • AA
    ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $450k · revenue +31%
  • HD
    HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU
    6× · 2019–2024 · $350k · revenue +41%
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $300k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • LH
    LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +68%
  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATORS OF THE EAST WILLISTO
    one grant, 2019 · $56k
  • AF
    ABYC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +463% · 60% of their budget
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 Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
2
21ST Century Cyber Charter School

Empower all students and families to become active participants in their own learning and equip them with skills for the future. we achieve this through engaging content, delvered by innovative teaching in a culture of caring.

Education
3
Acds Inc

Acds is dedicated to providing lifetime resources of exceptional quality, innovation and inclusion for individuals with down syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities and their families. we provide a continuum of year round…

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4
Baltimore Lab School Inc

Baltimore Lab School is an innovative learning community fostering scholarship and creativity in students with different learning styles. In an environment of inquiry and hands-on exploration, Baltimore Lab School students learn to…

Education
5
Tutoring Chicago

Tutoring chicago delivers the power of education through one-to-one tutoring.

Arts & Culture
6
St Francis Day School Inc

A private school providing an exceptional college preparatory program with a specialty in learning disabilities.

Education
7
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
8
The Ivymount School Inc

Nonprofit organization that provides educational programs and therapeutic services that invest in the abilities of neurodivergent children and young adults with unique learning needs including special education.

Education
9
Whole Child Collaborative

To provide a holistic, multidisciplinary education to learners of all abilities

Education
10
Sea Crest School Inc

Sea crest school is dedicated to providing the best in innovative education to inspire and empower our learners to engage curiosity, express creativity, act with compassion and lead with courage.

Education
11
The University of Chicago Charter School Corporation

To Prepare Students for Success in Four-Year Colleges.

Education
12
The Maryland School for the Blind

As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Holy Family Ministries. 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

26 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. 26 of the 33 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/26
Grantees still filing
22/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DYSLEXIA TUTORING PROGRAM: $480,000 · EducationDYSLEXIA TUTORING PROGRAMANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 · EducationANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU: $350,000 · EducationHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SUUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INCCapstone Christian Academy: $150,000 · EducationCapstone Christian AcademyKIDS NEED TO READ: $125,000 · EducationKIDS NEED TO READTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $112,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIARADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · Education+2 more: $75,000 · EducationSISTERS ACADEMY OF BALTIMORE INC: $300,000 · OtherSISTERS ACADEMY OF BALTIMORE …COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY: $264,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMOR…The Brendan Corporation: $160,000 · OtherThe Brendan CorporationAUTISM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $150,000 · OtherAUTISM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROL…AMERICAN BOAT & YACHT COUNCIL INC: $80,000 · OtherAMERICAN BOAT & YACHT COUNCIL…ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATORS OF THE EAST WILLISTO: $55,500 · OtherVILLAGE OF HOPE LAS VEGAS: $50,000 · Other+5 more: $106,900 · Other+5 moreCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS …Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $220,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christ…BELLO MACHRE INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesBELLO MACHRE INCKINERA FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesMUSIC WILL INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureCASEY CARES FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER INC: $55,600 · Arts & CultureLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthOHANA OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentABYC FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Education$2,067,500Other$1,166,400Human Services$740,000Arts & Culture$355,600Health$100,000Youth Development$60,000Public Safety & Disaster$40,000

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 budgetDYSLEXIA TUTORING PROGRAM: $480,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU: $350,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $300,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $220,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBELLO MACHRE INC: $175,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brendan Corporation: $160,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetCapstone Christian Academy: $150,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetMUSIC WILL INC: $150,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCASEY CARES FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS NEED TO READ: $125,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $112,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetAMERICAN BOAT & YACHT COUNCIL INC: $80,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOHANA OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $60,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER INC: $55,600 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetVILLAGE OF HOPE LAS VEGAS: $50,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetABYC FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetKINERA FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetANNAPOLIS WATERFRONT CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Nora Roberts Foundati…The Kahlert Foundatio…T Rowe Price Program …National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Nora Roberts FoundationMD17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Nora Roberts Foundation · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Arts Center Inc: 7% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
9report 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.

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 33 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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