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Naida S Wharton Foundation at a glance

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Naida S Wharton 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.

$415k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.7MReligion$359kInternational$293kArts & Culture$285kEnvironment$247kEducation$247kHuman Services$225kCivil Rights$162kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $208k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATHANIEL WHARTON FUND CO RALPH N WHARTON MD$100,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NJ$58,000
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS$50,000
WELLESLEY COLLEGE$25,000
THE 19TH NEWS$20,000
PROPUBLICA$20,000
WNYC$15,000
OCEANA$15,000
THIRTEENWNET THE PATRON NETWORK$15,000
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO$15,000
MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE$7,500
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$7,500
COMMUNITY CHEST OF ENGLEWOOD$7,000
THE HERTZBERG PALLIATIVE CARE INSTITUTE$7,000
TEMPLE SINAI OF BERGEN COUNTY$5,400
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 (FY17–24, $202k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%I WAGE PEACE INC: $7k → 12%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $65k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $65k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $8k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $8k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $7k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $3k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $2k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $2k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $2k → 7%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $1k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $1k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $1k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $1k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $1k → 7%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $8k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $2k → 17%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

NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
KS
TN
DC
AL
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 81 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

81 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
19

Total granted

$3.5M
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+26%

Still filing today

75%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentInternationalEducationCrime & 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

  • BF
    BERGEN FAMILY CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $158k · revenue +60%
  • PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $133k · revenue +65%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $99k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ARNOLD GOLD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • II
    Iwagepeace Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue -14%
  • U
    URGE
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
4
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Parliamentarians for Global Action

Parliamentarians for global action (pga) is a non-partisan ngo network of legislators from all regions of the world acting in their individual capacity to advocate for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; peace and human security;…

International
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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10
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

81 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. 81 of the 106 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/81
Grantees still filing
58/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATHANIEL WHARTON FUND CO RALPH N WHARTON MD: $807,000 · OtherNATHANIEL WHARTON FUND CO RALPH N WHARTON MDPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NJ: $683,575 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NJTEMPLE SINAI OF BERGEN COUNTY: $348,660 · OtherTEMPLE SINAI OF BERGEN COUNTY+48 more: $522,556 · Other+48 morePHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $133,100 · EducationWellesley College: $49,100 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF COMBATANTS FOR PEACE INC: $31,700 · EducationALL OUR KIN INC: $28,500 · EducationPREP FOR PREP: $9,000 · Education+3 more: $15,700 · EducationInternational Rescue Committee INC: $77,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $57,600 · InternationalEDEN PEOPLEPLANET: $50,000 · InternationalMEET INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,000 · InternationalNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $27,400 · International+5 more: $12,000 · InternationalNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $98,500 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $17,900 · EnvironmentTHE TRURO CONSERVATION TRUST: $13,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS LILITH FUND: $10,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $9,000 · EnvironmentSAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM: $8,600 · Environment+1 more: $4,000 · EnvironmentPRO PUBLICA INC: $71,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $51,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 19TH NEWS: $20,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $10,500 · Arts & CultureBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $10,230 · Arts & CultureBERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $157,800 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $17,500 · Human ServicesIwagepeace Inc: $7,000 · Human ServicesPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $43,000 · HealthHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $24,000 · HealthNAMI National: $15,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,400 · HealthFENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $8,500 · HealthMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $7,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 · Health+5 more: $10,300 · Health
Other$2,361,791Education$267,100International$261,000Environment$231,000Arts & Culture$205,730Human Services$202,300Health$124,700

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 budgetBERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $157,800 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $133,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $98,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $77,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $71,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $57,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $51,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN PEOPLEPLANET: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWellesley College: $49,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $43,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEET INTERNATIONAL INC: $37,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY CHEST OF ENGLEWOOD: $35,200 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetOCEANA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTART EARLY: $33,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF COMBATANTS FOR PEACE INC: $31,700 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetALL OUR KIN INC: $28,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $27,400 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND: $25,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE 19TH NEWS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $17,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $17,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFLAT ROCK BROOK NATURE ASSOCIATION INC: $15,400 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI National: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRURO CONSERVATION TRUST: $13,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHARTON INSTITUTE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $10,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEEONE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS LILITH FUND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARNOLD GOLD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM: $8,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD FIRST INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIwagepeace Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 7.0% 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 BERGEN FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds EDEN PEOPLEPLANET ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Wellesley College ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEET INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF ENGLEWOOD ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds START EARLY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF COMBATANTS FOR PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL OUR KIN INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Prenatal Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE 19TH NEWS ↗
  • Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FLAT ROCK BROOK NATURE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Mann Family Found…Wiseheart Foundation …The Kaplen FoundationPanwy Foundation IncHenry & Marilyn Taub …The Russell Berrie Fo…Community Foundation …The Chicago Community…The Solow Family Foun…Schwartz Family Givin…Jewish Federation of …
Jewish Communal FundNY17.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Mann Family Foundation Inc · Wiseheart Foundation Inc · The Kaplen Foundation · Panwy Foundation Inc · Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation · The Russell Berrie Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Chicago Community Trust · The Solow Family Foundation Inc · Schwartz Family Giving Foundation · Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey 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 Naida S Wharton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Naida S Wharton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Fenway Community Health Center Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Bergen Family Center: 25% of income from government
  • Bergen Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • All Our Kin Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 106 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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