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Nathaniel Wheeler Tua-Worc at a glance

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Nathaniel Wheeler Tua-Worc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$62k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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 2025.

Environment$264kEducation$68kArts & Culture$55kHuman Services$54kHealth$31kPublic Benefit$20kCommunity Improvement$18kRecreation & Sports$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $39k
$8,214
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOTRE DAME HEALTH CARE CENTER$25,000
WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL$14,150
WORCESTER GARDEN CLUB$8,214
PARK SPIRIT OF WORCESTER INC$5,453
THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION$5,000
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$4,180
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%NOTRE DAME HEALTH CARE CENTER: $25k → 11%YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS: $14k → 11%THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION: $5k → 11%THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION: $3k → 11%Worcester Jewish Community Center: $33k → 11%MUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER COMMUNITY: $800 → 11%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.
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$329k · 13 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
20

Total granted

$329k
$203k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+41%

Still filing today

69%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WG
    WORCESTER GARDEN CLUB INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $56k · revenue +7% · 35% of their budget
  • WC
    WORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +51%
  • RE
    REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +143%

Funded once

  • WJ
    WORCESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $33k · revenue +73%
  • WN
    WORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $31k · revenue +56%
  • ND
    NOTRE DAME ACADEMY
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
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.

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Worcester Business Development Corp

The worcester business development corporation (wbdc) is a private, non- profit business organization with a public purpose mission to serve as an innovation and leading force in the economic development of the city of worcester and the…

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2
Worcester Community Cable Access Inc
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3
Worcester Country Club

The club is established for the purpose of providing athletic exercises including golf, bowling, swimming, tennis, cross country skiing, and other out-of-door sports, and for the establishment and maintenance of facilities for the…

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4
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce

The organization is dedicated to being the leading business organization in central massachusetts by providing valuable membership services and programs and events to its members and in advancing and advocating on behalf of economic…

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5
Worcester Regional Tourism and Visitors Corporation

To promote, develop and expand tourism in the central massachusetts and southern worcester county region and to provide services for such promotion, development and expansion.

Community Improvement
6
Worcester Cultural Coaltioninc

The mission of worcester cultural coalition is to draw on worcester's rich and diverse cultural assets to foster economic revitalization, support active, creative engagement for all and promote a strong cultural identity for greater…

Arts & Culture
7
Worcester County Arts Council Inc

To aid, encourage, advise, and correlate activities dedicated to the promotion of the arts in worcester county, as may be feasible; to integrate such activities into the total life of the community served by the council.

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8
Downtown Worcester Business Improvement

To develop, implement, manage, operate, enhance and promote the general welfare of the people within the designated downtown worcester business improvement district (the district), through activities, programs, and services to include but…

Community Improvement
9
Main South Community Development Corp

To participate in the promotion and development of affordable housing and economic development in the main south area of worcester, massachusetts.

Community Improvement
10
Worcester Common Ground Inc

To establish and maintain housing for low and moderate income families in the Worcester area. Worcester Common Ground also provides income eligible individuals the opportunity to be homeowners.

Housing & Shelter
11
West Stockbridge Historical Society

The mission of the west stockbridge historical society is to preserve the history and culture of west stockbridge, ma through research, programming, community involvment and the restoration of the old town hall.

Arts & Culture
12
Worcester Regional Research Bureau Inc

Worcester regional research bureau, inc. serves the public interest of greater worcester by conducting independent, non-partisan research and analysis of public policy issues to promote informed public debate and decision-making.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Preservation Worcester Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blackstone River Coalition. 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

25 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. 25 of the 34 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $146,830 · EnvironmentWORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYWORCESTER GARDEN CLUB INC: $55,612 · EnvironmentWORCESTER GARDEN CLUB INCREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $17,732 · EnvironmentREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INCGREATER WORCESTER LAND TRUST: $8,840 · Environment+1 more: $4,000 · EnvironmentNOTRE DAME ACADEMY: $20,000 · OtherNOTRE DAME ACADEMYWORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 · OtherWORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARYPARK SPIRIT OF WORCESTER INC: $14,298 · OtherPARK SPIRIT OF WORCESTER …BECKER COLLEGE: $14,200 · OtherBECKER COLLEGEWORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $13,315 · OtherWORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARYPROPRIETORS OF THE RURAL CEMETERY: $10,000 · OtherPROPRIETORS OF THE RURAL …COLONEL TIMOTHY BIGELOW CHAPTER DAR: $8,298 · OtherCOLONEL TIMOTHY BIGELOW C…Individual grant recipient: $7,590 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH: $4,988 · OtherWHY ME INC: $4,650 · Other+3 more: $9,636 · Other+3 moreWORCESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $32,515 · Human ServicesWORCESTER JEWISH…NOTRE DAME HEALTH CARE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesNOTRE DAME HEALT…YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesYWCA CENTRAL MAS…SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF CENTRAL MA: $7,500 · Human ServicesSOUTHEAST ASIAN …+1 more: $800 · Human ServicesWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $31,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER NATUR…WORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $18,510 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER CENTE…WORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $12,517 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER HISTO…PRESERVATION WORCESTER INC: $8,277 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION WO…THE WORCESTER CENTER FOR CRAFTS INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WORCESTER C…+1 more: $1,730 · Arts & CultureWOOSOX FOUNDATION INC: $13,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $6,670 · EducationNEW GARDEN PARK INC: $13,500 · Community ImprovementWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC: $3,600 · Youth DevelopmentGENESIS CLUB HOUSE INC: $1,430 · Health
Environment$233,014Other$126,975Human Services$79,815Arts & Culture$78,034Education$20,170Community Improvement$13,500Youth Development$3,600Health$1,430

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 budgetWORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $146,830 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetWORCESTER GARDEN CLUB INC: $55,612 over 7y, 35% of budgetWORCESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $32,515 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $31,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $18,510 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $17,732 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPARK SPIRIT OF WORCESTER INC: $14,298 over 5y, 13% of budgetBECKER COLLEGE: $14,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW GARDEN PARK INC: $13,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOOSOX FOUNDATION INC: $13,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWORCESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $12,517 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER WORCESTER LAND TRUST: $8,840 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCOLONEL TIMOTHY BIGELOW CHAPTER DAR: $8,298 over 3y, 14% of budgetPRESERVATION WORCESTER INC: $8,277 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF CENTRAL MA: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $6,670 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WORCESTER CENTER FOR CRAFTS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWHY ME INC: $4,650 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWORCESTER YOUTH CENTER INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORCESTER ART MUSEUM: $1,730 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENESIS CLUB HOUSE INC: $1,430 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSTARD SEED CATHOLIC WORKER COMMUNITY INC: $800 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

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.

Greater Worcester Com…The Fred Harris Danie…Stoddard Charitable T…The Fletcher Foundati…The George I Alden Tr…Schwartz Charitable F…Ruth H & Warren a Ell…Webster Five Foundati…Fallon Community Heal…United Way of Central…Berkshire Bank Founda…J Irving & Jane L Eng…
Greater Worcester Community Foundation IncMA36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · Stoddard Charitable Trust · The Fletcher Foundation · The George I Alden Trust · Schwartz Charitable Foundation · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Fallon Community Health Plan Inc · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · J Irving & Jane L England Charitable Trusta Molloy & F Russellco-Trustees

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 Nathaniel Wheeler Tua-Worc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nathaniel Wheeler Tua-Worc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Worcester Youth Center Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Genesis Club House Inc: 53% of income from government
  • New Garden Park Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Notre Dame Health Care Center Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Preservation Worcester Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Worcester Natural History Society Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Regional Environmental Council Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Worcester Historical Museum: 5% of income from government
  • Worcester County Horticultural Society: 2% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester Art Museum: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
2rely 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 34 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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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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