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Pat and Jack Wilensky 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.

$43k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$32k21%
FY202411$21k36%
FY20238$20k0%
FY202226$24k27%
FY202125$24k28%
FY202023$23k30%
FY201923$29k30%
FY201820$26k35%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$184kReligion$43kEducation$35kArts & Culture$29kHealth$6kHuman Services$5kInternational$4kYouth Development$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CA
MD
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Welfare Federation of Columbus Georgia Inc$90,25098%
Temple Israel Inc$33,0319n/a
Columbus State University Foundation Inc$27,00080%
The Columbus Museum Inc$10,41890%
National Infantry Museum Foundationinc$7,00070%
Temple Sinai Inc$5,1251n/a
Springer Opera House Arts Associationinc$3,30060%
Columbus Philharmonic Guild Inc$2,25060%
The Salvation Army$2,0265n/a
Rivercenter Inc$1,95050%
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Welfare Federation of Columbus Georgia Inc$90,25098%
Temple Israel Inc$33,0319n/a
Columbus State University Foundation Inc$27,00080%
The Columbus Museum Inc$10,41890%
National Infantry Museum Foundationinc$7,00070%
Temple Sinai Inc$5,1251n/a
Springer Opera House Arts Associationinc$3,30060%
Columbus Philharmonic Guild Inc$2,25060%
The Salvation Army$2,0265n/a
Rivercenter Inc$1,95050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,55040%
Anti-Defamation League$1,50020%
Muscogee County Library Foundation Inc$1,2505n/a
Joy to Life Foundation$1,00040%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$1,0001n/a
The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy Inc$1,00020%
Wynnton Neighborhood Network Inc$1,0001n/a
Creating Connected Communities Inc$90020%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$70120%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$70030%
American Heart Association Inc$60030%
American Kidney Fund Inc$60020%
Penland School Of Craft$5701n/a
Camp Judaea Inc$55020%
Muscogee County Friends of Libraries Inc$50020%
American Jewish Committee$5001n/a
Beth Israel Medical Center$50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50010%
The Blue Card Inc$50010%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$50020%
American Cancer Society Inc$45030%
B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization$20010%
Crisis Center Inc$1501n/a
Storycorps Inc$1001n/a
The Stewart Community Home Inc$10010%
Feeding the Valley Inc$10010%
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County$10010%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$5010%
Congregation Etz Chaim Inc$501n/a
St Thomas Episcopal Church$251n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish Welfare Federation of Columbus Georgia Inc: $90,250 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetColumbus State University Foundation Inc: $27,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Columbus Museum Inc: $10,418 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNational Infantry Museum Foundationinc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSpringer Opera House Arts Associationinc: $3,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetColumbus Philharmonic Guild Inc: $2,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRivercenter Inc: $1,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJoy to Life Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Alfred and Adele Davis Academy Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCreating Connected Communities Inc: $900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $701 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Judaea Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuscogee County Friends of Libraries Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBeth Israel Medical Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Blue Card Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetB'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Stewart Community Home Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Land Conservancy of McHenry County: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Incorporated: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley IncGA36.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Inc · The Jordan Foundation Inc · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Maxine R & Jack S Schiffman Family Foundation Inc · Jackson-Burgin Foundation Inc · Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc · John P and Dorothy S Illges Foundation Inc · Jw & Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Inc · The Daniel P Amos Family Foundation · Bradley-Turner 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.

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About Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation

How much does Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation give?
Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $42,836 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (58%), Religion (14%), Education (11%).
Who are Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish Welfare Federation of Columbus Georgia Inc ($90k), Temple Israel Inc ($33k), Columbus State University Foundation Inc ($27k).
Does Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc, Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Inc, The Jordan Foundation Inc.
Where is Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation based?
Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation is based in GA.

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 71 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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