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Piedmont W Wayne Woody 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.

$73k
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Education$131kHuman Services$16kFood & Nutrition$16kHealth$15kHousing & Shelter$12kCivil Rights$5kRecreation & Sports$3kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k7 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
$1,100
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE$30,903
HOWARD UNIVERSITY$25,000
PROJECT REAP$10,000
OUR HOUSE INC$2,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,100
ALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DBA EAGLEBROOK SCHOOL$1,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$1,000
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HOSPICE AND HOPE HOUSE INC$500
ATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$500
TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL$500
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 (FY20–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $2k → 8%HOPE HELPS: $1k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $325 → 8%SENIORS FIRST: $1k → 13%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$137k · 9 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
45

Total granted

$137k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+35%

Still filing today

89%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCivil RightsInternationalOther
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

  • THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $75k · revenue +11%
  • OH
    OUR HOUSE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $10k · revenue +124%
  • TF
    TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL
    4× · 2020–2023 · $3k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • MA
    MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE HEALTH
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -61%
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
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
2
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
3
Authoracare Collective

Authoracare collective empowers people to be active participants in their care journey, enabling them to live on their own terms through personalized support for mind, body, and spirit.

Human Services
4
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
5
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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6
Leadingage Inc

The mission of leadingage is to be the trusted voice for aging. our 6,000+ members and partners include nonprofit organizations representing the entire field of aging services, 38 state associations, hundreds of businesses, consumer…

Housing & Shelter
7
Alliance for Aging Research

The alliance for aging research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care.

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8
American Health Law Association

The mission of the american health law association is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law.

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9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Health Care Center for the Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Reap. 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

37 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. 37 of the 58 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
29/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $40,903 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLEGEPROJECT REAP: $10,000 · EducationPROJECT REAP+2 more: $3,500 · EducationOUR HOUSE INC: $9,600 · OtherOUR HOUSE INCMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $8,500 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONNYU LANGONE HEALTH: $5,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE HEALTHNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE: $2,500 · OtherThe Houston Food Bank: $2,500 · OtherGTR ITASCA FOOD PANTRY: $2,500 · Other2ND HARVEST HEARTLAND EAST: $2,500 · OtherN TX FOOD BANK: $2,500 · OtherLAHEY HOSP HC HEROES EMERG RSP: $2,000 · Other+27 more: $21,085 · Other+27 moreATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC: $2,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,185 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · HealthHealth Care Center For The Homeless Inc: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $2,425 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesSeniors First Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HELPS INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $2,500 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,500 · Civil RightsArlington Food Assistance Center: $1,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding The Homeless Project Inc: $1,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$129,403Other$58,685Health$6,785Human Services$5,525Civil Rights$5,000Food & Nutrition$3,000Arts & Culture$2,500

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 budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $40,903 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT REAP: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $9,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $2,425 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNana Grants Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHALE EDUCATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,185 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAKSATL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DBA EAGLEBROOK SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding The Homeless Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeniors First Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealth Care Center For The Homeless Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HELPS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HOSPICE & HOPE HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartford HealthCare at Home Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Borgen Project: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOICES HEALTHCARE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT: $85 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC10.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Piedmont W Wayne Woody Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Piedmont W Wayne Woody Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Health Care Center for the Homeless Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report 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 58 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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