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The Carwill 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.

$832k
Granted FY2024still arriving
79
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$448kEnvironment$292kArts & Culture$255kHealth$162kReligion$58kPhilanthropy$48kPublic Benefit$25kHousing & Shelter$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k61 grants · $165k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $266k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
$3,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$735k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Indian River Land Tr Inc$200,000
Johns Hopkins University$100,000
United States Naval Academy Foundation$50,000
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital$50,000
United States Naval Academy Foundation$30,000
United States Naval Academy Foundation$30,000
Vero Beach Museum of Art$23,500
Vero Beach Museum of Art$22,300
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund$20,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund$20,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund$20,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund$20,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund$20,000
Christ Church of Vero Beach$15,000
Indian River Land Trust$15,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 44 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
22

Total granted

$1.3M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+28%

Still filing today

86%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
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

  • UN
    US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $229k · revenue +68%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $200k · revenue +26%
  • VB
    VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $166k · revenue +610%

Funded once

  • JH
    John Hopkins Medicine - The Brady Urological Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • SV
    SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +86%
  • SM
    STRATTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +9%
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.

03Its 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
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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2
Institute for Conservation Leadership

To support healthy communities and a healthy earth, the institute for conservation leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions and networks.

Community Improvement
3
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
4
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
5
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
6
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
7
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
8
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
11
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is New Jersey State Youth Orchestra. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

66 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. 66 of the 84 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/66
Grantees still filing
48/66
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $228,500 · EducationUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY+12 more: $46,000 · Education+12 moreINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $256,500 · EnvironmentINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUS…MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $28,000 · EnvironmentMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN…+5 more: $13,050 · EnvironmentVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $165,500 · Arts & CultureVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF…RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $77,440 · Arts & CultureRIVERSIDE THEATRE IN…ATLANTIC CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA INC: $13,040 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $10,600 · Arts & CultureCleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital: $76,000 · OtherCleveland Clinic I…Christ Church of Vero Beach: $45,000 · OtherChrist Church of V…Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home: $17,000 · OtherVisiting Nurse and…John Hopkins Medicine - The Brady Urological Institute: $15,000 · OtherJohn Hopkins Medic…Mount Vernon Ladies' Association: $11,000 · OtherHarvard Business School: $11,000 · OtherPHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $10,000 · Other+30 more: $60,250 · Other+30 moreGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR …THE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JOHN'…UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $9,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $15,000 · HealthSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE CORPORATION: $10,000 · HealthCarlos Otis Stratton Mountain Clinic Inc: $3,500 · HealthWHOLE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $3,000 · Health+5 more: $5,000 · HealthTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,500 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $8,500 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $2,000 · Public BenefitTEA PARTY PATRIOTS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Public Benefit
Education$474,500Environment$297,550Arts & Culture$266,580Other$245,250Philanthropy$125,500Health$56,500Public Benefit$23,000

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 budgetINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $256,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $228,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $165,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $77,440 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN'S ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTIC CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA INC: $13,040 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTRATTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarlos Otis Stratton Mountain Clinic Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJOHN'S ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JERSEY STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA: $3,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWHOLE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEKWANOK SCHOLARSHIP TRUST INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEA PARTY PATRIOTS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER INC PO BOX 617: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FREDERICK GUNN SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT 100 OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SKIING HISTORY ASSOCIATION: $1,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $1,050 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

Indian River Communit…The Berghorst Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…Archie S Wingfield Jr…The John's Island Fou…Olivia Delacruz Found…Welsh Family Foundati…United Way of Indian …The Prentice Foundati…The Bessemer Giving F…Higgs Family Foundati…The Ned and Emily She…
Indian River Community Foundation IncFL33.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Berghorst Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995 · The John's Island Foundation Inc · Olivia Delacruz Foundation Inc · Welsh Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Indian River County Inc · The Prentice Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Higgs Family Foundation · The Ned and Emily Sherwood Family 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Carwill Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Carwill Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 84 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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