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The Frances and John Wahl Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Frances and John Wahl 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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$203kEducation$175kRecreation & Sports$60kArts & Culture$38kHealth$35kYouth Development$35kHuman Services$25k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Young Arts Arizona$20,000
Hands and Hoofs$20,000
Audreys Angels$20,000
St John the Evangelist School$15,000
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 (FY21–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%A Soldiers Child Foundation: $20k → 9%A Soldiers Child Foundation: $5k → 9%Audreys Angels: $20k → 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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$390k · 8 repeat orgs$180k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
8

Total granted

$390k
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+66%

Still filing today

50%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MK
    Mission K9 Rescue Inc
    4× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +3%
  • LL
    LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $40k · revenue +60% · 48% of their budget
  • AS
    A SOLDIERS CHILD INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $25k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • UT
    Under the Shieldgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +77%
  • SM
    St Matthew Catholic School
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Arizona Small Dog Rescue

To rescue and save homeless, unwanted, abandoned, neglected, and abused dogs

Animals
2
Little Angels Service Dogs

To maximize the innate ability of dogs to give the gift of independence to individuals regardless of disability or age.

Human Services
3
Fallen Soldiers March

Providing highly trained service dogs for wounded united states military veterans in need of assistance

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4
Alpha Bravo Canine

Helping veterans with ptsd and traumatic brain injuries regain quality of life using service dogs.

Human Services
5
Phoenix Animal Rescue

Rescue, rehabilitation and "re-homing" of unwanted and abandoned dogs.

Animals
6
Agr Foundation Inc

Serving the needs of all dogs and the people who love them.

Animals
7
The Artemis Project Inc

The artemis project inc. is a volunteer-run, no-kill 501(c)(3) animal rescue providing programs and education to prevent future suffering. our mission is inspired by our community's compassion and driven by the belief that every animal…

Animals
8
Starfish Animal Rescue

To help abandoned dogs in kill shelters find permanent and responsible loving homes. We support and work with other reputable rescues who support our vision and standards.

Animals
9
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
10
Saving Grace K9s

Dog Training for Veterans

Philanthropy
11
First Responder Therapy Dogs

We lead the way in addressing the mental health needs of first responders by providing emotional support using therapy dogs.

Public Benefit
12
Abandoned Animal Rescue

AAR is an all volunteer organization that works towards ending pet overpopulation that results in the euthanasia of unwanted cats and dogs by providing a rescue and adoption center by emphasizing the importance of spaying and neutering and…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Soldiers Child Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Art Resource Center. 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

11 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. 11 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St John the Evangelist School: $85,000 · OtherSt John the Evangelist SchoolTHE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC: $75,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INCSt John Notre Dame School: $70,000 · OtherSt John Notre Dame SchoolLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC: $40,000 · OtherLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INCIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHANDS AND HOOFS: $20,000 · OtherSt Matthew Catholic School: $15,000 · OtherARIZONA PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Other+1 more: $7,500 · OtherMission K9 Rescue Inc: $50,000 · AnimalsMission K9 R…HALO HELPING ANIMALS LIVE ON INC: $15,000 · AnimalsHALO HELPING…A SOLDIERS CHILD INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesAUDREY'S ANGELS: $20,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAIRCRAFT CARRIER HORNET FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ART RESOURCE CENTER: $7,500 · Arts & CultureUnder the Shield: $25,000 · EducationGIRLS ON THE RUN - CHICAGO INC: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$382,500Animals$65,000Human Services$45,000Arts & Culture$37,500Education$25,000Recreation & Sports$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SERVICE DOG SUPPORT INC: $75,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetMission K9 Rescue Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL INC: $40,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetA SOLDIERS CHILD INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUnder the Shield: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetYOUNG ARTS ARIZONA LTD: $20,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetHALO HELPING ANIMALS LIVE ON INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN - CHICAGO INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAIRCRAFT CARRIER HORNET FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC8.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 The Frances and John Wahl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Frances and John Wahl Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 19 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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