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The Joseph H Wender Foundation at a glance

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The Joseph H Wender 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.

$220k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.3MHealth$231kPhilanthropy$113kReligion$60kMembership Benefit$45kEducation$28kFood & Nutrition$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $73k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $140k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$140,000
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRE POMPIDOU$37,500
WENDER WEIS FOUNDATION$25,000
ST HELENA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION$1,000
PONY POWER THERAPIES$1,000
PBS SOCAL$60
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 (FY17–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOOD ON FOOT: $5k → 14%PONY POWER THERAPIES: $3k → 7%PONY POWER THERAPIES: $1k → 7%PONY POWER THERAPIES: $500 → 7%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $5k → 14%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

NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 15 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
21

Total granted

$1.5M
$305k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-21%
+29%

Still filing today

60%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATES
    6× · 2019–2025 · $510k · revenue +89%
  • WW
    WENDER WEIS FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $427k
  • AF
    American Friends of the Centre Pompidou Inc
    5× · 2017–2025 · $193k · revenue -76%

Funded once

  • NC
    NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $97k · revenue +31%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $35k
  • TX
    TWO X TWO FOR AIDS AND ART
    one grant, 2023 · $29k
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
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
The James Beard Foundation Inc

The james beard foundation believes in a vibrant, equitable, and sustainable independent restaurant industry that stands as a cornerstone of american culture, community, and economy - and drives towards a better food system. the james…

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4
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
8
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
9
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
10
The Heart Foundation

The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…

Philanthropy
11
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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12
American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Mission statement: advancing evidence-based lifestyle medicine to treat, reverse and prevent non-communicable, chronic disease. vision statement: a nation and world wherein lifestyle medicine is the foundation of health and all healthcare.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Actors' Fund of America; the most unlike its peers is Sdm Foundation Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 36 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WENDER WEIS FOUNDATION: $426,600 · OtherWENDER WEIS FOUNDATIONFRIENDS SEMINARY: $60,000 · OtherFRIENDS SEMINARYMAD FOUNDATION: $48,000 · OtherMAD FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $34,800 · OtherTWO X TWO FOR AIDS AND ART: $28,750 · OtherNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $26,906 · Other+15 more: $88,270 · Other+15 moreMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $510,040 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATESROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $75,804 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC+2 more: $11,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Friends of the Centre Pompidou Inc: $192,500 · InternationalAmerican Fr…St Helena Hospital Foundation: $84,510 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $47,000 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $4,500 · HealthNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $97,467 · PhilanthropySDM FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $45,000 · Membership BenefitCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $25,000 · EducationTHE MAD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Education
Other$713,326Arts & Culture$596,844International$192,500Health$146,010Philanthropy$113,467Membership Benefit$45,000Education$35,000

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 budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $510,040 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Centre Pompidou Inc: $192,500 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $97,467 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Helena Hospital Foundation: $84,510 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $75,804 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $47,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSDM FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MAD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSONOMA FAMILY MEAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD ON FOOT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPONY POWER THERAPIES INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Joseph H Wender Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joseph H Wender Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Joseph H Wender Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Joseph H Wender 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 36 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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