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The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation at a glance

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The Michael & Victoria Wallace 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.

$194k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$761kArts & Culture$173kHealth$163kScience & Tech$149kReligion$98kPublic Benefit$91kYouth Development$34kPhilanthropy$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$108k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLY CROSS CHURCH$60,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$50,000
NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$35,000
NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION$25,000
SUPPORT OUR AGING RELIGIOUS$10,000
VALOR CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
BAY AREA COMMUNITY CHURCH$2,000
THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM$1,000
MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN LEGION CHARITIES$1,000
THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES$1,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$500
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Refugee Relief International: $10k → 7%Riverside Foundation: $5k → 8%Marine Corps Heritage Foundation: $100 → 7%Catholic Charities: $1k → 19%American Red Cross: $100 → 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

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
LA
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 36 repeat orgs$317k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
55

Total granted

$1.2M
$301k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+26%

Still filing today

64%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPublic BenefitArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MU
    Marquette University
    3× · 2018–2024 · $251k · revenue +36%
  • UN
    US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $250k · revenue +31%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2025 · $158k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • SO
    SISTERS OF CHARITY OF LEAVENWORTH HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • JH
    John Hopkins Medicine
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • WF
    WWII Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
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
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
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
6
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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9
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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10
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
11
Institute for Shipboard Education

Journeys of discovery that spark bold solutions to global challenges.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Knights of Columbus. 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

60 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. 60 of the 98 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)
59/60
Grantees still filing
42/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Marquette University: $251,000 · EducationMarquette UniversityUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · EducationUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $158,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $34,000 · EducationVALOR CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL IN: $29,580 · Education+9 more: $19,200 · EducationTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $145,000 · OtherTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INCANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $101,300 · OtherANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM INCHOLY CROSS CHURCH: $60,500 · OtherHOLY CROSS CHURCHJohn Hopkins Medicine: $50,000 · OtherJohn Hopkins MedicineWWII Foundation: $50,000 · OtherWWII FoundationNAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $36,000 · OtherNAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONYOUTH WITH A MISSION: $32,900 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · Other+54 more: $135,710 · Other+54 moreSISTERS OF CHARITY OF LEAVENWORTH HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $100,000 · Health+3 more: $3,000 · HealthTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $14,500 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $6,500 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $4,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $1,000 · Public Benefit+2 more: $600 · Public BenefitTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $10,500 · Arts & CultureWORLD WAR II FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $1,100 · Arts & CultureREFUGEE RELIEF INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesRIVERSIDE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $200 · Human ServicesCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $6,500 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Education$741,780Other$641,410Health$103,000Public Benefit$26,600Arts & Culture$21,600Human Services$16,200Philanthropy$11,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMarquette University: $251,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $158,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $145,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $101,300 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetSISTERS OF CHARITY OF LEAVENWORTH HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $34,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVALOR CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL IN: $29,580 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSupport Our Aging Religious Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE RELIEF INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWORLD WAR II FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHESTERTON ACADEMY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHomes For Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVASCULITIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pennington School: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $2,980 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: $2,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse: $1,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF THE ROCKIES: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEPPERS SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $300 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.

T Rowe Price Program …Morgan Stanley Global…Community Foundation …American Gift FundThe Chicago Community…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Xcel Energy FoundationThe US Charitable Gif…Amica Companies Found…Greater Washington Co…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Goldman Sachs Cha…
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD16.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · American Gift Fund · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Amica Companies Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund

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 Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Arundel Rivers Federation Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • The Maryland State Boychoir Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Annapolis Maritime Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Michael & Victoria Wallace Family 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 98 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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