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The Robert I Wishnick Foundation Dba the William Wishnick Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$319k
Granted FY2023
38
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Animals$725kArts & Culture$458kHuman Services$449kHealth$303kFood & Nutrition$170kRecreation & Sports$82kReligion$68kYouth Development$59kOther$0
02FY2023 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k28 grants · $109k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FORGOTTEN DOG FOUNDATION$70,000
ADOPT A NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER$25,000
RATHDRUM FOOD BANK$25,000
MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF SANDPOINT$20,000
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ANIMAL WELFARE PR$20,000
CHABAD OF PUTNAM COUNTY$10,000
JDRF$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$10,000
WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL$10,000
AIRMID INSTITUTE$8,000
PANHANDLE COMM RADIO KRFY$7,500
4 PAWS PALACE SANCTUARY$6,000
NEW YORK STATE TROOPERS FDN$5,000
FRIENDS OF SEASHORE$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNDERGROUND KINDNESS: $20k → 12%UNDERGROUND KINDNESS: $16k → 12%UNDERGROUND KINDNESS: $12k → 12%UNDERGROUND KINDNESS: $10k → 12%CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $5k → 10%UNDERGROUND KINDNESS: $5k → 12%KINDERHAVEN: $3k → 12%ANGELS OVER SANDPOINT: $3k → 12%KINDERHAVEN: $2k → 12%KINDERHAVEN: $2k → 12%KINDERHAVEN: $2k → 12%ANGELS OVER SANDPOINT: $2k → 12%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
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 57 repeat orgs$306k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2023, 36 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
49

Total granted

$2.4M
$204k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+23%

Still filing today

58%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesRecreation & 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

  • TF
    THE FORGOTTEN DOG FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $270k · revenue +99%
  • MC
    MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF SANDPOINT
    7× · 2017–2023 · $110k · revenue +157%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    5× · 2018–2023 · $70k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE COEUR GROUP INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -18% · 37% of their budget
  • RW
    Running W Therapeutic Riding Center
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -22%
  • ND
    NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -4%
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
Idaho Animal Rescue Network

Idaho Animal Rescue Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Idaho that works in Idaho and Eastern Washington to educate, advocate, and network with other rescues and law enforcement in Idaho regarding animal cruelty and neglect. We are…

Animals
2
Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands

To preserve and protect, for public benefit, open space lands and unique natural, scenic settings throughout the state of idaho utilizing various flexible conservation methods.

Environment
3
Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership
Environment
4
Idaho Humane Society Inc

The mission of the Idaho Humane Society (IHS) is to advocate for the welfare and responsible care of animals, protect them from neglect and cruelty, and promote humane education, awareness and compassion for all living creatures.

Animals
5
Hospice of North Idaho Inc

"With open hearts and expertise, we serve the seriously ill and those touched by loss." Our grief and loss program is provided to patients' loved ones, but is also available to other members of our community. Palliative services are…

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6
Idaho Wildlife Federation

The Idaho Wildlife Federation (IWF) promotes the conservation of Idaho's wildlife heritage and legacy of sporting opportunities for the current and future generations.

Animals
7
Palouse Land Trust Inc

Our mission is to work with landowners and communities to conserve the lands we love, now and forever, and to enrich connections to the natural world.

Environment
8
The Animal Retreat Inc formerly Meridian Canine Rescue Inc

Meridian Canine Rescue's mission is to save animals' lives through storytelling and education. We focus primarily on individual dogs and their unique behaviors as we provide resources to the public, facilitate adoptions, and train…

Animals
9
Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust Inc

Our mission is to protect, connect, and enhance wildlife habitat, working lands, and community spaces in southeast idaho, now and for future generations.

Environment
10
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…

Environment
11
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
12
Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Protect And Sustain Idaho's Fishing, Hunting And Wildlife Heritage For Present And Future Generations.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Ability Center; the most unlike its peers is Viking Booster Club. 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

63 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. 63 of the 123 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/63
Grantees still filing
43/63
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADOPT A NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER: $340,000 · OtherADOPT A NATIVE AMERICAN ELDERANIMAL HOPE & WELLNESS FDTN: $254,500 · OtherANIMAL HOPE & WELLNESS FDTNRATHDRUM FOOD BANK: $134,000 · OtherRATHDRUM FOOD BANKWINDEMERE FOUNDATION: $85,000 · OtherALZHEIMER ASSOCIATES: $75,000 · OtherCONCERNED PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS 670: $70,000 · Other+81 more: $864,500 · Other+81 moreTHE FORGOTTEN DOG FOUNDATION: $270,000 · AnimalsTHE FORGOTTEN…PAWS FOR LIFE: $27,500 · AnimalsPAWS FOR LIFEFriends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliance: $15,500 · Animals+2 more: $8,500 · AnimalsMUSIC CONSERVATORY OF SANDPOINT: $110,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC CON…The Festival at Sandpoint Inc: $37,500 · Arts & CultureThe Festi…INDIGENOUS LENSES: $18,000 · Arts & CultureINDIGENOU…PANHANDLE COMMUNITY RADIO INC: $13,000 · Arts & CulturePANHANDLE…Panida Theater Committee Inc: $12,000 · Arts & CulturePanida Th…NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePEND OREILLE ARTS COUNCIL: $8,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $10,500 · Arts & CultureBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $70,000 · HealthAMERICAN VALOR FOUNDATION: $42,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · HealthWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $10,000 · Health24 HOURS FOR HANK INC: $9,500 · Health+6 more: $21,500 · HealthUnderground Kindness Inc: $62,500 · Human ServicesKINDERHAVEN INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesANGELS OVER SANDPOINT: $5,000 · Human ServicesCANOPY VILLAGE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSANDPOINT NORDIC CLUB INC: $62,000 · Recreation & Sports+3 more: $3,500 · Recreation & SportsREBEL VENTURES: $42,500 · Youth DevelopmentSADDLE OF LOVE INC: $15,500 · Youth Development
Other$1,823,000Animals$321,500Arts & Culture$219,000Health$163,500Human Services$81,500Recreation & Sports$65,500Youth Development$58,000

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 budgetTHE FORGOTTEN DOG FOUNDATION: $270,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetMUSIC CONSERVATORY OF SANDPOINT: $110,000 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnderground Kindness Inc: $62,500 over 5y, 50% of budgetSANDPOINT NORDIC CLUB INC: $62,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetAMERICAN VALOR FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetREBEL VENTURES: $42,500 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetThe Festival at Sandpoint Inc: $37,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetLAMBS FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetPAWS FOR LIFE: $27,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT: $27,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE COEUR GROUP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSandpoint Area Seniors Inc: $18,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetINDIGENOUS LENSES: $18,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetFriends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliance: $15,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSADDLE OF LOVE INC: $15,500 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetIDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPANHANDLE COMMUNITY RADIO INC: $13,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetPanida Theater Committee Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED PLANT SAVERS: $11,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetRunning W Therapeutic Riding Center: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget24 HOURS FOR HANK INC: $9,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetKINDERHAVEN INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPEND OREILLE ARTS COUNCIL: $8,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetIDAHO PANHANDLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHOLLYWOOD HUSKIES: $6,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetJewish Family Service: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSpokane Public Radio: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOK Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAPE RECOVERY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANOPY VILLAGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRIAN COMMUNITY NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOne Summit Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENTS IN ISRAEL: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds THE FORGOTTEN DOG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC CONSERVATORY OF SANDPOINT ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds Underground Kindness Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANDPOINT NORDIC CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN VALOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REBEL VENTURES ↗
  • Who funds The Festival at Sandpoint Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAMBS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT ↗
  • Who funds THE COEUR GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds The Thacher School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Sandpoint Area Seniors Inc ↗
  • Who funds INDIGENOUS LENSES ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliance ↗
  • Who funds SADDLE OF LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds PANHANDLE COMMUNITY RADIO INC ↗

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.

Equinox Foundation IncID28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Equinox Foundation Inc · Innovia Foundation · Community Assistance League Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · The Avista Foundation · The Van Vleet Foundation · Hymowitz Family Foundation · The Confidence Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Shell USA Company 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 Robert I Wishnick Foundation Dba the William Wishnick Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert I Wishnick Foundation Dba the William Wishnick Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    16report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to The Robert I Wishnick Foundation Dba the William Wishnick 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 123 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.

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