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The Waghorne Family Foundation at a glance

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The Waghorne 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.

$246k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$161k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $161k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SMU$161,056
HPUMC$12,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WNC$10,000
SUMMIT CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE PLATEAU$10,000
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$5,000
THE MAGDALEN HOUSE$5,000
VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION$5,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$5,000
NEVER STOP BELIEVING FOUNDATION$3,000
TURTLE CREEK ASSOCIATION$2,500
THE SENIOR SOURCE$2,500
NEXUS FAMILY RECOVERY CENTER$1,500
DYLEXIA CENTER OF AUSTIN$1,250
02The need
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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 (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $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
CA
KY
VA
TN
NC
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 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
Dcms Foundation

The dcms foundation's mission is to improve the quality and distribution of health services throughout dallas county.

Health
2
Dallas Seminary Foundation

To support the mission of Dallas Theological Seminary by offering charitable planned giving and other related services to friends of the Seminary.

Education
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
5
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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6
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
7
Dallas County Medical Society

The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.

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8
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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9
Episcopal Foundation of Dallas

The foundation's mission is to strengthen and support faith communities by partnering wise investments with purposeful giving.

Religion
10
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
11
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
12
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Dallas Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dwc Foundation. 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

15 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. 15 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
4/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMU: $161,056 · OtherSMUHPUMC: $12,000 · OtherHPUMC+12 more: $30,500 · Other+12 moreBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $10,000 · EducationBoys & Gi…Summit Charter School Foundation: $10,000 · EducationSummit Ch…THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTURTLE CREEK ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · EnvironmentNexus Recovery Center Incorporated: $1,500 · HealthLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250 · HealthMercy Ships International: $500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$203,556Education$21,000Philanthropy$11,100Human Services$5,000Environment$2,500Health$1,750International$500Recreation & Sports$500

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 budgetSummit Charter School Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAGDALEN HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS OF GREATER DALLAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURTLE CREEK ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMercy Ships International: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDWC FOUNDATION: $100 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.

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.

Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL12.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Waghorne Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Waghorne Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–25%
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 26 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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