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The Wagner Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Wagner Family Foundation Inc

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.

$175k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$58k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$234kPhilanthropy$166kHealth$59kInternational$56kArts & Culture$21kEducation$13kHuman Services$6kCivil Rights$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
$3,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$63k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UJA FEDERATION OF NY$58,300
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHALVA$30,000
YIVO$26,800
DIX HILLS JEWISH CENTER$9,235
THE SUFFOLK Y JCC$9,000
SUNRISE ASSOCIATION$7,500
LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$6,000
PENN HILLEL$5,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$5,000
MACHNE ISRAEL$3,800
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$3,600
CLINTON PARENTS ASSOCIATION$3,500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
SECOND KINGS CHARITIES FUND INC$1,000
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 (FY22–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE VISCARDI CENTER: $2k → 6%THE VISCARDI CENTER: $500 → 6%THE VISCARDI CENTER: $250 → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $8k → 6%THE KENYA EDUCATION FUND: $3k → 7%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 6%THE COPE FOUNDATION: $500 → 7%SID JACOBSON JCC: $1k → 6%SID JACOBSON JCC: $600 → 6%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

IL
NY
OH
PA
CA
MD
DC
OK
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$629k · 25 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
28

Total granted

$629k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+28%

Still filing today

52%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationCivil RightsOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $222k · revenue +46%
  • SD
    SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $9k · revenue +5%
  • LR
    LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +57%
  • MC
    MEDIA CARES
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
4
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
5
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
6
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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7
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc

Yivo's mission is to study the thousand-year history of jewish life in eastern europe and russia in all its aspects: language, history, religion, folkways and material culture. yivo's archive and library preserves a significant collection…

Religion
8
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
9
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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10
University of Judaism Foundation
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11
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Suffolk County Bar Association Charity Foundation. 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

39 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. 39 of the 61 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YIVO: $213,978 · OtherYIVOAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHALVA: $78,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHALVADIX HILLS JEWISH CENTER: $37,080 · OtherDIX HILLS JEWISH CENTERMEDIA CARES: $15,000 · Other+29 more: $83,180 · Other+29 moreUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $221,687 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JE…PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION+2 more: $1,250 · PhilanthropyBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $8,500 · HealthMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 · Health+3 more: $450 · HealthSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesKENYA EDUCATION FUND: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE VISCARDI CENTER INC: $2,250 · Human ServicesSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,600 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 · EducationSuffolk Academy of Law: $1,500 · EducationBROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL: $500 · EducationLONG ISLAND CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $500 · EducationJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $9,580 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $500 · InternationalVOICES FOR TRUTH AND HUMANITY INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $250 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $300 · Arts & Culture
Other$427,238Philanthropy$247,937Health$28,950Human Services$15,850Education$14,500International$10,080Arts & Culture$3,550

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $221,687 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $9,580 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR TRUTH AND HUMANITY INC: $3,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetALPHA OMEGA INTERNATIONAL DENTAL FRATERNITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKENYA EDUCATION FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VISCARDI CENTER INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMACCABI USA INC: $2,220 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT FUND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOWNWIDE FUND OF HUNTINGTON INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSuffolk Academy of Law: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LEND A HAND PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetA CLOSER LOOK INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $1,360 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBETH C TORTOLANI FOUNDATION LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSUFFOLK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION CHARITY FOUNDATION: $750 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOPE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONG ISLAND CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE HILLEL INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScleroderma Research Foundation: $100 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.

Jewish Communal FundSunshine FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY20.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Sunshine Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Wagner Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wagner Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Wagner Family Foundation Inc 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 61 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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