· Private foundation
The Wahoos 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $25,475 |
| THOMAS HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER | $20,000 |
| MedSend | $10,000 |
| Nature Conservancy | $10,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $10,000 |
| IRC | $7,500 |
| Ocean Cleanup | $7,500 |
| World Central Kitchen | $7,500 |
| Tzu-chi | $5,000 |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind | $5,000 |
| Priceless Pets | $2,500 |
| Somecares Soup Kitchen | $2,000 |
| Best Friends Animal Shelter | $2,000 |
| Apex Wolf Project | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- THTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER8× · 2017–2025 · $155k · revenue +105%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC5× · 2018–2025 · $27k · revenue +89%
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC2× · 2024–2025 · $7k · revenue +26%
Funded once
- MSMaui Strong Fundone grant, 2023 · $10k
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +39%- DRDENVER RESCUE MISSIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +26%
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.
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.
Peace 4 animals animal welfare organization supports the conservation of endangered species worldwide. we work on campaigns to promote advocacy and education on how to protect wildlife in peril, as well as the preservation of their natural…
The organization will address the global street dog problem through sterilization, vaccination, critical medical care, and re-homing of sick, injured, and abused dogs.
Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…
To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 35 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER ↗
- Who funds BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds SUNSHINE DAY PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds PROJECT MEDSEND ↗
- Who funds HOPE AND CARE OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PRICELESS PUPPY RESCUE CORP ↗
- Who funds SOMEONE CARES SOUP KITCHEN ↗
- Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Wahoos Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wahoos Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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