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The Waterfield America 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.

$178k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

63% of The Waterfield America Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

01What it funds
01FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
$1,373
Median grant
12
States reached
$79k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$110,000
ROANOKE BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION$17,233
NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS LEADERSHIP$11,750
CANTERBURY SCHOOL$11,626
THE KENNEDY CENTER$4,873
TURNING POINT$3,600
TURNSTONE CENTER$3,550
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$2,350
ALLIANCE DEFENDING$2,224
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$1,600
TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION$1,373
Individual grant recipient$1,350
CATHOLIC VOTE$1,200
FEDERALIST$1,150
LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT$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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TURNING POINT: $4k → 11%LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $2k → 9%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $110k → 17%LANCE WALLNAU MINISTRIES: $550 → 11%THE KENNEDY CENTER: $5k → 14%MOMS FOR LIBERTY: $280 → 10%TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2k → 14%WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBER: $103 → 17%FORT WAYNE ZOO: $10 → 12%ROANOKE BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $17k → 13%NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS LEADERSHIP: $12k → 12%THE FELLOWSHIP: $825 → 14%YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION: $700 → 6%ALLIANCE DEFENDING: $2k → 11%FEDERALIST: $1k → 14%CANTERBURY SCHOOL: $12k → 12%LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT: $1k → 12%TURNSTONE CENTER: $4k → 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

IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
OH
VA
AZ
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 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.

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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Washington and Lee University

Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…

Education
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc

Wisconsin lutheran college is a private, four-year liberal arts college.

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5
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
6
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
7
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
8
Lowell School

Lowell school (the school) provides educational services to approximately 314 students in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. the school strives to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment, and offers a…

Education
9
The Trustees of Grinnell College

To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…

Education
10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
12
Lake Forest Academy

Lake forest academy strives to embody in its practices - and to cultivate in its students -excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 22 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
3/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $110,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKCANTERBURY SCHOOL INC: $11,626 · EducationCANTERBURY SCHOOL INC+2 more: $1,880 · EducationROANOKE BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION INC: $17,233 · OtherROANOKE BEAUTIFICATION FOUND…NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS LEADERSHIP: $11,750 · OtherNATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS LEADE…THE KENNEDY CENTER: $4,873 · OtherTHE KENNEDY CENTERTURNING POINT: $3,600 · OtherTURNING POINTALLIANCE DEFENDING: $2,224 · Other+7 more: $5,435 · Other+7 moreTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $3,550 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,350 · HealthTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $1,373 · PhilanthropyLITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentLANCE WALLNAU MINISTRIES INC: $550 · ReligionWISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY: $103 · Crime & Legal
Education$123,506Other$45,115Health$5,900Philanthropy$1,373Environment$1,000Religion$550Crime & Legal$103

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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $110,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANTERBURY SCHOOL INC: $11,626 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $3,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $1,373 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY: $103 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.

The Waterfield Founda…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Waterfield Foundation IncIN13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Waterfield America Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Waterfield America Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    1report 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.

    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 22 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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