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The Wawa Foundation Inc

The foundation will make grants to section 501(c)3 charitable organizations whose focus is health related issues, combating hunger, and benefitting everyday heroes which are generally located in the geographic area where the foundation's fundraising occurs.

$18M
Granted FY2024still arriving
174
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$40MFood & Nutrition$13MPublic Safety & Disaster$9.1MRecreation & Sports$7.5MPublic Benefit$6.0MEducation$4.5MHuman Services$2.6MYouth Development$2.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 174 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 174 grants below total $15,423,361, the rows itemized in this filing. The $18,009,876 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,586,515 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $245k
  • $10k–50k92 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k35 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+14 grants · $11M
$15,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY INC$1,696,935
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,524,681
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC$1,215,696
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC$1,113,296
CHILDRENS MIRACLE NETWORK$999,607
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$896,330
THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION$823,333
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$475,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW JERSEY$395,275
THE RIDDLE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$390,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC$336,096
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC$323,967
PHILABUNDANCE$300,000
VARIETY-THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY$250,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC$165,000
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 (FY17–24, $12.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW: $24k → 4%COMFORT ZONE CAMP INC: $22k → 9%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW: $24k → 4%BANCROFT: $225k → 12%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW: $24k → 4%BANCROFT: $125k → 12%AMERICA'S GROW-A-ROW: $20k → 4%THE FOOD BANK OF MONMOUTH & OCEAN COUNTIES INC: $75k → 6%BANCROFT: $125k → 12%BANCROFT: $100k → 12%BANCROFT: $100k → 12%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $25k → 17%THE FOOD BANK OF MONMOUTH & OCEAN COUNTIES INC: $29k → 6%LIFE CONCEPTS INC DBA QUEST INC: $20k → 13%PALS PROGRAMS: $35k → 6%PALS PROGRAMS: $35k → 6%PALS PROGRAMS: $35k → 6%PALS PROGRAMS: $35k → 6%PALS PROGRAMS: $30k → 6%PALS PROGRAMS: $30k → 6%PALS PROGRAMS: $30k → 6%PALS PROGRAMS: $25k → 6%ATLANTIC CITY RESCUE MISSION: $40k → 11%ATLANTIC CITY RESCUE MISSION: $24k → 11%OPERATION WARM INC: $40k → 6%OPERATION WARM INC: $30k → 6%OPERATION WARM INC: $30k → 6%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $27k → 6%OPERATION WARM INC: $50k → 10%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $25k → 6%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $25k → 6%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $25k → 6%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $25k → 6%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $25k → 6%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $23k → 6%ELWYN FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%ELWYN: $90k → 10%ELWYN FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%PROJECT HOME: $21k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.5M → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.3M → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.2M → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.2M → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.0M → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $945k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $871k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $736k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $50k → 22%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
AL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85M · 267 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

267 repeat relationships: 139 still active in FY2024, 128 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

267
153

Total granted

$85M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+22%

Still filing today

91%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $483k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8.8M · revenue +46%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8.8M · revenue +4%
  • CF
    Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.7M · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • CF
    CHOP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $500k
  • KK
    KENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +10%
  • MARCH OF DIMES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue -41%
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
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
2
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium

The national nurse-led care consortium (nncc) strives to advance nurse-led healthcare through policy, consultation, and programs to reduce health disparities and meet people's primary care and wellness needs.

Health
3
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…

Health
5
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

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6
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
7
Trinity Health of the Mid-Atlantic Region

We, trinity health of the mid-atlantic region and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health of the mid-atlantic is a member of…

Health
8
Jfk Medical Associates Pa

Jfk medical associates, p.a. is committed to excellence in providing quality and compassionate healthcare services to diverse communities.

Health
9
Humc Cardiovascular Partners Pc

The organization provides high quality medical care to the community that it serves and specifically provides cardiology & related professional medical services in conjunction with hmh hospitals corp.

Health
10
Hmh Hospitals Corporation

The organization is committed to providing the full spectrum of life-enhancing care and services to create and sustain healthy, vibrant communities. please refer to schedule h, part vi, question 5 for the organization's community benefit…

Health
11
Mercy Catholic Medical Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania

We, trinity health of the mid-atlantic region and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy catholic medical center of southeastern…

Health
12
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia Delaware and Susquehanna Valley; the most unlike its peers is Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team Inc. 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

425 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 425 of the 459 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
102
Early backer (in before they grew)
409/425
Grantees still filing
323/425
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $8,800,918 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,751,753 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $5,112,166 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA F…THE RIDDLE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $2,010,000 · HealthTHE RIDDLE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,139,100 · Health+53 more: $7,910,075 · Health+53 moreCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $4,693,148 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW JERSEY INC: $2,125,135 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW JERSE…CITY YEAR INC: $1,730,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $1,729,700 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVA…EDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $825,000 · OtherPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $767,160 · Other+66 more: $7,649,781 · Other+66 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,825,113 · Human ServicesAmerican Nation…BANCROFT A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT CORPORATION: $675,000 · Human ServicesBANCROFT A NEW …+23 more: $2,345,064 · Human Services+23 moreCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $7,716,999 · Food & NutritionCommunity Foo…Philabundance: $731,500 · Food & NutritionPhilabundanceFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $408,871 · Food & Nutrition+14 more: $1,483,050 · Food & Nutrition+14 moreUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,941,893 · Public Benefit+3 more: $196,500 · Public BenefitVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $1,241,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,205,851 · Recreation & SportsSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $672,546 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $432,948 · Recreation & Sports+4 more: $171,500 · Recreation & SportsSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $820,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILADELPHIA: $425,555 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $312,000 · EducationCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $250,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $180,000 · EducationWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $114,000 · Education+10 more: $447,396 · Education
Health$30,724,012Other$19,519,924Human Services$11,845,177Food & Nutrition$10,340,420Public Benefit$6,138,393Recreation & Sports$3,723,845Education$2,548,951

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,825,113 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $8,800,918 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $7,716,999 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $5,941,893 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,751,753 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $5,112,166 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $4,693,148 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW JERSEY INC: $2,125,135 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetTHE RIDDLE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $2,010,000 over 6y, 10.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $1,730,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $1,729,700 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $1,241,000 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,205,851 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,139,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $850,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION INC: $825,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $820,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $793,100 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $767,160 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetPhilabundance: $731,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBANCROFT A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT CORPORATION: $675,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $672,546 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetDEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $570,039 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $485,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC: $465,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $457,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $432,948 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILADELPHIA: $425,555 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA DELAWARE AND SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY: $415,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $411,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $408,871 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS DELAWARE INC: $371,497 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $365,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $346,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute For Cancer Research: $345,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SOUTH JERSEY INC: $332,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $321,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $312,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPALS Programs: $255,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $250,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $245,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $235,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ELWYN FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetThe Devereux Foundation: $225,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $217,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $205,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetINSPIRA HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $190,000 over 6y, 1.6% 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 American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RIDDLE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds EDEN AUTISM SERVICES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Orlando Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds BANCROFT A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Special Olympics Virginia Inc ↗
  • Who funds DEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA DELAWARE AND SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds Operation Warm Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Institute For Cancer Research ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF SOUTH JERSEY 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…United Way of Greater…Wsfs Cares FoundationOceanfirst FoundationHenry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Phillies Charities IncTd Charitable Foundat…Connelly FoundationW W Smith Charitable …Bristol-Myers Squibb …The Cigna Group Found…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA68.4× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Phillies Charities Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Connelly Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Cigna Group 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 Wawa Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wawa Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 340%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Hope Exists Foundation Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Community Hope Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Community Treatment Solutions Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Feeding Florida Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Cumacecho Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Camp Barnes Inc: 13% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Rescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: 8% of income from government
  • Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Inc: 7% of income from government
  • America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Jewish Family Services of Atlantic County Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Delaware Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Serviam Girls Academy Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Elijahs Promise Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Nemours Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
34get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Wawa 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 459 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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