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The Wawona Foundation at a glance

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The Wawona Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$75k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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$186kArts & Culture$112kAnimals$77kHuman Services$47kEmployment$29kPhilanthropy$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$9,316
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
NEVADA WOMEN'S FUND$9,316
NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION$9,316
PORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE (PAW) TEAM$9,316
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NEVADA$9,316
EUDORA AREA HISTORIAL SOCIETY$9,316
MAYO CLINIC$9,316
MIRACLE FLIGHTS FOR KIDS$9,316
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 (FY17–24, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $11k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $7k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $7k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $6k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $4k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $9k → 10%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $8k → 10%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $7k → 10%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $7k → 10%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $6k → 10%NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION: $4k → 10%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
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CA
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AZ
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AR
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$368k · 11 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$368k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
+59%

Still filing today

64%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • NM
    Nevada Museum of Art
    6× · 2017–2024 · $56k · revenue +199%
  • ND
    NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $51k · revenue +61%
  • FF
    FREEDOM FOR GREAT APES INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $42k · revenue ×16

Funded once

  • SI
    SLIDING INTO HOME
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • RH
    Renown Health Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +355%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
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 Nevada Discovery Museum

Educating children and adults through interactive hands-on exhibits and educational programming.

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2
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
3
Renown Health

Renown Health makes a genuine difference in the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve.

Health
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce

We advocate, we inform, and we connect

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8
Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood Affiliates

Nevada advocates for planned parenthood affiliates is the lobbying, education and political arm for the planned parenthood affiliates in nevada

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9
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
10
Nevada Realtors

To protect private property rights and enhance the success and profitability of the real estate profession.

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11
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
12
Nevada Children's Foundation Inc

To support programs providing the highest quality service to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. these services include a residential program at eagle valley children's home and a respite program provided in the…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nevada Women's Fund; the most unlike its peers is Nevada Diabetes Association for Children and Adults. 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

14 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. 14 of the 24 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIRACLE FLIGHTS: $38,413 · OtherMIRACLE FLIGHTSNEVADA WOMEN'S FUND: $28,913 · OtherNEVADA WOMEN'S FUNDPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE (PAW) TEAM: $28,913 · OtherPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE (PAW) TEAMMAYO CLINIC: $23,000 · OtherMAYO CLINICEUDORA AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $19,316 · OtherEUDORA AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETYSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $18,477 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENSTEP 2 INC: $17,597 · OtherSTEP 2 INCSLIDING INTO HOME: $10,000 · Other+8 more: $20,286 · Other+8 moreNevada Museum of Art: $55,597 · Arts & CultureNevada Museum of ArtRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $36,597 · Arts & CultureRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSO…NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $51,098 · Human ServicesNEVADA DIABETES ASSOC…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $37,004 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJE…FREEDOM FOR GREAT APES INC: $41,732 · AnimalsFREEDOM FO…Animal Ark Incorporated: $2,000 · AnimalsMAYO CLINIC: $25,913 · HealthCommunity Foundation of Northern Nevada: $10,066 · Philanthropy
Other$204,915Arts & Culture$92,194Human Services$88,102Animals$43,732Health$25,913Philanthropy$10,066

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 budgetNevada Museum of Art: $55,597 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $51,098 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetFREEDOM FOR GREAT APES INC: $41,732 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetMIRACLE FLIGHTS: $38,413 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $37,004 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $36,597 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNEVADA WOMEN'S FUND: $28,913 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $25,913 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEP 2 INC: $17,597 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Northern Nevada: $10,066 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRenown Health Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHIMPS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHIGH SIERRA INDUSTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Ark Incorporated: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Nevada Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM FOR GREAT APES INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE FLIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA WOMEN'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds STEP 2 INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of Northern Nevada ↗
  • Who funds Renown Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHIMPS INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGH SIERRA INDUSTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Animal Ark Incorporated ↗

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 Nell J Redfield F…Community Foundation …Peek Family Charitabl…NV Energy Charitable …Susanne & Gloria Youn…The Marshall R Matley…Robert S & Dorothy J …Thelma B & Thomas P H…The E L Cord Foundati…John Ben Snow Memoria…Dermody Properties Fo…National Philanthropi…
The Nell J Redfield FoundationNV17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Nell J Redfield Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Peek Family Charitable Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Susanne & Gloria Young Foundation · The Marshall R Matley Foundation · Robert S & Dorothy J Keyser Foundation · Thelma B & Thomas P Hart Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Dermody Properties Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Wawona Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wawona Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 24 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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