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The Wellman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Wellman 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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$150kEducation$8kHealth$2kPublic Benefit$1kEmployment$500International$300Housing & Shelter$100Other$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$180
Median grant
6
States reached
$81k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LITTLE VICTORIES ANIMAL RESCUE$12,000
TUNNEL TO TOWER FOUNDATION$3,150
ASPCA$450
SPCA OF WAKE COUNTY$200
SPCA TAMPA BAY$180
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE$100
COVENANT HOUSE$100
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$80
SPCA INTERNATIONAL$50
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ONE BY ONE FOUNDATION: $300 → 11%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

ID
NY
PA
CT
MO
WV
KS
NC
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$153k · 6 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$153k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+10%

Still filing today

100%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitEmploymentEducationOther
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

  • LV
    LITTLE VICTORIES ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $121k · revenue +57%
  • NR
    NEUSE RIVER GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $26k · revenue +331%
  • SF
    SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $1k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • OM
    OBERLIN MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • DH
    DUKE HEALTH
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • R
    RSDSA
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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 San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
2
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern Nv

Our mission is to be an innovative regional leader in responsible treatment of homeless dogs and cats, primarily through their rescue and placement in forever loving homes and by promoting spaying and neutering to control pet…

Unclassified
3
Paws Need People

Paws need people strive to rescue pets from shelters and provide a place they can stay until they are adopted. they provide pets to veterans through its therapy pet program.

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4
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
5
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
6
Humane World for Animals Inc

Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Animals
7
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
8
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
9
Humane Society Silicon Valley

At humane society silicon valley, our mission is to save lives, keep families together, and create a better future for pets and their people.(see schedule o for continuation)

Animals
10
Humane World for Animals International

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…

Animals
11
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
12
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spca International Inc; the most unlike its peers is One By One 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

16 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. 16 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LITTLE VICTORIES ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP INC: $120,549 · AnimalsLITTLE VICTORIES ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP INCNEUSE RIVER GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE INC: $26,400 · AnimalsNEUSE RIVER GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE INC+6 more: $2,550 · AnimalsOBERLIN MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL: $4,000 · OtherDUKE HEALTH: $2,000 · OtherRSDSA: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $215 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,200 · EducationBALFOUR BEATTY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Public BenefitVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $500 · EmploymentONE BY ONE FOUNDATION: $300 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $100 · Human ServicesAmerican Heart Association Inc: $240 · HealthPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $100 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25 · Health
Animals$149,499Other$7,215Education$4,200Public Benefit$1,000Employment$500Human Services$400Health$365

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 budgetLITTLE VICTORIES ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP INC: $120,549 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetNEUSE RIVER GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE INC: $26,400 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC: $1,340 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBALFOUR BEATTY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC: $310 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA ANIMAL RESCUE ALLIANCE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE BY ONE FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $240 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25 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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC10.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Wellman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wellman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 21 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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