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The Wendy E Scripps Foundation at a glance

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The Wendy E Scripps 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.

$680k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$150k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.2MCivil Rights$1.1MHealth$525kInternational$325kAnimals$275kFood & Nutrition$250kEnvironment$230kPhilanthropy$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $550k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY$150,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$100,000
AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL$100,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$50,000
NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$50,000
GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER$50,000
SCRIPPS FAMILY IMPACT FUND$30,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$25,000
COVENANT HOUSE$25,000
ASPCA$25,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$25,000
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 (FY25–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $25k → 17%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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 15 repeat orgs$435k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
5

Total granted

$4.5M
$385k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+46%

Still filing today

80%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentCivil RightsAnimalsOther
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

  • THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $525k · revenue +69%
  • AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $500k · revenue +39%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $325k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • MS
    MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $230k · revenue +46%
  • SA
    STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +20%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION PROJECT
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
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 Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
6
Justice Innovation Inc

The center for justice innovation is a non-profit organization that works to create a fair, effective, and humane justice system and build strong, thriving communities.

Crime & Legal
7
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
8
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
9
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
10
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
11
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
12
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Civil Liberties Union Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bala Music and Dance Association L Williams. 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

19 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. 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY: $1,440,000 · OtherPAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANYNEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC: $325,000 · OtherNEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $275,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODBALA MUSIC AND DANCE ASSOCIATION L WILLIAMS: $200,000 · OtherBALA MUSIC AND DANCE ASSOCIATION L WILLIAMSTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $175,000 · OtherTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCHTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $130,000 · Other+9 more: $350,000 · Other+9 moreAMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN DAN…STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSTELLA ADLER…THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $525,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $150,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100,000 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $75,000 · InternationalTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $275,000 · AnimalsGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $250,000 · Food & NutritionMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $230,000 · Environment
Other$2,895,000Arts & Culture$550,000Civil Rights$525,000International$325,000Animals$275,000Food & Nutrition$250,000Environment$230,000

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 CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $525,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $500,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetNEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC: $325,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $275,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $230,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBALA MUSIC AND DANCE ASSOCIATION L WILLIAMS: $200,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $175,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW WORLD FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSTELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Wendy E Scripps Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wendy E Scripps Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%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
    1get no government money at all
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Wendy E Scripps Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Wendy E Scripps Foundation 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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