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The Wilder Family Foundation Inc

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.

$120k
Granted FY2024still arriving
60
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Religion$129kEducation$92kFood & Nutrition$40kHealth$27kHuman Services$20kHousing & Shelter$12kPublic Benefit$11kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 60 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k58 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$1,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BERGEN FAMILY CENTER$10,000
COMMUNITY FOODBANK OF NJ$10,000
YOUNG ISRAEL OF FORT LEE$9,776
YACHAD$7,200
PASCACK HILLS HIGH SCHOOL PTA$6,036
APOSTLE'S HOUSE$4,000
SINAI SCHOOLS$3,600
Individual grant recipient$3,600
JEWISH NATIONAL FOUNDATION$3,600
WORLDWIDE FRIENDS FOUNDATION$3,540
CENTER FOR HOPE SAFETY$3,200
BOROUGH OF WOODCLIFF LAKE$3,000
BAIS MEDRASH OF BERGENFIELD$2,500
JEWISH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN SERVIC$2,000
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DOROT: $360 → 17%BERGEN FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 7%DOROT: $360 → 17%DOROT: $180 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MT
IL
NY
OR
NJ
CT
MO
VA
MD
KS
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$332k · 50 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships — 45 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
21

Total granted

$332k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+46%

Still filing today

30%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’23’24
HealthFood & NutritionPublic BenefitEducationInternationalReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CF
    Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc
    4× · 2017–2024 · $31k · revenue +97%
  • COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +95%
  • YU
    YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • FL
    FORT LEE PROTECTION ASSOCATION
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • TE
    TEMPLE EMANUEL OF THE PASCACK VALLE
    one grant, 2017 · $2k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Yad Ezra V'shulamit

Yad ezra v'shulamit's mission is to provide over 300,000 people in israel with food and basic supplies for those living in poverty by distributing 12,000 weekly food baskets. with a focus on children we try to ensure that hundreds of…

International
2
City Harvest Inc

To end hunger in communities throughout new york city. (see schedule o)to end hunger in communities throughout new york city. we do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.

Food & Nutrition
3
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
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

6
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
7
Jewish Family Services of Greenwich

Jewish family services of greenwich (jfs) is a nonprofit social service agency dedicated to strengthening individuals and families in fairfield and new london counties. jfs provides behavioral health counseling, food security programs,…

8
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
9
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
10
Hunger Free America Inc

Hunger free america (hfa) is a nonpartisan, national nonprofit organization building the movement to enact the policies and programs needed to end domestic hunger and ensure that all americans have sufficient access to nutritious food.

11
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

The jewish federation of greater philadelphia mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to create a bright future for jewish people everywhere. the jewish federation cares for those in need, combats antisemitism and global crises, and…

Philanthropy
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coalition for the Homeless Inc and the most unlike its peers is Spoil Me Pink Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%6%<5yr14%18%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr20%24%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr13%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%6%<5yr14%16%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr20%19%20–35yr14%42%35–55yr13%16%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
11%
4,357/39,118

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 87 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
15/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NYU — $50,000 · OtherNYUYOUNG ISRAEL OF FORT LEE — $47,291 · OtherYOUNG ISRAEL OF FORT LEEYACHAD — $33,400 · OtherYACHADSINAI SCHOOLS — $15,400 · OtherJEWISH SERVICES — $15,000 · OtherJEWISH NATIONAL FOUNDATION — $10,800 · Other+65 more — $131,542 · Other+65 moreCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc — $31,000 · Food & NutritionCommunity F…CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $6,000 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS-O…+1 more — $1,000 · Food & NutritionBERGEN FAMILY CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesDOROT INC — $900 · Human ServicesALUMNI IN RECOVERY A NJ NONPROFIT CORP — $3,000 · HealthJOSEPHINE'S GARDEN INC — $2,000 · HealthSPOIL ME PINK INC — $2,000 · HealthTHE BLACK POSTER PROJECT A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $1,000 · Health+1 more — $250 · HealthYESHIVA UNIVERSITY — $6,400 · EducationWOODCLIFF LAKE PFA INC — $1,500 · EducationWorldwide Friends Foundation — $5,540 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC — $2,000 · InternationalJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $5,600 · Public Benefit+1 more — $50 · Public Benefit
Other$303,433Food & Nutrition$38,000Human Services$10,900Health$8,250Education$7,900International$7,540Public Benefit$5,650

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc — $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBERGEN FAMILY CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY — $6,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $5,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorldwide Friends Foundation — $5,540 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Apostles' House — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHEBRA AGUDAS ACHIM CHESED SHEL EMETH HEBREW FREE BURIAL ASSOCIATIONINC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPHINE'S GARDEN INC — $2,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWOODCLIFF LAKE PFA INC — $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTRI-BORO FOOD PANTRY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE JEWISH CHAPEL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BLACK POSTER PROJECT A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDOROT INC — $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NEJEDA FOUNDATION INC — $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC — $80 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc
  • Who funds BERGEN FAMILY CENTER
  • Who funds COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC
  • Who funds YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC
  • Who funds Worldwide Friends Foundation
  • Who funds The Apostles' House
  • Who funds CHEBRA AGUDAS ACHIM CHESED SHEL EMETH HEBREW FREE BURIAL ASSOCIATIONINC
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC
  • Who funds ALUMNI IN RECOVERY A NJ NONPROFIT CORP
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ja4 Auerbach Family Foundation IncNJ13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ja4 Auerbach Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Wilder Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 25%
  • Bergen Family Center25% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Wilder Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Wilder Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 87 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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