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The Wilhelm Family Foundation Co Cascade Wilhelm

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$219k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0175% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$1.0MEducation$76kCivil Rights$69kHuman Services$56kPhilanthropy$35kCommunity Improvement$29kCrime & Legal$10kEmployment$10kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$442k
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $171k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY PARTNERS$10,900
YOUTH ARTS UNLOCKED$10,000
A STUDIO IN THE WOODS$10,000
INDIGENOUS ROOTS$10,000
WOMEN IN MEDIA$10,000
MANIFEST WORKS$10,000
MONO NO AWARE$10,000
LAXART$10,000
ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN$10,000
WOMENS AUDIO MISSION$10,000
THE CURTIS LEGACY FOUNDATION$10,000
GYOPO$10,000
BOB BAKER MARIONETTE THEATER$10,000
THE IN SERIES INC$10,000
ACTIVE CULTURES$10,000
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 (FY19–24, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY: $10k → 22%PHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY: $7k → 22%MANIFEST WORKS: $10k → 14%REDISCOVER CENTER: $16k → 14%REDISCOVER CENTER: $8k → 14%THE COMPTON INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%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

ME
VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
LA
TX

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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.0M · 38 repeat orgs$718k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +63% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

38 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
64

Total granted

$1.0M
$533k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+12%

Still filing today

89%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyEducationCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther

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

  • TW
    THE WENDE MUSEUM OF THE COLD WAR INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $86k · revenue ×12
  • FA
    FULCRUM ARTS
    3× · 2020–2023 · $73k · revenue +34%
  • SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $70k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • United States Artists Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $29k · revenue +67%
  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPREUN
    one grant, 2022 · $21k
  • IO
    INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART LA
    one grant, 2020 · $15k

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
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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2
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
3
Los Angeles Performance Practice

As creative producers, we are devoted to the production and presentation of groundbreaking experiences in contemporary performance that use innovative approaches to collaboration, technology, and social engagement. As a service…

Arts & Culture
4
Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
5
Artnoir Inc

ARTNOIR is a global collective and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to celebrate and highlight the work of creatives of color from around the world while catalyzing cultural equity across the arts and culture industries.…

Arts & Culture
6
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
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7
United Artist Collaborative
Arts & Culture
8
International Cultural Arts Network
Arts & Culture
9
Global Arts Project Inc
Arts & Culture
10
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles

Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization and publishing platform that is dedicated to providing inclusive perspectives on contemporary art. Publishing in both print and online, Carla is an…

Arts & Culture
11
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

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12
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fulcrum Arts and the most unlike its peers is Fathomers. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Arts CentersDance Arts OrganizationsEnvironmental Conservation …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Youth Mentoring ProgramsCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 20 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%2%<5yr15%18%5–10yr20%30%10–20yr17%35%20–35yr11%14%35–55yr13%2%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%1%<5yr15%13%5–10yr20%29%10–20yr17%37%20–35yr11%14%35–55yr13%5%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/100
the rest of the field
14%
26,002/186,878

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

98 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 98 of the 121 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)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/98
Grantees still filing
57/98
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE WENDE MUSEUM OF THE COLD WAR INC — $86,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WENDE MUSEUM OF THE COLD WAR INCCLOCKSHOP — $36,450 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $34,640 · Arts & Culture+71 more — $870,550 · Arts & Culture+71 moreFULCRUM ARTS — $73,350 · OtherFULCRUM ARTSIndividual grant recipient — $52,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJoan Los Angeles — $30,000 · OtherJoan Los AngelesART RESOURCES TRANSFER INC — $29,000 · OtherART RESOURCES TRANSFER INCSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPREUN — $21,200 · OtherARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC — $20,000 · Other+29 more — $244,750 · Other+29 moreSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE — $70,000 · EducationART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN — $6,000 · EducationWOMEN'S CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORK — $68,600 · Civil RightsREDISCOVER CENTER INC — $24,000 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY — $17,000 · Human ServicesMANIFESTWORKS — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMPTON INITIATIVE — $5,000 · Human ServicesFATHOMERS — $27,000 · PhilanthropyARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA — $5,000 · PhilanthropyBlack Joy Parade — $3,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $18,530 · Community ImprovementASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN INC — $10,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$1,027,640Other$470,300Education$76,000Civil Rights$68,600Human Services$56,000Philanthropy$35,000Community Improvement$28,530

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 budgetTHE WENDE MUSEUM OF THE COLD WAR INC — $86,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFULCRUM ARTS — $73,350 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE — $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR CREATIVE WORK — $68,600 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetCLOCKSHOP — $36,450 over 4y, 11% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC — $34,640 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJoan Los Angeles — $30,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES NOMADIC DIVISION — $30,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetART RESOURCES TRANSFER INC — $29,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetUnited States Artists Inc — $28,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPRIMARY INFORMATION INC — $28,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetFATHOMERS — $27,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC — $27,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetACTIVE CULTURES — $25,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetNAVEL LA CO — $24,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCENTER FOR LAND USE INTERPRETATION — $24,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetREDISCOVER CENTER INC — $24,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetRAIR INC — $23,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetDANCE DOWNTOWN LA INC LA DANCE PROJECT — $22,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVELASLAVASAY PANORAMA — $21,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetTHE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIONS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCOAXIAL ARTS FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL STUDIO & CURATORIAL PROGRAM INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCRAFT CONTEMPORARY — $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $18,530 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC — $18,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetGRAY AREA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS — $18,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY — $17,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPHOTO ALLIANCE — $16,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetSPACE Gallery — $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUITABLE VITRINES — $14,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetFUTURE ROOTS INC — $14,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHIGH DESERT TEST SITES — $13,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetIndigo Arts Alliance — $12,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetICA LA — $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDance Initiative Inc — $11,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetREHABILITATION THROUGH THE ARTS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMONO NO AWARE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF A STUDIO IN THE WOODS — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCURTIS LEGACY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetIN SERIES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetARTS AT BLUE ROOF INC — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE MAP FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetYOUTH ARTS UNLOCKED — $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWOMEN IN MEDIA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

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.

The Andy Warhol Found…The Mike Kelley Found…Perenchio FoundationThe J Paul Getty TrustThe Andrew W Mellon F…The Annenberg Foundat…California Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…The Ahmanson Foundati…Pasadena Art AllianceCalifornia HumanitiesRobert Rauschenberg F…
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNY65.3× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts · Perenchio Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Pasadena Art Alliance · California Humanities · Robert Rauschenberg 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 Wilhelm Family Foundation Co Cascade Wilhelm 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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.

    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 121 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.

    Source object · view filing

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