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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.4MCivil Rights$79kEducation$76kEnvironment$45kCrime & Legal$30kHuman Services$29kCommunity Improvement$29kPhilanthropy$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
WOMEN IN MEDIA$10,000
MONO NO AWARE$10,000
ACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE$10,000
THE IN SERIES INC$10,000
ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN$10,000
A STUDIO IN THE WOODS$10,000
LAXART$10,000
ACTIVE CULTURES$10,000
GYOPO$10,000
YOUTH ARTS UNLOCKED$10,000
KUUMBA LYNX$10,000
INDIGENOUS ROOTS$10,000
BOB BAKER MARIONETTE THEATER$10,000
MANIFEST WORKS$10,000
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.

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Its 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 its 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
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

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

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +20% for those 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

+49%
+20%

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
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

  • TW
    THE WENDE MUSEUM OF THE COLD WAR INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $86k · revenue +49%
  • 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
  • SPACE Gallery
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -4%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fulcrum Arts; 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.
04the grantee network

98 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/98
Grantees still filing
58/98
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $27,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFATHOMERS: $27,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetACTIVE CULTURES: $25,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetREDISCOVER CENTER INC: $24,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCENTER FOR LAND USE INTERPRETATION: $24,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetNAVEL LA CO: $24,000 over 3y, 4.1% 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 budgetARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCRAFT CONTEMPORARY: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOAXIAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetINTERNATIONAL STUDIO & CURATORIAL PROGRAM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $18,530 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAY AREA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: $18,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetACTORS BRIDGE ENSEMBLE THEATER OF NASHVILLE INC: $18,000 over 2y, 4.2% 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 budgetINTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BRICK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF A STUDIO IN THE WOODS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetIN SERIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMonterey Jazz Festival: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKUUMBA LYNX: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWOMEN IN MEDIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetIndigenous Roots: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTIDEWATER ARTS OUTREACH: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMANIFESTWORKS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's 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
    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 121 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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