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The Wilhoit Foundation at a glance

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The Wilhoit Foundation

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.

$160k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$419kEducation$267kFood & Nutrition$168kReligion$157kHealth$36kRecreation & Sports$35kHousing & Shelter$15kEnvironment$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $117k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$25,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY$25,000
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK$25,000
BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS$15,000
ASU FOUNDATION$15,000
ST MARY MAGDALENE$12,000
DIOCESE OF PHOENIX$5,000
INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND$5,000
ROBINSON RANCH$5,000
ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
ST JOSEPH THE WORKER$3,750
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST$3,750
THE FOSTER ALLIANCE$3,750
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$3,750
AID TO WOMEN CENTER$3,000
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 (FY20–20, $5k) 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%JEREMIAH'S PLACE: $5k → 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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 21 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
6

Total granted

$1.2M
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+127%

Still filing today

62%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentAnimalsFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $168k · revenue +31%
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $140k · revenue +196%
  • CE
    CATHOLIC EDUCATION ARIZONA
    2× · 2020–2021 · $30k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • MO
    MOUNT OF THE HOLY CROSS
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • GP
    GIGIS PLAYHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
2
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
3
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

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4
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
5
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
6
Arizona Behavioral Health Corporation

Providing quality, affordable supportive housing for persons with behavioral health needs in maricopa county.

Unclassified
7
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

—
8
Arizona Women's Recovery Center

Arizona women's recovery center (awrc) offers treatment and program support to substance abusing women. awrc has an intensive outpatient program, a supportive housing program for families, and a healthy connections program for pregnant…

—
9
The Arizona Pet Project

The arizona pet project creates systemic change and provides resources, so no families are forced to balance their own basic needs of food, shelter, and safety and the needs of their companion animals, often the only meaningful connection…

Animals
10
Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services

No cost legal services provided to vulnerable young people and trafficking survivors to help eliminate barriers to safety, stability, and opportunity. Specializing in family law, criminal history repair, vital document collection, and…

Crime & Legal
11
Family Promise - Greater Phoenix

Enable families on the precipice of homelessness, or currently experiencing homelessness, to sustain or gain employment, independent housing and self-sufficiency.

Religion
12
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona Inc

Jewish family & children's services of southern arizona helps all people meet their full potential by providing expert community and behavioral health services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest; the most unlike its peers is Aid to Women Center. 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

17 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. 17 of the 29 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)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $167,500 · OtherST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETYSALVATION ARMY: $167,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES - SCHOLARSHIP: $95,000 · OtherCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES - SCHOLARSHIPST MARY MAGDALENE: $94,500 · OtherST MARY MAGDALENEARCS FOUNDATION: $85,500 · OtherARCS FOUNDATIONDIOCESE OF PHOENIX: $50,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF PHOENIX+14 more: $125,750 · Other+14 moreARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $140,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNI…CATHOLIC EDUCATION ARIZONA: $30,000 · EducationCATHOLIC EDUCATIO…THE FOSTER ALLIANCE: $18,750 · EducationTHE FOSTER ALLIAN…ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $167,500 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD …THE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $36,000 · PhilanthropyHelens Hope Chest: $10,000 · PhilanthropySPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $27,500 · Recreation & SportsHOUSING FOR HOPE INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $15,000 · Environment
Other$785,750Education$188,750Food & Nutrition$167,500Philanthropy$46,000Recreation & Sports$27,500Housing & Shelter$15,000Environment$15,000

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 budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $167,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $140,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $36,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC EDUCATION ARIZONA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC: $27,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOSTER ALLIANCE: $18,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAID TO WOMEN CENTER: $18,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHOUSING FOR HOPE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST: $13,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph the Worker: $11,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHelens Hope Chest: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROBINSON RANCH LLC: $7,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC EDUCATION ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOSTER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AID TO WOMEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FOR HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Betty Ford Alpine Gardens ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds St Joseph the Worker ↗
  • Who funds Helens Hope Chest ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds ROBINSON RANCH LLC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds CHATTING WITH CHAR CHAR LLC ↗

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.

Virginia G Piper Char…Charities Aid Foundat…Arizona Community Fou…American Express Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Virginia G Piper Charitable TrustAZ15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Wilhoit Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wilhoit Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 29 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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