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The Wilson Family Foundation at a glance

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The Wilson Family 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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
115
Grants FY2025still arriving
20
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$7.5MEducation$2.5MInternational$2.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.8MEnvironment$1.7MFood & Nutrition$1.2MHuman Services$940kPhilanthropy$735kOther$0
02FY2025 · 115 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k58 grants · $929k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $2.0M
$10,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION$200,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$150,000
US FUND FOR UNICEF$150,000
SUBLETTE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION$150,000
ALASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$125,000
THE CARTER CENTER$100,000
FOOD BANK OF ALASKA$100,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$100,000
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC$100,000
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF JACKSON HOLE$80,000
GIRDWOOD INC$75,000
PROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION$75,000
TETON LITERACY CENTER$60,000
MERCY CARE FOUNDATION INC$50,000
UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF$50,000
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 (FY17–25, $783k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $10k → 10%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $25k → 14%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $10k → 10%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $10k → 10%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $25k → 14%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $10k → 10%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 12%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $10k → 10%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $25k → 14%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $10k → 10%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $25k → 14%SHELTER HOME OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $35k → 16%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $15k → 14%SHELTER HOME OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $35k → 16%SHELTER HOME OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $35k → 16%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $15k → 14%CALDWELL COUNTY YOLKFELLOW: $20k → 16%CALDWELL COUNTY YOLKFELLOW: $20k → 16%CALDWELL COUNTY YOLKFELLOW: $20k → 16%ONE22 INC: $25k → 5%CALDWELL COUNTY YOLKFELLOW: $13k → 16%SHELTER HOME OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $10k → 16%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF CALDWELL COUNTY INC DBA ROBIN'S NEST: $10k → 16%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF CALDWELL COUNTY INC DBA ROBIN'S NEST: $10k → 16%SHELTER HOME OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $10k → 16%CALDWELL COUNTY YOLKFELLOW: $10k → 16%SHELTER HOME OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $10k → 16%ATLANTA UNION MISSION: $10k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION: $10k → 13%ALASKA'S CHILDRENS TRUST: $10k → 10%ATLANTA UNION MISSION: $10k → 13%ALASKA'S CHILDRENS TRUST: $10k → 10%ALASKA'S CHILDRENS TRUST: $10k → 10%SHELTER HOME OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $10k → 16%ATLANTA UNION MISSION: $10k → 13%ALASKA'S CHILDRENS TRUST: $10k → 10%ATLANTA UNION MISSION: $10k → 13%ALASKA'S CHILDRENS TRUST: $10k → 10%CALDWELL COUNTY YOLKFELLOW: $10k → 16%ATLANTA UNION MISSION: $10k → 13%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

AK
NH
WA
ID
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 135 repeat orgs$739k to everyone else

135 repeat relationships: 104 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

135
22

Total granted

$20M
$479k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+92%

Still filing today

81%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +9%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +162%
  • UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $600k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • ND
    NC DISASTER RELIEF FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $150k
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS
    one grant, 2017 · $80k
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
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
Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare

To enhance the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

Health
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
7
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc

Provide philanthropic support to firsthealth of the carolinas, inc., a healthcare system exempt from income tax under irs section 501c(3) and 170(b)(1)(a)(iii).

—
10
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
11
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
12
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Providence Alaska Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Dartmouth Inc. 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

126 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. 126 of the 168 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
125/126
Grantees still filing
96/126
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

US FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,210,000 · OtherUS FUND FOR UNICEFUNC LINEBERGER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER: $1,200,000 · OtherUNC LINEBERGER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTERTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $390,000 · OtherNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $365,000 · OtherPAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $418,000 · Other+80 more: $6,084,500 · Other+80 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,050,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Instit…SUBLETTE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $505,000 · HealthSUBLETTE COUNTY HEALTH FO…PROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION: $490,000 · HealthPROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDAT…THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $460,000 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESE…MERCY CARE FOUNDATION INC: $370,000 · HealthMERCY CARE FOUNDATION INCTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $345,000 · HealthTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH…RURAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SUBLETTE COUNTY: $250,000 · HealthSt John's Health Foundation: $240,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $230,000 · HealthCLARKSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $220,000 · Health+13 more: $831,500 · Health+13 moreUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $600,000 · EducationUNC HEALTH F…PATTERSON SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $410,000 · EducationPATTERSON SC…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $369,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERS…TETON LITERACY CENTER: $305,000 · EducationTETON LITERA…UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $154,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES …+19 more: $406,000 · Education+19 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,110,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …SHELTER HOME OF THE FOOTHILLS INC: $165,000 · Human ServicesSHELTER H…FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS O…Caldwell County Yokefellow Inc: $112,500 · Human ServicesCaldwell …BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $90,000 · Human Services+4 more: $195,000 · Human Services+4 moreTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $575,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $210,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $95,000 · InternationalENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $90,000 · InternationalGLOBAL HEALTH ACTION INC: $45,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $45,000 · InternationalLA LECHE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL INC: $40,000 · InternationalPATH: $40,000 · International+1 more: $10,000 · InternationalTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $340,000 · EnvironmentCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $225,000 · EnvironmentFOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $175,000 · EnvironmentTHE GREAT LAND TRUST INC: $55,000 · EnvironmentTENNESSEE RIVERKEEPER: $45,000 · EnvironmentWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $45,000 · EnvironmentCUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentSNAKE RIVER FUND: $40,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $40,000 · Environment+2 more: $35,000 · EnvironmentFood Bank of Alaska: $500,000 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $240,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $50,000 · Food & NutritionTHE LENOIR SOUP KITCHEN INC: $34,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $8,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$9,667,500Health$4,991,500Education$2,494,000Human Services$1,892,500International$1,150,000Environment$1,040,000Food & Nutrition$832,000

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,110,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,050,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $600,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $575,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSUBLETTE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $505,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetFood Bank of Alaska: $500,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION: $490,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $460,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $418,000 over 9y, 10% of budgetPATTERSON SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $410,000 over 3y, 57% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $390,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CARE FOUNDATION INC: $370,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $369,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $365,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $345,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $340,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Alaska Community Foundation: $320,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTETON LITERACY CENTER: $305,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION INC OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $300,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $285,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRURAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SUBLETTE COUNTY: $250,000 over 6y, 70% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $240,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $240,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $230,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $225,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCLARKSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $220,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $210,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $185,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $175,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PAC: $170,000 over 7y, 37% of budgetSHELTER HOME OF THE FOOTHILLS INC: $165,000 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetBeans Cafe Inc: $160,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CALDWELL COUNTY: $154,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $150,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM INC: $150,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetKOINONIA INC: $140,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $135,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC: $135,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $130,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $120,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC: $120,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHELPING HANDS CLINIC INC: $112,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCaldwell County Yokefellow Inc: $112,500 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area: $100,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES C HARPER SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS INC: $93,000 over 9y, 8.3% 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 American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SUBLETTE COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Alaska ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE ALASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PATTERSON SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MERCY CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds The Alaska Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TETON LITERACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC OF CALDWELL COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RURAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF SUBLETTE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds St John's Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds CLARKSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF PAC ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER HOME OF THE FOOTHILLS INC ↗
  • Who funds Beans Cafe Inc ↗

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.

North Carolina Commun…Bernhardt Furniture F…Community Foundation …Broyhill Family Found…The Alaska Community …The Coffey Foundation…Stevens Family Founda…Rasmuson FoundationGeorge Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…The Brooks FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…
North Carolina Community FoundationNC33.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · Bernhardt Furniture Foundation · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Broyhill Family Foundation Inc · The Alaska Community Foundation · The Coffey Foundation Inc · Stevens Family Foundation Inc · Rasmuson Foundation · George Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Brooks Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
35report 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 168 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home