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The Wilson 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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
97%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$586,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 29
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$8.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 97% of the organizations The Wilson Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving45$2.3M53%
FY202329$3.3M97%
FY202211$289k100%
FY202111$373k45%
FY202011$127k36%
FY201918$121k56%
FY201813$1.2M46%
FY201714$120kn/a
100% 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$3.1MEducation$2.3MHuman Services$685kYouth Development$378kReligion$250kCrime & Legal$200kHousing & Shelter$200kFood & Nutrition$195kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
SC
HI
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$2,751,00022%
Northern Arizona University Foundation$340,00021%
Christian Family Care Agency Inc$250,00012%
Flagstaff Christian Fellowship$250,0002n/a
Halfthestory$250,000111%
North Valley Caring Services$205,00024%
Upward Bound House$200,00021%
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation$105,00023%
Miracosta College Foundation$105,00023%
Monarch School Project$100,00021%
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All grantees of The Wilson Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$2,751,00022%
Northern Arizona University Foundation$340,00021%
Christian Family Care Agency Inc$250,00012%
Flagstaff Christian Fellowship$250,0002n/a
Halfthestory$250,000111%
North Valley Caring Services$205,00024%
Upward Bound House$200,00021%
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation$105,00023%
Miracosta College Foundation$105,00023%
Monarch School Project$100,00021%
Interfaith Community Services Inc$100,00010%
Hitchcock Woods Foundation The$85,000112%
Escondido History Center$80,000234%
Longwood Gardens Inc$50,00010%
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles$40,00010%
Students Run America$30,00021%
Charitable Ventures of Orange County$30,00010%
Unite 4 Africa$26,00014%
Culver City Education Foundation$25,00023%
Uss Midway Museum$25,00010%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$25,00021%
Leap to Success$25,00015%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$20,00010%
Meals on Wheels Inc$20,00021%
American Contemporary Ballet Inc$20,00021%
Happy House$20,000210%
Share Food Program$20,00020%
Girls Growing Education$10,0001n/a
Diy Girls$10,00010%
Sisterhood Is Global Institute Inc$10,00011%
The Lahaina Restoration Foundation$10,00010%
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Escondido Community Child Development Center$10,00010%
Realm Company$5,0001n/a
Patched Hearts Farm Sanctuary$5,0001n/a
Kitty of Angels Inc$5,00013%
Rotary Foundation of Cotodecazatrabuco$5,000114%
Whiskers N Wishes Sanctuary Inc$5,00018%
All for One Therapy Inc$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Wilson Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $2,751,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNorthern Arizona University Foundation: $340,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetChristian Family Care Agency Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHalfthestory: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNorth Valley Caring Services: $205,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetUpward Bound House: $200,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJamestown Rediscovery Foundation: $105,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMiracosta College Foundation: $105,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetMonarch School Project: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHitchcock Woods Foundation The: $85,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetEscondido History Center: $80,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetLongwood Gardens Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStudents Run America: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCharitable Ventures of Orange County: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnite 4 Africa: $26,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCulver City Education Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetUss Midway Museum: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mr Holland's Opus Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLeap to Success: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Contemporary Ballet Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHappy House: $20,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetShare Food Program: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDiy Girls: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSisterhood Is Global Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Lahaina Restoration Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDiabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEscondido Community Child Development Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKitty of Angels Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetRotary Foundation of Cotodecazatrabuco: $5,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetWhiskers N Wishes Sanctuary Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA17× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Ahmanson Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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.

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About The Wilson Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Wilson Family Foundation Inc give?
The Wilson Family Foundation Inc reported 45 grants totaling $2,313,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Wilson Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Education (29%), Human Services (9%).
Who are The Wilson Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ($2.8M), Northern Arizona University Foundation ($340k), Christian Family Care Agency Inc ($250k).
Does The Wilson Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 97% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Wilson Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Wilson Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Sempra Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
Where is The Wilson Family Foundation Inc based?
The Wilson Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.

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 104 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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