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The Wilson 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$5.8MInternational$611kArts & Culture$599kHealth$550kYouth Development$153kHuman Services$60kReligion$56kPublic Benefit$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $122k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $111k
  • $250k+1 grant · $800k
$13,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$9.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Duke University$800,152
AIDS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (AMFAR)$60,000
Nasher Sculpture Center$51,333
Tate Americas Foundation$43,722
Children's Diabetes Foundation$25,000
The Tiny Miracles Foundation$20,000
Southern Methodist University$13,500
ALLIANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION OF ALLIANCE OHIO$10,000
Near and Far Animal Foundation Inc$10,000
CHRIST AND HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH$7,000
Judith Center$5,000
COUNCIL FOR CANADIAN AMERICAN RELATIONS$5,000
Healthnetwork Foundation$5,000
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$5,000
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 (FY18–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE KITCHEN: $3k → 15%Healthnetwork Foundation: $5k → 17%United Friends of the Children: $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

IL
MI
NY
OR
OH
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
AR
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 21 repeat orgs$384k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
31

Total granted

$7.6M
$345k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+30%

Still filing today

67%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $5.7M · revenue +51%
  • TN
    THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $169k · revenue +38%
  • TT
    THE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $126k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • SF
    STRIVE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +186%
  • WW
    Wonder Works Studio
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +104%
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
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
2
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
3
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
4
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
5
Via Art Fund Inc

Via art fund is a nonprofit organization where art patrons join forces as partners in a new model of philanthropy to support visionary initiatives in art.

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
7
The American Federation of Arts Inc

The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…

Arts & Culture
8
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
9
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
10
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
11
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
12
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Museum of Art; the most unlike its peers is Be Still Media Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 57 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUKE UNIVERSITY: $5,671,296 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY+3 more: $43,500 · EducationSTAND TOGETHER: $600,000 · OtherSTAND TOGETHERRETURN TO ZERO FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherWonder Works Studio: $50,000 · OtherCenter for Study Presidency and Congress: $50,000 · OtherCHRIST AND HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $36,000 · OtherCOALITION OF PARENTS IN ESPORTS: $35,000 · Other+24 more: $205,379 · Other+24 moreTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $267,181 · Arts & CultureTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $169,333 · Arts & CultureDallas Museum of Art: $21,500 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $68,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $265,000 · HealthTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $126,100 · HealthCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthSTRIVE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentGAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $53,098 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentVOGEL ALCOVE: $13,495 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE KITCHEN INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesAngel Force USA: $22,500 · Public Benefit
Education$5,714,796Other$1,031,379Arts & Culture$526,514Health$491,100Youth Development$158,098Human Services$25,995Public Benefit$22,500

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 budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $5,671,296 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $267,181 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $265,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $169,333 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $126,100 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetSTRIVE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGAMERS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $53,098 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE COUNCIL FOR CANADIAN AMERICAN RELATIONS INC: $28,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAngel Force USA: $22,500 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $21,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION OF ALLIANCE OHIO: $20,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $13,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOGEL ALCOVE: $13,495 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,516 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEAR AND FAR ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADVISORY BOARD OF BOOKER T WASHINGTON HS FOR PERFORMING &: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDALLAS CONTEMPORARY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBe Still Media Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetC5 Youth Foundation of Texas Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTISTS SPACE INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KITCHEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Ford FoundationCommunities Foundatio…The Annenberg Foundat…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ford FoundationNY14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Annenberg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Wilson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wilson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%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 · 0–50%
    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 57 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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