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The Wilson Sexton 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.

$371k
Granted FY2024still arriving
134
Grants FY2024still arriving
24
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Human Services$482kHealth$427kEducation$353kAnimals$194kInternational$179kArts & Culture$175kReligion$170kFood & Nutrition$106kOther$0
02FY2024 · 134 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k127 grants · $200k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $121k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
24
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAS PATRONAS$50,000
UCSD SHILEY EYEMOBILE FOR CHILDREN$40,000
SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION$21,000
YOUTH TENNIS SAN DIEGO$19,000
LUIS PALAU ASSOCIATION$16,100
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$15,000
SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE$10,000
FEEDING SAN DIEGO$5,500
URBAN CORPS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY$5,000
UCSD STUDENT RUN FREE CLINIC$5,000
THE EVANS SCHOOL FOUNDATION$5,000
WASHINGTON PARK UNITED METHODIST PRESCHOOL$5,000
SUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT$5,000
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
ARMED SERVICES YMCA SAN DIEGO$4,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $299k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%HANDI DOGS INC: $3k → 15%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%MIRACLE MESSAGES: $3k → 10%THE TRYALL FUND: $40k → 9%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $2k → 5%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $1k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $3k → 5%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%HUTS FOR VETS: $2k → 7%TRYALL FUND: $50k → 11%HANDI DOGS INC: $3k → 15%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%MIRACLE MESSAGES: $4k → 10%THE TRYALL FUND: $1k → 9%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $2k → 5%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $1k → 12%NEPAL ORPHANS HOME INC: $12k → 10%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $3k → 5%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%HUTS FOR VETS: $2k → 7%TRYALL FUND: $40k → 11%AMERICAN ACTION FUND FOR BLIND CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $1k → 19%HANDI DOGS INC: $3k → 15%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%MIRACLE MESSAGES: $4k → 10%NEPAL ORPHANS HOME INC: $7k → 10%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $3k → 5%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $1k → 6%HUTS FOR VETS: $2k → 7%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $1k → 8%TRYALL FUND: $35k → 11%HANDI DOGS INC: $3k → 15%MIRACLE MESSAGES: $4k → 10%NEPAL ORPHANS HOME INC: $6k → 10%A PRECIOUS CHILD: $2k → 5%HUTS FOR VETS: $2k → 7%TRYALL FUND: $8k → 11%HUTS FOR VETS: $2k → 7%NEPAL ORPHANS HOME: $3k → 10%NEPAL ORPHANS HOME: $3k → 10%NEPAL ORPHANS HOME INC: $3k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $2k → 5%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%STREETSIDE SHOWERS INC: $3k → 5%STREETSIDE SHOWERS: $2k → 5%STREETSIDE SHOWERS INC: $2k → 5%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 49% of The Wilson Sexton Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 12% of the giving stays in TX; read by stated purpose it is 44% — more of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

The Wilson Sexton Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.6% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 178 repeat orgs$234k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

178 repeat relationships — 113 still active in FY2024, 65 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

178
84

Total granted

$2.3M
$192k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+25%

Still filing today

70%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsInternationalEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TF
    Tryall Fund Jamaica
    6× · 2019–2024 · $174k · revenue +172%
  • LP
    Luis Palau Association
    6× · 2019–2024 · $105k · revenue +35%
  • LP
    LAS PATRONAS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $104k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +25%
  • AA
    ALS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE OF EASTERN DU PAGE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
4
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
7
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
8
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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9
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
10
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
11
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
12
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of San Diego and the most unlike its peers is Evans School Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyImmigrant Worker SupportYouth Sports ProgramsEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsLocal History MuseumsMilitary Veterans SupportYouth Development CentersIndependent K-12 SchoolsEquine Therapy ProgramsLocal Food System Organizat…Public Library OperationsChristian Youth CampsSchool District FoundationsDomestic Violence ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyCancer Support ServicesAffordable Housing Developm…Food Banks and PantriesAffordable Housing Construc…Community Arts CentersAnimal Rescue and ShelterChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …Christian Missionary Organi…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%31%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.5% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.5%1/189
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,376

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

180 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 180 of the 284 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
180/180
Grantees still filing
140/180
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UC SAN DIEGO FNDTN SHILEY EYEMOBILE — $120,000 · OtherUC SAN DIEGO FNDTN SHILEY EYEMOBILELAS PATRONAS — $103,575 · OtherLAS PATRONASUCSD SHILEY EYEMOBILE FOR CHILDREN — $80,000 · OtherUCSD SHILEY EYEMOBILE FOR CHILDRENYOUTH TENNIS SAN DIEGO — $66,900 · Other+125 more — $1,081,180 · Other+125 moreTryall Fund Jamaica — $173,750 · Human ServicesTryall Fund J…NEPAL ORPHANS HOME INC — $34,000 · Human ServicesNEPAL ORPHANS…MIRACLE MESSAGES — $13,500 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INC — $12,000 · Human ServicesHANDI-DOGS INC — $11,500 · Human ServicesHuts for Vets — $10,500 · Human Services+9 more — $38,600 · Human Services+9 moreEVANS SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $30,700 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $30,500 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — $25,000 · EducationHEAD START OF GREATER DALLAS INC — $17,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $5,500 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION — $5,500 · Education+5 more — $20,230 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $39,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $19,000 · InternationalMedical Bridges Inc — $18,000 · InternationalTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL — $16,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $16,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International — $15,000 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR — $13,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF — $10,500 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC — $7,500 · International+2 more — $5,000 · InternationalST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $46,380 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTH — $41,000 · HealthANGELS' PLACE INC — $8,500 · HealthPROSALUD INC — $8,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND — $7,000 · HealthNATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $6,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $6,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $5,800 · Health+7 more — $19,035 · HealthMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD — $22,800 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC — $21,040 · Arts & CultureARTOLUTION INC — $19,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $10,000 · Arts & CultureASPEN ART MUSEUM — $9,300 · Arts & CultureAmerican Battlefield Trust — $6,500 · Arts & CultureGENERAL PATTON MEMORIAL INC — $6,000 · Arts & CultureEl Puente De Celina — $4,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY — $4,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $12,700 · Arts & CultureLuis Palau Association — $105,100 · ReligionUNITY 4 ORPHANS — $5,500 · ReligionOLIVE BRANCH MINISTRIES — $4,000 · Religion
Other$1,451,655Human Services$293,850Education$164,430International$159,500Health$153,715Arts & Culture$115,340Religion$114,600

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTryall Fund Jamaica — $173,750 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetLuis Palau Association — $105,100 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLAS PATRONAS — $103,575 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetYOUTH TENNIS SAN DIEGO — $66,900 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $46,380 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH — $41,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $39,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA — $38,425 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC — $35,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNEPAL ORPHANS HOME INC — $34,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO — $31,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEVANS SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $30,700 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION — $30,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $29,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY — $25,900 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN — $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD — $22,800 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetNEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS — $22,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO — $21,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC — $21,040 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK — $20,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTOLUTION INC — $19,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF — $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Bridges Inc — $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEAD START OF GREATER DALLAS INC — $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL — $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN CORPS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International — $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH — $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLE MESSAGES — $13,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSAMARITAN INN INC — $13,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS — $13,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY — $13,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSHINING STARS FOUNDATION — $13,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR — $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $12,800 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC — $12,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC — $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHANDI-DOGS INC — $11,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC — $11,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER LA JOLLA MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $10,680 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF — $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Tryall Fund Jamaica ↗
  • Who funds Luis Palau Association ↗
  • Who funds LAS PATRONAS ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH TENNIS SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA ↗
  • Who funds SUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds NEPAL ORPHANS HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds EVANS SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds Medical Bridges Inc ↗
  • Who funds HEAD START OF GREATER DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Farrell Family Founda…Seckinger Foundation …The Conrad Prebys Fou…The San Diego Foundat…Bradford Family Found…Jewish Community Foun…The Nordson Corporati…Sempra FoundationPrice Philanthropies …The Intuit FoundationSamuel I & John Henry…The Cushman Foundation
Farrell Family FoundationCA35.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farrell Family Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · The Cushman Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Wilson Sexton Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Giraffe Conservation Foundation Usa — 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
32report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 284 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

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 camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines