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The Wisnefski Foundation at a glance

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The Wisnefski 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.

$101k
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$470kEducation$100kRecreation & Sports$48kArts & Culture$42kEnvironment$17kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kHuman Services$5kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $56k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLESSED SACRAMENT RC CH$14,975
ADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE$11,500
ST AGNES RC CHURCH$10,000
CHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS$10,000
ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST$10,000
Individual grant recipient$9,600
FRANCISCAN FRIARS$4,500
Individual grant recipient$4,000
SOCIETY OF ST PAUL$3,000
BENEDICTINE SISTERS$3,000
THE CATHOLIC COMM OF MORIAH$2,775
MOORE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION$2,500
YMCA OF GREATER NY$2,000
WNET THIRTEEN$2,000
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 (FY18–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%AARP FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%OFF THE STREETS STATEN ISLAND: $500 → 11%YMCA OF GREATER NY: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
MD
DC
MS
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.
$757k · 42 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
38

Total granted

$757k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
0%

Still filing today

29%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CA
    CHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +383%
  • AA
    ADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +217%
  • AL
    ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $17k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • DO
    DAUGHTERS OF DIVINE CHARI
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • CO
    COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST VINCENT
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • TF
    TICONDEROGA FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
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
Wmht Educational Telecommunications Inc

Wmht enriches communities and elevates diverse perspectives by providing content, connection, and conversation that advance education, culture, and civic engagement.

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2
Wamc

Wamc is chartered by the new york state board of regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (wamc's mission…

Arts & Culture
3
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
The Joseph E Peter Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
6
Marymount Manhattan College

Marymount manhattan college is an urban, independent, liberal arts college (see schedule o).

Education
7
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
8
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
9
New York Congregational Community Services
Health
10
Northern York County Historical & Preservation Society
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11
Foundation for Research of the New York Academy of Osteopathy Inc
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12
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York; the most unlike its peers is Seagle Music Colony Inc D/B/a Seagle Festival. 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

19 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. 19 of the 87 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOCIETY OF ST PAUL: $213,180 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST PAULBLESSED SACRAMENT RC CH: $123,420 · OtherBLESSED SACRAMENT RC CHLOYOLA SCHOOL: $61,675 · OtherLOYOLA SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST AGNES CHURCH: $30,800 · OtherBENEDICTINE SISTERS: $28,025 · Other+70 more: $178,639 · Other+70 moreCHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC: $47,000 · Recreation & SportsADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INC: $23,945 · Arts & CultureWNET: $10,550 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $4,625 · Arts & CultureADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $16,500 · EnvironmentTown of Moriah Ambulance Squad Inc: $5,500 · Public Safety & DisasterDRIVE FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $4,200 · PhilanthropyYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $2,000 · Human ServicesOFF THE STREETS STATEN ISLAND INC: $500 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $100 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $100 · Human Services
Other$675,739Recreation & Sports$47,000Arts & Culture$39,120Environment$16,500Public Safety & Disaster$5,500Philanthropy$4,200Human Services$2,700

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 budgetCHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC: $47,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INC: $23,945 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $16,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWNET: $10,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTown of Moriah Ambulance Squad Inc: $5,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $4,625 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDRIVE FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $4,200 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetRichmond Choral Society: $2,530 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY SPCA INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOFF THE STREETS STATEN ISLAND INC: $500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCross-Road Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF THE AMERICAS INC: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEAGLE MUSIC COLONY INC D/B/A SEAGLE FESTIVAL: $20 over 1y, 0.0% 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 CHAMPLAIN AREA TRAILS INC ↗
  • Who funds ADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds WNET ↗
  • Who funds COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Town of Moriah Ambulance Squad Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds SHERMAN FREE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds DRIVE FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Richmond Choral Society ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds NORTH COUNTRY SPCA 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.

JM McDonald Foundatio…Cloudsplitter Foundat…Adirondack FoundationIbm International Fou…Verizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
JM McDonald Foundation IncDE15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Cloudsplitter Foundation · Adirondack Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Wisnefski Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wisnefski Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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 87 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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