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The Wyeth 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.

$352k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.1MEnvironment$1.0MAnimals$541kEducation$285kFood & Nutrition$131kHealth$71kCommunity Improvement$70kHousing & Shelter$66kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $181k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CONCEPT SCHOOL$50,000
MONHEGAN ISLAND ASSOCIATES$50,000
PASTURES OF POINT LOOKOUT$42,100
FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM$29,100
HERRING GUT COASTAL SCIENCE CENTER$25,000
SHELBURNE MUSEUM$20,000
PRIMITIVE HALL FOUNDATION$15,000
ST GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$10,000
HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND$10,000
GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST$10,000
MIDCOAST RECREATION CENTER$10,000
MISCA$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE STRAND THEATER$7,500
FRIENDS OF MONHEGAN FIRE DEPT$5,000
HAGLEY MUSEUM$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 (FY19–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ST GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $15k → 11%ST GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 11%ST GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 11%ST GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 11%ST GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 11%ST GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 11%ST GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 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

ME
VT
WA
MI
NY
PA
VA
DE
TN
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 42 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
14

Total granted

$4.3M
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+22%

Still filing today

57%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsHealthScience & TechOther
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

  • TW
    THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $495k · revenue +240%
  • BC
    Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art
    5× · 2017–2024 · $310k · revenue +144%
  • MA
    MONHEGAN ASSOCIATES INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $120k · revenue +367%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +22%
  • DM
    DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +2%
  • VC
    VETERINARY COMPARATIVE ONCOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
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
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
2
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
3
Maine Maritime Museum

To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.

Arts & Culture
4
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
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5
Maine Historical Society

Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…

Arts & Culture
6
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
7
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve

The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.

—
8
Midcoast Conservancy

The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.

Environment
9
Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association

Monhegan Museum of Art & History stewards and shares the cultural memory of the Island to connect people to this place, its history and each other.

—
10
Momentum Conservation

To work collectively in maine to create mutually beneficial relationships with the earth, communities, and people through the conservation movement.

Environment
11
Penobscot Marine Museum

Penobscot marine museum inspires curiosity and fosters understanding about life and work on the maine coast to encourage stewardship of our communities and the sea.

Arts & Culture
12
Montauk Historical Society

The purpose of the montauk historical society is to collect, restore, preserve and display historically significant buildings, objects and writings and to preserve and share the history and cultures of montauk and the east end for this and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gulf of Maine Research Institute; the most unlike its peers is Primitive Hall 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

37 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. 37 of the 62 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/37
Grantees still filing
29/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONHEGAN MUSEUM: $1,000,000 · OtherMONHEGAN MUSEUMPOINT LOOKOUT FOUNDATION: $742,000 · OtherPOINT LOOKOUT FOUNDATIONHERRING GUT LEARNING CENTER: $131,000 · OtherMONHEGAN ISLAND ASSOCIATES: $100,000 · OtherHURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND: $90,500 · Other+34 more: $394,100 · Other+34 moreTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $494,600 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH…Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $310,000 · Arts & CultureBrandywine Conservancy &…SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureSHELBURNE MUSEUM INCBRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELD PARK ASSOCIATES: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $43,000 · Arts & CulturePASTURES OF POINT LOOKOUT INC: $520,100 · AnimalsPASTURES OF P…+2 more: $5,000 · AnimalsMONHEGAN ASSOCIATES INC: $120,000 · EnvironmentHERRING GUT COASTAL SCIENCE CENTER: $70,000 · EnvironmentGeorges River Land Trust: $52,000 · EnvironmentMAINE COAST FISHERMENS ASSN: $31,500 · Environment+4 more: $14,500 · EnvironmentSTGEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $70,000 · Human ServicesLifeFlight Foundation: $66,000 · HealthTREKKERS INC: $11,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS MAINE INC: $6,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,457,600Arts & Culture$967,600Animals$525,100Environment$288,000Human Services$70,000Health$66,000Recreation & Sports$17,000

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 budgetPASTURES OF POINT LOOKOUT INC: $520,100 over 5y, 100% of budgetTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $494,600 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $310,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHERRING GUT LEARNING CENTER: $131,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMONHEGAN ASSOCIATES INC: $120,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHERRING GUT COASTAL SCIENCE CENTER: $70,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetSTGEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $70,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetLifeFlight Foundation: $66,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CONCEPT SCHOOL: $58,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetGeorges River Land Trust: $52,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELD PARK ASSOCIATES: $40,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetMAINE COAST FISHERMENS ASSN: $31,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE STRAND THEATRE INC: $31,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPRIMITIVE HALL FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHADDS FORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $11,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetTREKKERS INC: $11,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMID-COAST RECREATION CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST GEORGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetMidcoast Music Academy: $7,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MAINE INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMILL REEF FUND: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN: $4,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetUniversity of Maine Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOTTONTAIL COTTAGE FARM SANCTUARY: $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Center for Coastal Fisheries: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Owls Head Transportation Museum: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSail Power and Steam Museum: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBULL RUN MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% 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 PASTURES OF POINT LOOKOUT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds HERRING GUT LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MONHEGAN ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds HERRING GUT COASTAL SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds STGEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds LifeFlight Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE CONCEPT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Georges River Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds BRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELD PARK ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds MAINE COAST FISHERMENS ASSN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE STRAND THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds PRIMITIVE HALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BEACH HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHADDS FORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds TREKKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MID-COAST RECREATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds ST GEORGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Midcoast Music Academy ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MAINE 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.

Maine Community Found…Community Foundation …Morton-Kelly Charitab…Davis Conservation Fo…Onion FoundationEdward Freitag & Mart…The K2 Family Foundat…Vinton Family Foundat…Simmons Foundation - …Fisher Charitable Fou…Elmina B Sewall Found…Davis Family Foundati…
Maine Community Foundation IncME25.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Davis Conservation Foundation · Onion Foundation · Edward Freitag & Martha Haley Fdn Inc · The K2 Family Foundation · Vinton Family Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Davis Family 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 Wyeth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wyeth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Delaware Nature Society Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Children's Beach House Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Wyeth Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Wyeth Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 62 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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