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Tw Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$2.0M
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.

Recreation & Sports$4.3MPhilanthropy$3.9MHuman Services$2.2MEducation$2.1MArts & Culture$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.6MYouth Development$1.3MHousing & Shelter$670kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $235k
  • $250k+2 grants · $4.0M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WYOCOMPLEX$2,000,000
THE LYRIC$2,000,000
PLATTE RIVER TRAILS$135,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL WYOMING$50,000
WYOMING RESCUE MISSION$50,000
CENTRAL WYOMING FAIR & RODEO$35,156
WYOMING STATE FAIR ENDOWMENT FUND$25,000
JAE FOUNDATION$15,000
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 (FY17–20, $287k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF NATRONA COUNTY: $125k → 11%COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF NATRONA COUNTY: $125k → 11%JASONS FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%JASONS FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%JOSHUAS STOREHOUSE: $3k → 11%JOSHUAS STOREHOUSE: $3k → 11%JOSHUAS STOREHOUSE: $3k → 11%JOSHUAS STOREHOUSE: $3k → 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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 89% of Tw Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in WY; by stated purpose, 12%.

Tw Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.1M · 17 repeat orgs$9.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$9.1M
$7.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

76%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M 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
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • WC
    WYO COMPLEX
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +19%
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +29%
  • CD
    Child Development Center of Natrona County
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • PF
    PHILANTHROPY FOR WYOMING LLC
    one grant, 2017 · $3.9M
  • CC
    CASPER COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1.1M · revenue -19%
  • CF
    Casper Family YMCA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue -54%
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
Wyoming Food Coalition Wy Food Matters
Food & Nutrition
2
Wyoming Cares Inc

None

Human Services
3
Serve Wyoming Inc

The strengthen Wyoming communities by fostering a spirit of service and volunteerism among citizens of all ages and carry out a national service program as authorized by the National and Community Service Act of 1990.

Philanthropy
4
Youth Crisis Center

Crisis mission: to provide temporary care and shelter for abused, abandoned or neglected children long term mission: to provide a residency program for children without a stable home.

Housing & Shelter
5
Wyoming Citizen Review Panel

WYCRP is committed to supporting the safety, permanence, and well-being of children through systematic reviews, education, prevention, and early intervention efforts. As a federally mandated entity, the Citizen Review Panel evaluates the…

Human Services
6
Caring Foundation of Wyoming
Human Services
7
Wyoming Assn of Non Profit Organizations dba Wyoming Nonprofit Network

The Wyoming Nonprofit Network represents the collective voice of the Wyoming charitable nonprofit sector and brings best practices, resources, and support to the nonprofit community.

Philanthropy
8
Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems

Provide training and technical assistance

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9
Wyoming Sheep Foundation
Food & Nutrition
10
Wyoming Wildlife Federation

Wyoming wildlife federation delivers leadership in conservation for the state's wildlife, hunters, anglers, and conservationists through policy, education, advocacy, and habitat.

Animals
11
Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming Endowment Foundation Inc

To support the Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming through a Building Fund, Endowment Fund, and Educational Fund

Youth Development
12
Wyoming State 4-H Foundation

Promote 4-h activities on the state & local level.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Wyoming Inc; the most unlike its peers is Central Wyoming Junior Livestock Sale Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 30 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHILANTHROPY FOR WYOMING LLC: $3,940,991 · OtherPHILANTHROPY FOR WYOMING LLCTHE LYRIC: $2,000,000 · OtherTHE LYRICChild Development Center of Natrona County: $1,002,000 · OtherChild Development Center of Natrona CountyCasper Family YMCA INC: $1,000,000 · OtherCasper Family YMCA INCWYOMING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM: $1,000,000 · OtherWYOMING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM+13 more: $583,897 · Other+13 moreWYO COMPLEX: $4,000,000 · Recreation & SportsWYO COMPLEXCASPER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 · EducationCASPER COLLE…UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming: $1,110,000 · Youth DevelopmentNatrona County 4-H Council: $69,883 · Youth DevelopmentWyoming Rescue Mission: $670,000 · Housing & ShelterMOTHER SETON HOUSING INC: $56,000 · Housing & ShelterWYOMING FOOD FOR THOUGHT PROJECT: $554,000 · Food & NutritionCentral Wyoming Junior Livestock Sale Inc: $29,082 · Food & NutritionCASA of Natrona County: $250,000 · Human ServicesJASON'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesJoshuas Storehouse and Distribution Center: $12,000 · Human Services
Other$9,526,888Recreation & Sports$4,000,000Education$2,100,000Youth Development$1,179,883Housing & Shelter$726,000Food & Nutrition$583,082Human Services$287,000

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 budgetWYO COMPLEX: $4,000,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming: $1,110,000 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetCASPER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetChild Development Center of Natrona County: $1,002,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetCasper Family YMCA INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWYOMING AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM: $1,000,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetWyoming Rescue Mission: $670,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetWYOMING FOOD FOR THOUGHT PROJECT: $554,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetCASA of Natrona County: $250,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetPlatte River Trails Trust: $135,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTROOPERS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetSelf Help Center Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNatrona County 4-H Council: $69,883 over 5y, 32% of budgetMOTHER SETON HOUSING INC: $56,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetJASON'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Wyoming Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJae Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJoshuas Storehouse and Distribution Center: $12,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetWreaths Across America: $1,500 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.

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 McMurry FoundationWyoming Community Fou…First Interstate Banc…Wold FoundationDouble 4 FoundationNatrona Collective He…Zimmerman Family Foun…Tate FoundationCentral Wyoming Chapt…The John P Ellbogen F…The Goodstein Foundat…Daniels Fund
The McMurry FoundationDE45.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The McMurry Foundation · Wyoming Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Wold Foundation · Double 4 Foundation · Natrona Collective Health Trust · Zimmerman Family Foundation · Tate Foundation · Central Wyoming Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute · The John P Ellbogen Foundation · The Goodstein Foundation · Daniels 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tw Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tw Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tw Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Tw 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 30 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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