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Vincent Wilkinson Foundation at a glance

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Vincent Wilkinson 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.

$127k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$127k
Largest
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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.

Arts & Culture$691kHealth$155kEducation$136kInternational$45kSocial Science$40kYouth Development$10kHousing & Shelter$10k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$127,450
Median grant
1
States reached
$80k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL$127,450
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 36% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NELSON MANDELA CHILDRENS FUND USA INC: $10k → 16%PREP FOR PREP: $21k → 17%JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT COLLECTIVE EDU FUND: $51k → 14%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL: $127k → 6%HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $23k → 9%NORTHERN KENYA FUND: $10k → 11%ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION: $22k → 17%SEE FOREVER FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL: $123k → 6%NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER: $100k → 17%MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $25k → 14%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL: $100k → 6%NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER: $30k → 17%BEACON HOUSE: $10k → 14%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL & SCHOOL: $98k → 6%NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER: $25k → 17%AMERICA'S PROMISE ALLIANCE: $10k → 14%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL & SCHOOL: $98k → 6%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $23k → 17%WOODROW WILSON CENTER: $15k → 14%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL & SCHOOL: $73k → 6%2017 CHAIRMAN'S SOCIETY - ASPEN INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL: $49k → 6%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.
03Its 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.

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The Fund for American Studies

The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…

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Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
Rodel Institute

The rodel institute is a nonpartisan center for leadership and intellectual growth. rodel helps america's most promising leaders reach their full potential as public servants, deepen their commitment to democracy and the rule of law,…

Philanthropy
4
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
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American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
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Foreign Policy Association Inc

The mission of the foreign policy association today, as it has been for over 100 years, is to serve as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding, and informed opinion on united states foreign policy and global issues. through its…

International
7
The National Academy of Education
Arts & Culture
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Institute for Experiential Learning Inc

The mission of the washington internship institute is to foster students' intellectual, personal, and professional development through individually tailored, quality internships and challenging academic coursework that take full advantage…

Education
9
American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Aascu is a washington, d.c. based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning and teaching centered culture, a commitment to…

Education
10
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
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The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
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Phillips Exeter Academy

Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is See Forever Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Northern Kenya Fund. 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

12 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. 12 of the 16 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $668,900 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC+1 more: $22,300 · Arts & CultureNYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER: $155,222 · OtherNYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTE…JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT COLLECTIVE EDU FUND: $50,796 · OtherJANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT C…2017 CHAIRMAN'S SOCIETY - ASPEN INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Other2017 CHAIRMAN'S SOCIETY -…BEACON HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $22,500 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $22,500 · EducationPREP FOR PREP: $20,502 · Education1199 SEIU HOME CARE INDUSTRY EDUCATION F: $15,000 · EducationMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $25,000 · InternationalNELSON MANDELA CHILDREN'S FUND: $10,000 · InternationalWOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS: $15,000 · Social ScienceNORTHERN KENYA FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICA'S PROMISE THE ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSEE FOREVER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Arts & Culture$691,200Other$241,018Education$80,502International$35,000Social Science$15,000Philanthropy$10,000Youth Development$10,000Crime & Legal$5,000

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 budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $668,900 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $22,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $20,502 over 1y, 0.1% of budget1199 SEIU HOME CARE INDUSTRY EDUCATION F: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNELSON MANDELA CHILDREN'S FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN KENYA FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAMERICA'S PROMISE THE ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEE FOREVER FOUNDATION: $5,000 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Vincent Wilkinson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vincent Wilkinson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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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
    1report 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.
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    How do I get to Vincent Wilkinson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Vincent Wilkinson 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 16 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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