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Wachter Family 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.

$441k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.1MEducation$1.0MYouth Development$485kScience & Tech$400kCrime & Legal$281kFood & Nutrition$278kHealth$187kInternational$76kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $411k
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 99% of reported assets are held in Starbucks Corp Fmv.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$140,000
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC$100,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$100,000
Individual grant recipient$71,340
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$20,000
PRINCIPLES INC$10,000
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 (FY19–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CALIFORNIA STRONG: $5k → 10%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 15 repeat orgs$262k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$3.6M
$152k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+33%

Still filing today

60%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BC
    BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $650k · revenue +18%
  • AA
    AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS
    5× · 2017–2021 · $475k · revenue +103%
  • TP
    THE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $347k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • VENICE FAMILY CLINIC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -6%
  • US
    UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • RE
    RISE EDUCATION FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +218%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
4
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
5
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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6
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
9
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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10
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
11
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
12
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Climate Resolve; the most unlike its peers is Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. 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

30 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. 30 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
17/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UC BERKELEY: $750,000 · OtherUC BERKELEYAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $475,000 · OtherAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARSTHE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY: $400,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEYIndividual grant recipient: $242,860 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+14 more: $228,550 · Other+14 moreBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $650,000 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INCTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $347,250 · EducationTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $190,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIACROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $45,000 · Education+1 more: $20,000 · EducationSUPPORT AND FEED INC: $275,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,500 · Food & NutritionWESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Crime & LegalST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $50,000 · HealthPRINCIPLES INC DBA IMPACT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT: $10,000 · Health+5 more: $13,376 · HealthHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $62,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $8,500 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 · InternationalARTSCONNECTION INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,096,410Education$1,252,250Food & Nutrition$277,500Crime & Legal$200,000Health$173,376International$76,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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 budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $650,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $475,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $347,250 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetSUPPORT AND FEED INC: $275,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetWESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $190,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $62,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPE FOUNDATION: $29,950 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetARTSCONNECTION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN GROUPS: $11,900 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMammoth Mountain Community Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPRINCIPLES INC DBA IMPACT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIN THE FAMILY WAY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST VENTURA COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLAREMATRIX: $4,876 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA WOMAN'S NATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FORWARD INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational OCD Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE RESOLVE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIP COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $1,000 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.

California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Sydney D Holland …QueensCareLiberty Hill Foundati…Orange County Communi…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
California Community FoundationCA22.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Sydney D Holland Foundation · QueensCare · Liberty Hill Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Wachter Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wachter Family 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 38 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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