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Wadman Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$3.7MEducation$1.8MHuman Services$1.6MHealth$264kRecreation & Sports$263kYouth Development$116kHousing & Shelter$78kEmployment$67kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $92k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $517k
  • $250k+1 grant · $600k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHILANTHROPIES$600,000
AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES$135,000
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY$125,000
CROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL$102,250
GHANA MAKE A DIFFERENCE$100,000
RODS HEROES$54,500
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES$40,000
Individual grant recipient$17,700
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$14,000
BEVERLY TERRACE PLAZA PLAYHOUSE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MISCELLANEOUS$2,750
Individual grant recipient$2,500
ORTHO CUP FOUNDATION$2,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$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 (FY19–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ALOHA DIAPER BANK: $1k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%RODS HEROES: $55k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%RODS HEROES: $1k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $388k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $297k → 8%OGDEN VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $1k → 9%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $262k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $200k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $154k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $139k → 8%AMERICAN INDIAN SERVICES: $135k → 8%OGDEN VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $1k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $2k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $2k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $2k → 9%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

IL
MI
NY
OR
WY
CA
UT
VA
MD
DC
HI
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.2M · 45 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -34% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
36

Total granted

$8.2M
$305k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-34%

Still filing today

49%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $733k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • AI
    American Indian Services
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +8%
  • SH
    STELLA H OAKS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $200k · revenue +182%
  • HC
    HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $100k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $71k
  • OC
    OGDEN CITY CORP
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
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
Autism Foundation of Utah
Health
2
Utah Motorsports Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Utah Geological Foundation
—
4
Ogden Family Foundation
Education
5
Economic Development Corporation of Utah Foundation

To serve as a catalyst for quality job growth and increased capital investment in the state.

Community Improvement
6
Northern Utah Cancer Foundation
—
7
Utah Swat Inc
—
8
University of Utah Foundation

Provide support to the University of Utah Growth Capital Partners Foundation in Charitable, Educational and Scientific purposes.

Philanthropy
9
The Utah Autism Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
11
Ogden Area Chamber of Commerce

Supporting and promoting businesses in the weber county area.

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12
The Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind Education Foundation

To provide resources and financial support to meet the unique need of the children and families served by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind (USDB).

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc; the most unlike its peers is Spark Cheer Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 90 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
17/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST: $3,684,433 · OtherCHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTWEBER STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,035,600 · OtherWEBER STATE UNIVERSITYPHILANTHROPIES: $600,000 · OtherPHILANTHROPIESBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $430,000 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY+67 more: $1,084,510 · Other+67 moreAmerican Indian Services: $1,575,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Indian Serv…RODS HEROES INC: $55,500 · Human Services+4 more: $19,750 · Human ServicesWEBER PATHWAYS: $250,250 · Civil RightsSTELLA H OAKS FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationWeber County School District Foundation: $20,050 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $37,500 · HealthWOMENS RETREAT HOUSE: $13,000 · Health+3 more: $3,350 · HealthGhana Make a Difference: $100,000 · InternationalENABLEUTAH INC: $46,776 · Employment
Other$6,834,543Human Services$1,650,250Civil Rights$250,250Education$222,050Health$153,850International$100,000Employment$46,776

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 budgetAmerican Indian Services: $1,575,000 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetWEBER PATHWAYS: $250,250 over 2y, 28% of budgetCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590: $203,650 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSTELLA H OAKS FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGhana Make a Difference: $100,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetRODS HEROES INC: $55,500 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetENABLEUTAH INC: $46,776 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOGDEN VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetWeber County School District Foundation: $20,050 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDOWNTOWN OGDEN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetWOMENS RETREAT HOUSE: $13,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WEBER-DAVIS: $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN: $8,750 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OGDEN VALLEY INC: $6,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEROES AMONG US INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSNOWBASIN ADAPTIVE SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTREEHOUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOLF CREEK FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER ON SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDavis Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALOHA DIAPER BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOGDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget4 PAWS 4 PATRIOTS: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPARK CHEER: $100 over 1y, 0.7% 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 American Indian Services ↗
  • Who funds WEBER PATHWAYS ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590 ↗
  • Who funds STELLA H OAKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ghana Make a Difference ↗
  • Who funds RODS HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds ENABLEUTAH INC ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OGDEN VALLEY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Weber County School District Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN OGDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS RETREAT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WEBER-DAVIS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF OGDEN ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OGDEN VALLEY 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.

Sorenson Legacy Found…The Alan and Jeanne H…George S and Dolores …Dr Wc Swanson Family …Lawrence & Janet Dee …Larry H Miller and Ga…James E & Norma Kier …Donnell B & Elizabeth…United Way of Norther…The Miner FoundationC Scott & Dorothy E W…Rechieve Foundation
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT27.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Dr Wc Swanson Family Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation · Donnell B & Elizabeth D Stewart Education Foundation · United Way of Northern Utah · The Miner Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Rechieve 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 Wadman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wadman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Wadman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wadman 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 90 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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