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Wake Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Wake Family Charitable 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.

$622k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$732kEducation$440kHealth$375kArts & Culture$214kPhilanthropy$129kReligion$120kYouth Development$102kEnvironment$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $385k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $235k
$15,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STANLEY HOSE COMPANY INC$175,000
MINERVA FREE LIBRARY$60,000
ST LUKE'S MCCALL FOUNDATION$30,000
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF FT WORTH$30,000
PIEDMONT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (PEF)$30,000
CHATAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FDN INC$30,000
HARRIS COLLEGE NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES$30,000
FOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY$15,000
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION$15,000
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF SHERMAN NY$15,000
FRIENDS OF AVILA PIER FOAP INC$15,000
PLANES OF FAME AIR MUSEUM$15,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$15,000
PANCAN (PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NTWK)$15,000
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $10k → 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

ID
MT
IL
NY
NJ
CA
VA
DC
TX
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.
$2.0M · 19 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
8

Total granted

$2.0M
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+0%

Still filing today

74%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthPublic Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TS
    The Stanley Hose Company Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $732k · revenue +45% · 55% of their budget
  • YA
    Young America's Foundation
    2× · 2019–2023 · $110k · revenue +26%
  • MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • HC
    HARRIS COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTH
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +11%
  • MC
    MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY SCH TAMARACK
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

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

Education
3
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
4
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
6
Texas a&M Foundation

The texas a&m foundation builds a brighter future for texas a&m university, one relationship at a time, by uniting generosity and vision to raise support and manage endowed gifts.

Education
7
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
8
Sacramento Region Community Foundation

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation leads, serves, and inspires enduring philanthropy for a just and vibrant Sacramento region.

Philanthropy
9
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
10
Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation

To accept and manage restricted and unrestricted gifts benefiting california state university east bay. additionally, the trustees support the university through advocacy, development, personal contributions and counsel to the university's…

Education
11
University of the Pacific

To provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.

Education
12
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Minerva Free Library. 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

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 36 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)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LUKE'S MCCALL FOUNDATION: $180,000 · OtherST LUKE'S MCCALL FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $154,096 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYoung America's Foundation: $110,000 · OtherYoung America's FoundationMinerva Free Library: $110,000 · OtherMinerva Free LibraryCOMMUNITY CHURCH OF SHERMAN NY: $60,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY CHURCH OF SHERMAN NYHARRIS COLLEGE NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES: $60,000 · OtherHARRIS COLLEGE NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES+16 more: $277,000 · Other+16 moreThe Stanley Hose Company Inc: $732,000 · Public Safety & DisasterThe Stanley Hose Company IncCollege of the Sequoias Foundation: $75,000 · EducationCollege of the…PIEDMONT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationPIEDMONT EDUCA…WESTMONT COLLEGE: $75,000 · EducationWESTMONT COLLE…TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIA…TRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS: $30,000 · EducationTRINITY SCHOOL…Montana State University Foundation Inc: $15,000 · EducationCHAUTAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $119,000 · PhilanthropyCHAUTAUQU…COUNTY CENTER ROTARY COMMUNITY SUPPORT: $60,000 · PhilanthropyCOUNTY CE…UNITED WAY OF TULARE COUNTY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF AVILA PIER FOAP INC: $45,000 · Arts & CulturePlanes of Fame Air Museum: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $75,000 · AnimalsTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Public Benefit
Other$951,096Public Safety & Disaster$732,000Education$300,000Philanthropy$189,000Arts & Culture$85,000Animals$75,000Public Benefit$45,000

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 budgetThe Stanley Hose Company Inc: $732,000 over 4y, 55% of budgetST LUKE'S MCCALL FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $119,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $110,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMinerva Free Library: $110,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of the Sequoias Foundation: $75,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPIEDMONT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNTY CENTER ROTARY COMMUNITY SUPPORT: $60,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetFRIENDS OF AVILA PIER FOAP INC: $45,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanes of Fame Air Museum: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TULARE COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTODAYS YOUTH MATTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Raymond James Charita…Renaissance Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL14.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Wake Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wake Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%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
    6report 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.

    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 36 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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