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Wantoot Foundation Inc at a glance

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Wantoot Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$29kEnvironment$9kReligion$5kHealth$3kCrime & Legal$1kEducation$650Youth Development$500Animals$250Other$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$133k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION$1,000
CHATTOOGA CONSERVANCY$250
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 (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%HOSPICE SAVANNAH: $1k → 16%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.

28%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14k · 8 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$14k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+1%

Still filing today

75%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TO
    THE ORIANNE SOCIETY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $3k · revenue +146%
  • HH
    HIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $750 · revenue +107%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2023 · $650 · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • CL
    CENTRAL LOUISIANA COMM FDN
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • BA
    BRIGHAM ADN WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • HS
    HISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +1%
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
Highlands Historical Society

The Highlands Historical Society formed to preserve, restore and interpret the historic mansion and grounds from 1794 to the present.

Arts & Culture
2
Wild South

We inspire people to enjoy, value and protect the wild character and natural legacy of the South.

Environment
3
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor

The organization's primary mission is a grassroots initiative that advances sustainable development of natural, cultural and historic resources for enhanced quality of life and economic revitalization of communities in south carolina.

Arts & Culture
4
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

To conserve the unique plant and animal habitat, clean water, farmland, scenic beauty, and places for all people to enjoy outdoor recreation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, enduring for future generations. Continued-see…

Environment
5
The South Fork Conservancy Incorporated

The mission of the South Fork Conservancy is to restore and preserve habitat along the tributaries of Peachtree Creek. We give the community access to these healthy, restored greenspaces by designing, building and maintaining nature trails.

Environment
6
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
7
Historic Oakland Foundation Inc

The Historic Oakland Foundation partners with the City of Atlanta to preserve, restore, enhance, and share Oakland Cemetery with the public as an important island of tranquilty in the heart of the city.

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8
The Hibernian Society of Savannah Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
9
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation

(See Schedule O)

Crime & Legal
10
Chastain Park Conservancy Inc

The Conservancy's mission is to restore, enhance, maintain and preserve Chastain Park through the implementation of its 20-year Master Plan. With one eye on Chastain Park's glorious past and another on its promising future, the Conservancy…

Recreation & Sports
11
Catawba Lands Conservancy

As a nationally accredited land trust, we conserve and manage land for public benefit in North Carolinas Southern Piedmont. We have conserved 235 properties, totaling 17,786 acres of land. We also facilitate the creation of a 1600 mile…

Environment
12
Historic Wilmington Foundation Inc

The mission of Historic Wilmington Foundation is to protect and preserve the irreplaceable historic resources of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear Region.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cashiers Highlands Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Wormsloe Foundation 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL LOUISIANA COMM FDN: $25,000 · OtherCENTRAL LOUISIANA COMM FDNHighlands Biological Foundation Inc: $4,000 · OtherHighlands Biological Foundation IncCHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL: $4,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPALBRIGHAM ADN WOMEN'S HOSPITAL: $2,000 · OtherHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Other+5 more: $3,500 · Other+5 moreTHE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $2,500 · AnimalsCASHIERS HIGHLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 · AnimalsTRUSTEES' GARDEN CLUB INC: $1,050 · EnvironmentHighlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc: $1,000 · EnvironmentCHATTOOGA CONSERVANCY: $250 · EnvironmentHIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $750 · Arts & CultureThe Bascom Corporation: $750 · Arts & CultureHOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $1,000 · Crime & LegalTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $650 · EducationURBAN HOPE INC: $500 · Youth Development
Other$40,500Animals$2,750Environment$2,300Arts & Culture$1,500Human Services$1,000Crime & Legal$1,000Education$650Youth Development$500

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 budgetHighlands Biological Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES' GARDEN CLUB INC: $1,050 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORMSLOE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $750 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHATTOOGA CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASHIERS HIGHLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 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.

Mountain Findings IncThe Woodcrest Foundat…The Community Foundat…Boger-Owen FoundationFarmer Lee Foundation…The Bell Family Found…The Klamon Family Fou…Ashcourt Family Found…The Dunlap-Cogswell F…The Inman FoundationThe H FoundationThe Savannah Communit…
Mountain Findings IncNC15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mountain Findings Inc · The Woodcrest Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Boger-Owen Foundation · Farmer Lee Foundation Inc · The Bell Family Foundation · The Klamon Family Foundation Inc · Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc · The Dunlap-Cogswell Foundation · The Inman Foundation · The H Foundation · The Savannah Community Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Wantoot Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Wantoot Foundation Inc 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 21 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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