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Wardle Family Foundation at a glance

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Wardle Family 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$170k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.7MHuman Services$1.0MYouth Development$965kHealth$404kReligion$320kInternational$275kEnvironment$200kCommunity Improvement$135kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $465k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $890k
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIBSON WARDLE FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$170,000
WILLIAM & NANCY WARDLE FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$170,000
NEARY FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$170,000
K AND D WARDLE BLESSINGS FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$170,000
INDIAN VALLEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$60,000
HOPEFUL HORIZONS$50,000
GRAND VIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
SPECIAL TREASURES OF IREDELL COUNTY INC$50,000
YMCA OF BUCKS AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES$40,000
WATER ENGINEERS FOR THE AMERICAS & AFRICA$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA$25,000
AMIKIDS BEAUFORT$25,000
EL PORVENIR$25,000
BEAUFORT-JASPER YMCA OF THE LOWCOUNTRY$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $548k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $26k → 9%VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 10%REACH INCORPORATED: $5k → 14%YMCA OF BUCKS AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES: $40k → 6%MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $21k → 9%VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 10%REACH INCORPORATED: $5k → 14%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 8%YMCA OF BUCKS AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES: $30k → 6%MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 9%VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 10%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 8%VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 10%VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 10%VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 10%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $20k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $20k → 8%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $20k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $20k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $20k → 8%2r3 TREASURE HOUSE: $20k → 10%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $20k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $20k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $20k → 8%READYKIDS INC: $10k → 8%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 8%SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY: $10k → 8%SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY: $10k → 8%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

WA
NY
PA
CO
VA
NM
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Wardle Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 18% of the giving stays in VA; by stated purpose, 15%.

Wardle Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 16% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 40 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
3

Total granted

$4.9M
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+3%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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

  • HH
    HOPEFUL HORIZONS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $300k · revenue +28%
  • GV
    GRAND VIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $270k · revenue +172%
  • YO
    YMCA OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $165k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • W
    WATERLINES
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • 2T
    2R3 TREASURE HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +50%
  • LA
    LIVE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +3%
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
Young Men's Christian Association of the Virginia Peninsulas

Our mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. our focus is on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. we help kids succeed, prepare teens…

Human Services
2
Young Men's Christian Association of Southeast Texas

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

Human Services
3
Young Men's Christian Association O Southern West Virginia Inc

The young men's christian association of southern west virginia, inc.'s mission is to advance our cause of strenthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. the ymca is a powerful association of…

Human Services
4
Hopewell Valley Young Men's Christian Association

To build a healthy spirit, mind and body through programs which promote good health, strong families, youth leadership and community development.

Human Services
5
Family Ymca Association

Providing recreational activities without regard to race, religion, or socio-economic status

Human Services
6
Putnam County Family Ymca

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body. at the y, strengthening community is our cause. we believe that positive, lasting personal change can only come about when we all work…

Human Services
7
Boys and Girls Clubs of York County

To provide a world-class experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors, with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and…

Youth Development
8
Family Ymca of Fayette County

The family ymca of fayette county offers various programs provided to promote christian values, health enhancement, family enrichment, and leadership development in youth and adults.

Human Services
9
Young Men's Christian Assoc of Shawnee Ok

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
10
Burlington Area Ymca Inc

To put christian principles into practice that promote good health, strong families, youth leadership and community development.

Human Services
11
Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee

Boys & girls clubs of middle tennessee's ("bgcmt") mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. in essence, we seek to save and…

Youth Development
12
Fauquier Community Child Care Inc

Our mission is to provide an accessible, safe, and nurturing environment in which school-aged children learn, grow, and play to promote the development of the whole child.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Valley Points Family Young Men's Christian Association; the most unlike its peers is 2R3 Treasure House. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

37 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. 37 of the 46 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
29/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GIBSON WARDLE FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $340,000 · OtherGIBSON WARDLE FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTNEARY FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $340,000 · OtherNEARY FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTK AND D WARDLE BLESSINGS FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $340,000 · OtherK AND D WARDLE BLESSINGS FUND - NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTINDIAN VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $270,000 · OtherINDIAN VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBGRAND VIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $270,000 · OtherGRAND VIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION INCUNITED WAY OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $210,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF THE LOWCOUNTRYYMCA OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $165,000 · OtherYMCA OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $160,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $140,000 · OtherYMCA OF BUCKS COUNTY: $136,000 · OtherBRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC: $134,800 · OtherAMIKIDS BEAUFORT: $125,000 · OtherCHILD HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC: $110,000 · Other+11 more: $287,000 · Other+11 moreVALLEY POINTS FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Human ServicesVALLEY POINTS …Special Treasures of Iredell County Inc: $120,000 · Human ServicesSpecial Treasu…PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesPIEDMONT FAMIL…READYKIDS INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesREADYKIDS INCRIVER CROSSING YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $70,000 · Human ServicesRIVER CROSSING…MHY FAMILY SERVICES: $48,000 · Human ServicesMHY FAMILY SER…+4 more: $70,000 · Human Services+4 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $340,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL P…UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $120,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…BEAUFORT CHARITIES INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyBEAUFORT C…BUILDING GOODNESS FOUNDATION: $150,000 · InternationalEL PORVENIR: $125,000 · InternationalWATER ENGINEERS FOR THE AMERICAS: $100,000 · InternationalHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $300,000 · ReligionNORTH PENN VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $120,000 · Youth DevelopmentNICA NADADORES INC: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOOTHILLS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $90,000 · Crime & LegalVision Atlanta Inc: $20,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,027,800Human Services$688,000Philanthropy$500,000International$375,000Religion$300,000Youth Development$290,000Crime & Legal$110,000

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $340,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $300,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetGRAND VIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $270,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE LOWCOUNTRY: $210,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetYMCA OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $165,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $160,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetVALLEY POINTS FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $150,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetBUILDING GOODNESS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetBRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC: $134,800 over 5y, 11% of budgetEL PORVENIR: $125,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSpecial Treasures of Iredell County Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetPIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC: $120,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH PENN VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $120,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $120,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCHILD HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC: $110,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetREADYKIDS INC: $110,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNICA NADADORES INC: $110,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetWATER ENGINEERS FOR THE AMERICAS: $100,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetFOOTHILLS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $90,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetRIVER CROSSING YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPIEDMONT HOUSING ALLIANCE: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetMHY FAMILY SERVICES: $48,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBEAUFORT CHARITIES INC: $40,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetFEEDNC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVision Atlanta Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCITY OF PROMISE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budget2R3 TREASURE HOUSE: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLIGHT HOUSE STUDIO INC: $12,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetREACH EDUCATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds HOPEFUL HORIZONS ↗
  • Who funds GRAND VIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE LOWCOUNTRY ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING GOODNESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds EL PORVENIR ↗
  • Who funds Special Treasures of Iredell County Inc ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH PENN VALLEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD HEALTH PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds READYKIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds NICA NADADORES INC ↗
  • Who funds WATER ENGINEERS FOR THE AMERICAS ↗
  • Who funds FOOTHILLS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RIVER CROSSING YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds St Francis Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT HOUSING ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MHY FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds BEAUFORT CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERLINES ↗
  • Who funds FEEDNC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Vision Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds 2R3 TREASURE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY 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.

Manning Family Founda…Charlottesville Area …Perry Foundation IncThe Genan FoundationCaplin FoundationUnited Way of Greater…The Rimora FoundationThe Better Living Fou…Sentara HealthS&P Global Foundation…Thomas C & Mary Ann H…The J & E Berkley Fou…
Manning Family FoundationVA32.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Manning Family Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Genan Foundation · Caplin Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · The Rimora Foundation · The Better Living Foundation · Sentara Health · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · Thomas C & Mary Ann Hays Fam Char Tr · The J & E Berkley 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 Wardle Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wardle Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    0get no government money at all
    15report 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 46 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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