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Watermark Auto Group Foundation at a glance

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Watermark Auto Group 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.

$11k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$6k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$139kYouth Development$78kArts & Culture$58kReligion$54kCommunity Improvement$53kInternational$50kPublic Benefit$48kPhilanthropy$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REND LAKE COLLEGE FOUNDATION$6,000
REFUGE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST INC$2,500
MARION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION$1,000
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
BOOK FOR HOPE INC$500
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 (FY18–18, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FOWLER-BONAN FOUNDATION: $3k → 19%LIGHTHOUSE SHELTER: $5k → 13%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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$441k · 18 repeat orgs$168k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
20

Total granted

$441k
$168k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+24%

Still filing today

61%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesReligionArts & 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

  • MM
    MARION MEDICAL MISSION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $47k · revenue +39%
  • TP
    THE PROMISE MISSION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $34k · revenue +65%
  • AC
    Artstarts Company
    5× · 2017–2022 · $28k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • CO
    CITY OF MARION
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • MS
    MARKET STREET MUSIC CONSERVATORY
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +17%
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
Catalyst Rescue Mission Inc

To help end homelessness in southern indiana by providing shelter, case management, life skills training, and social services that propel people into housing permanency.

Housing & Shelter
2
Son Light Missions

The purpose of slm is to carry on and support christian missionay work throughout the world; to provide economic and material assistance to the needy; and to provide medical and other assistance to those in need of such help.

International
3
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Indiana-Michiana Inc

The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities of indiana - michiana is to provide a "home-away-from-home" for families of seriously ill children.

—
4
Heartland Housed

To transform the landscape of homelessness in springfield and sangamon county, il.

Housing & Shelter
5
Illinois Peo Home Fund Inc

To provide financial assistance toward housing for senior women in need.

—
6
Casa of West Central Illinois

To advocate for abused and neglected children in the legal welfare system.

Crime & Legal
7
Central Illinois Services

To foster low income housing, develop and promote affordable homeownership and rental opportunities, support community develpment, social services, and educational opportunities for individuals and families throughout menard county and the…

—
8
Indiana Dream Center Inc

To provide a christ centered shelter to meet basic needs of housing, clothing, food, emotional and spirtitual needs.

Housing & Shelter
9
Southwestern Illinois College Foundation

To maintain and enhance the quality of life by developing friends and funds for support of the educational, cultural, and service goals of southwestern illinois college. the foundation promotes excellence by securing gifts for special…

Education
10
Shelter Inc

Shelter's mission is to end the cycle of child abuse by providing a comprehensive network of support to children, their families, and our community to create safe, health, and nurturing homes.

Housing & Shelter
11
Inner City Mission of Springfield

The mission of inner city mission is to provide what is needed to help homeless children, their parents, and single women find their way home.

Religion
12
Veterans Foundation of Illinois Inc

To promote and fund veteran programs supporting veteran service organizations.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Market Street Music Conservatory. 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

25 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. 25 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARION CUSD NO 2: $80,250 · OtherMARION CUSD NO 2Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMARION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherMARION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATIONCITY OF MARION: $40,000 · OtherCITY OF MARIONREFUGE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST INC: $20,000 · OtherREFUGE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST INCMARKET STREET MUSIC CONSERVATORY: $20,000 · OtherMARKET STREET MUSIC CONSERVATORYUNIT 2 PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $12,650 · Other+24 more: $100,300 · Other+24 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOI: $75,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS…+1 more: $500 · Youth DevelopmentMARION MEDICAL MISSION: $46,500 · InternationalTHE PROMISE MISSION: $33,692 · ReligionREND LAKE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationArtstarts Company: $27,900 · Arts & CultureSouthern Illinois Community Foundation: $27,000 · Philanthropy
Other$368,200Youth Development$76,000International$46,500Religion$33,692Education$30,000Arts & Culture$27,900Philanthropy$27,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOI: $75,500 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetMARION MEDICAL MISSION: $46,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE PROMISE MISSION: $33,692 over 6y, 18% of budgetREND LAKE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetArtstarts Company: $27,900 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetSouthern Illinois Community Foundation: $27,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMARKET STREET MUSIC CONSERVATORY: $20,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetROTARY DISTRICT 6510 CHARITIES: $7,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC: $7,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VOYAGE SENIOR LIVING: $6,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOOK FOR HOPE INC: $5,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetPONY BASEBALL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE SHELTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOCHLEAR IMPLANT AWARENESS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCLARITY WOMENS CARE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMARION MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE: $3,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCENTERSTONE OF ILLINOIS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS HONOR FLIGHT OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetVICTORY THROUGH GRACE MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMENTORS 4 KIDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetJOHN A LOGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC: $500 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.

Fred G Harrison Found…Broemmel FoundationFreedom Foundation IncSouthern Illinois Hos…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fred G Harrison FoundationIL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fred G Harrison Foundation · Broemmel Foundation · Freedom Foundation Inc · Southern Illinois Hospital Services · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Watermark Auto Group Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Watermark Auto Group 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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