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Watly 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.

$111k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$346kPhilanthropy$5kHealth$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kReligion$2kHousing & Shelter$1kFood & Nutrition$750Arts & Culture$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $700
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$200
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHILLIPS ACADEMY$100,000
SACRED HEART SCHOOLS$10,000
NATIONAL CHILDRENS CANCER SOCIETY INC$200
CANCER RESEARCH AMERICA NFCR$200
MARCH OF DIMES$150
SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC$100
NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER$50
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 (FY22–22, $50) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50 → 14%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
IL
WI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
MO
MD
GA
TX
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$247k · 12 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
19

Total granted

$247k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-9%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalArts & 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

  • NF
    National Foundation For Cancer Research
    4× · 2021–2025 · $350 · revenue +10%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER
    4× · 2021–2025 · $200 · revenue +83%
  • LP
    LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH
    4× · 2020–2024 · $175 · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SHS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +342%
  • TT
    THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • SG
    SHANGHAI GUISHENG HEALTHCARE CONSULTING FIRM
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
2
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
3
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
8
Palo Alto University Inc

Advancing human understanding through education, research, and practice in behavioral science

Education
9
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
10
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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11
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
12
Public Health Institute

Public health institute generates and promotes research, leadership and partnerships to build capacity for strong public health policy, programs, systems and practices.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The National Children's Cancer Society; the most unlike its peers is The Shs Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
12/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON: $235,000 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON+16 more: $8,908 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMYPALO ALTO PARTNERS IN EDUCATION: $7,500 · EducationPALO ALTO PARTNERS IN EDUCATION+1 more: $653 · EducationTHE SHS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $2,100 · HealthNational Foundation For Cancer Research: $350 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $300 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $175 · Health+3 more: $175 · HealthSOUTH PALO ALTO FOOD CLOSET: $500 · Food & NutritionFREE MEALS ON WHEELS: $100 · Food & NutritionHEART AND HOME COLLABORATIVE: $500 · Public BenefitPALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE BOOSTERS: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$243,908Education$108,153Philanthropy$5,000Health$3,100Food & Nutrition$600Public Benefit$500Arts & Culture$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 budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALO ALTO PARTNERS IN EDUCATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $653 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART AND HOME COLLABORATIVE: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation For Cancer Research: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CANCER SOCIETY: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER: $200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $175 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREE MEALS ON WHEELS: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRise Together Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERSEALS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA10.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Watly Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Watly Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–50%
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 Watly Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Watly 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 32 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home