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Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund Inc

The organization's mission is to raise funds and then donate those funds to charities which promote health, wellness, healing and research of deadly diseases.

$197k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
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.

Health$592kHuman Services$80kPhilanthropy$70kEducation$45kYouth Development$35kCrime & Legal$20kArts & Culture$10kReligion$10k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $164,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $197,150 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $32,650 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$313k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital$25,000
National MS Society$25,000
Bridges Domestic Violence Center$22,000
Father Ryan High School$12,500
Make-A-Wish Foundation$10,000
Trucking for a Cure TN$10,000
Room in the Inn$10,000
Pat Summitt Foundation$10,000
YWCA Nashville$10,000
Dismas House of Nashville$10,000
Folds of Honor$10,000
Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Path United: $10k → 11%William Franklin Buchanan Community Development Corporation: $25k → 14%Alive Hospice Inc: $10k → 14%Make A Wish of Middle Tennessee Inc: $10k → 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

IL
NY
CO
AZ
TN
DC
OK
GA
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$637k · 12 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$637k
$135k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+4%

Still filing today

83%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $200k · revenue +4%
  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    3× · 2022–2025 · $75k · revenue +35%
  • YWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE
    3× · 2022–2025 · $45k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • BB
    BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -37%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +25%
  • WF
    William F Buchanan CDCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue ×21
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
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
2
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
3
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
4
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
5
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
8
Fort Loudoun Medical Center

Fort Loudoun Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
9
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
10
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
11
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
12
Au Medical Center Inc

Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Trucking for a Cure. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 23 of the 27 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)
3
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

NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $200,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY: $127,000 · HealthBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTYVanderbilt University Medical Center: $75,000 · HealthVanderbilt University Medical CenterEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION: $30,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGIONSurvivor Fitness Foundation: $25,248 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 · HealthCENTERSTONE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $45,000 · OtherYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDL…ROOM IN THE INN INC: $30,000 · OtherROOM IN THE INN INCFATHER RYAN HIGH SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherFATHER RYAN HIGH SCHOO…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $20,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION…DISMAS INC: $20,000 · OtherDISMAS INCPAT SUMMITT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherPAT SUMMITT FOUNDATIONLiberty's Station: $10,000 · OtherLiberty's StationTrucking For A Cure: $10,000 · OtherTrucking For A Cure+2 more: $150 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMU…EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyEAST TENN…William F Buchanan CDC: $25,000 · Human ServicesPATH UNITED INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesALIVE HOSPICE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $10,000 · Human ServicesBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationOPERATION ANDREW GROUP INC: $10,000 · Religion
Health$512,248Other$170,150Philanthropy$70,000Human Services$55,000Youth Development$25,000Education$20,000Religion$10,000

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 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $200,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY: $127,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA NASHVILLE & MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSurvivor Fitness Foundation: $25,248 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam F Buchanan CDC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTERSTONE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDISMAS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION ANDREW GROUP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPATH UNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIVE HOSPICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrucking For A Cure: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ANDREW JACKSON POLICE YOUTH CAMP INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Fallen Officer Foundation: $50 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.

Hca Healthcare Founda…The Community Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Enchiridion FoundationDettwiller FoundationThe Frist FoundationMemorial Foundation I…United Way of Middle …Baird Foundation IncRyman Hospitality Pro…Tennessee Titans Foun…Dorothy Cate and Thom…
Hca Healthcare FoundationTN19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Enchiridion Foundation · Dettwiller Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation · Tennessee Titans Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist 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 Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund Inc. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Wayne M Wise Wellness Fund 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 27 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 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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