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Wdg 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.

$54k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$138kHealth$104kReligion$41kArts & Culture$31kFood & Nutrition$27kCommunity Improvement$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kHousing & Shelter$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$872k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALIFORNIA LINE DANCE ASSOCIATION O$4,000
CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER$3,000
CHINESE HOSPITAL$3,000
PVA$2,700
ON LOK$2,500
AACI$2,500
SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN LIONS CLUB$2,000
SORRISAR DENTAL HEALTH INC$2,000
TAI CHI YUEN FOUNDATION$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
SELF HELP OF ELDERLY$2,000
CHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CEN$1,500
AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
MILLS-PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY18–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $800 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $800 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $300 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $200 → 14%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $4k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 10%CHINESE NEWCOMERS SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 10%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
SD
OH
PA
CA
NE
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$378k · 51 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
16

Total granted

$378k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+3%

Still filing today

49%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CH
    CHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $17k · revenue +15%
  • TA
    THE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $16k · revenue +133%
  • OL
    ON LOK INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +218%

Funded once

  • GJ
    GORDON J LAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • Working Partnerships USA
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -49%
  • GN
    GORDON N CHAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CE
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
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
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
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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4
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
5
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
6
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
7
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
8
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
9
Sutter Valley 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
10
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
11
Adventist Health SystemWest

Living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.

Health
12
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cityteam Ministries; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Guzheng Music Society. 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

35 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. 35 of the 74 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)
34/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SELF HELP OF ELDERLY: $85,814 · OtherSELF HELP OF ELDERLYTAI CHI YUEN FOUNDATION: $19,500 · OtherTAI CHI YUEN FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN LIONS CLUB: $10,000 · OtherALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $9,000 · Other+48 more: $124,465 · Other+48 moreCHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $17,000 · HealthCHINESE HOSPITAL AS…THE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $16,000 · HealthTHE ASIAN AMERICANS…ON LOK INC: $15,000 · HealthON LOK INCAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $4,300 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOC…SONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH INC: $3,500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,500 · HealthWorking Partnerships USA: $3,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,450 · Health+3 more: $6,250 · Health+3 moreChinese Newcomers Service Center: $25,490 · Human ServicesChinese Ne…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,600 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WA…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCALIFORNIA LINE DANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $28,600 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,300 · Arts & CultureCHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $9,000 · Housing & ShelterSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $9,000 · Food & NutritionOPERATION SMILE INC: $6,250 · InternationalGIVE2ASIA: $2,000 · International
Other$248,779Health$71,000Human Services$38,090Arts & Culture$29,900Housing & Shelter$9,000Food & Nutrition$9,000International$8,250

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 budgetCALIFORNIA LINE DANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $28,600 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetChinese Newcomers Service Center: $25,490 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetON LOK INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN LIONS CLUB: $10,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetCHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHarper For Kids Inc: $6,800 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $6,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC: $6,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRICHMOND EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY: $5,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $5,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $4,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWorking Partnerships USA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE2ASIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILLS-PENINSULA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSBOROUGH BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARED BLESSINGS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300 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.

  • Who funds CALIFORNIA LINE DANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Chinese Newcomers Service Center ↗
  • Who funds CHINESE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ON LOK INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN LIONS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds CHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Harper For Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds RICHMOND EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds CITYTEAM MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Silicon Valley Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds Working Partnerships USA ↗
  • Who funds Swim Across America Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗

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.

United Way of the Bay…Silicon Valley Commun…Pov & May Tov Family …Robert J Louie Memori…San Francisco Associa…Sutter Bay HospitalsThe David and Lucile …East Bay Community Fo…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…The Bank of America C…
United Way of the Bay AreaCA17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Bay Area · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Pov & May Tov Family Foundation · Robert J Louie Memorial Fund · San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Wdg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wdg Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report 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.

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 74 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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