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Wegman Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Wegman Family Charitable 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$700k
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 2024.

Education$5.8MPhilanthropy$1.9MHuman Services$661kFood & Nutrition$350kHealth$310kCommunity Improvement$150kRecreation & Sports$125kArts & Culture$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $627k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$700,000
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$612,500
EQUICENTER INC$100,000
UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY$80,000
LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC$75,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK$62,000
MFC FOUNDATION$60,000
ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
FOODLINK INC$50,000
VERTUS HIGH SCHOOL$50,000
NEW YORK KITCHEN$50,000
GREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$50,000
THE HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC$25,000
ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $461k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%Rochester Rotary Charitable Trusts Inc: $226k → 14%Daystar Kids: $100k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $75k → 14%LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $50k → 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.
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 11 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
16

Total granted

$5.7M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+9%

Still filing today

64%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • ER
    ENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $2.0M · revenue +76%
  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +55%
  • SA
    ST ANN'S FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $200k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • BK
    BISHOP KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • ES
    EDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $375k · revenue +40%
  • RR
    ROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITABLE TRUSTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $226k · revenue +99% · 29% of their budget
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
Rochester General College of Health Careers

The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.

Education
2
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
3
Rit Global Delivery Corporation

Provide administrative and other support services to academic programs sponsored by rochester institute of technology both in the united states and abroad.

Education
4
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
5
United Memorial Medical Center Foundation Inc

To raise and manage funds in support of united memorial medical center and it's affiliates.

Health
6
Rochesterworks Inc

The rochesterworks system stimulates local economic growth by providing outstanding employment education, support, and training services.

Employment
7
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
8
One Roc Inc

The company's mission is to create new jobs, increase regional wealth, raise regional gdp and enhance opportunity; to invest in a world-class economic development ecosystem where incumbent businesses are thriving, new firms are locating,…

Community Improvement
9
Rochester Area Foundation

Building and enhancing the quality of life in the greater rochester area through philanthropic leadership and community partnerships.

Philanthropy
10
Rochester Downtown Alliance

To create, enhance, and promote a downtown experience that is welcoming, fun, and livable.

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11
Unity Health System Inc

Unity health system inc. provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
12
United Way of Greater Rochester Inc

United way of greater rochester's mission is to unite the good will and resources of the greater rochester community so that everyone can thrive. united way supports a broad network of human service organizations, community initiatives and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stop Foodborne Illness Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 37 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
15/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC: $2,000,000 · EducationENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INCUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $1,531,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTEREDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC: $375,000 · EducationEDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INCGREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Education+1 more: $50,000 · EducationMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 · OtherMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIO…Our Lady of Mercy High School: $525,000 · OtherOur Lady of Mercy High SchoolBISHOP KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL: $500,000 · OtherBISHOP KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOLGOLDBERG CHARITABLE CORPORATION TO: $350,000 · OtherGOLDBERG CHARITABLE CORPORATION TOMFC FOUNDATION: $180,000 · OtherMFC FOUNDATIONNATIONAL COMPASSION FUND: $100,000 · OtherCMAC FRIENDS OF CMAC: $100,000 · OtherUnited Way of Greater Rochester: $100,000 · OtherVeterans Outreach Center Inc: $100,000 · Other+7 more: $275,000 · Other+7 moreROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $850,000 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER AREA …UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $380,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF B…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $62,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITABLE TRUSTS INC: $225,500 · Human ServicesLIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesDAYSTAR FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN D/B/A DAYSTAR KIDS: $100,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesST ANN'S FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · HealthEQUICENTER INC: $100,000 · HealthROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthGOLDBERG CHARITABLE CORPORATION TO IMPROVE THE FOOD SYSTEM INC: $150,000 · Food & NutritionTHE NEW YORK STATE WINE AND CULINARY CENTER INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionSTOP FOODBORNE ILLNESS INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFOODLINK INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $125,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$4,106,000Other$2,930,000Philanthropy$1,302,000Human Services$460,500Health$350,000Food & Nutrition$300,000Recreation & Sports$125,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetENCOMPASS RESOURCES FOR LEARNING INC: $2,000,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $1,531,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $850,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $380,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetEDUCATION SUCCESS FOUNDATION INC: $375,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITABLE TRUSTS INC: $225,500 over 1y, 29% of budgetST ANN'S FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetGOLDBERG CHARITABLE CORPORATION TO IMPROVE THE FOOD SYSTEM INC: $150,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetLIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDAYSTAR FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN D/B/A DAYSTAR KIDS: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetVeterans Outreach Center Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEQUICENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $62,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMERCY FLIGHT CENTRAL INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVERTUS CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NEW YORK STATE WINE AND CULINARY CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSTOP FOODBORNE ILLNESS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PRODUCE SAFETY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSIDE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Max and Marian Farash…Rochester Area Commun…Summers Foundation IncEsl Charitable Founda…William & Sheila Kona…Greater Rochester Hea…Paychex Charitable Fo…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Rochester Area Commun…United Way of Greater…Charles J & Burton S …The Sands Family Foun…
Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationNY32.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Summers Foundation Inc · Esl Charitable Foundation · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · The Sands Family 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 Wegman Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wegman Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Wegman Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wegman Family Charitable 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 37 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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