Skip to content
Wendy and Douglas Topkis Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Wendy and Douglas Topkis Charitable 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.

$134k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Philanthropy$119kArts & Culture$41kEducation$31kHealth$15kScience & Tech$10kReligion$9kHuman Services$8kInternational$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $34k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,044
Median grant
8
States reached
$154k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PB$50,150
THE SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS$12,800
TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY$11,515
THE INNOVATE$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM (AFMDA)$7,200
HOW HEARING THE OVARIAN CANCER WHISPER$5,650
RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL$5,000
PROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA$5,000
RAYMOND KRAVIS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS$5,000
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$3,500
STEPHEN WISE FREE SYNAGOGUE$3,044
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM$2,588
PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION$2,000
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY$2,000
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 (FY23–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GETINCLUDED INC: $500 → 7%KAVOD: $720 → 12%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

NH
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
AZ
SC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$197k · 12 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$197k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity 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

  • TO
    Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $19k · revenue +30%
  • RC
    RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +6%
  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $6k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +5%
  • PA
    PENNSYLVANIA ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • TA
    TAMAQUA AREA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
4
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
5
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
8
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
9
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
10
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
11
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Friends of Magen David Adom; the most unlike its peers is Brecker-Metal Foundation 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

21 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. 21 of the 36 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF PB: $100,150 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF PBTHE SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS: $22,800 · OtherTHE SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTSDARTMOUTH COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherDARTMOUTH COLLEGERAYMOND KRAVIS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $10,000 · OtherRAYMOND KRAVIS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTSTHE INNOVATE: $10,000 · OtherTHE INNOVATESTEPHEN WISE FREE SYNAGOGUE: $8,444 · OtherPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Other+12 more: $12,321 · Other+12 moreRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationRIVERDALE…LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationLEHIGH UN…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,680 · EducationTRUSTEES …+2 more: $430 · EducationTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $18,755 · PhilanthropyTown of P…Brecker-Metal Foundation INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $2,588 · Arts & CultureDEVILS YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $5,000 · HealthPENNSYLVANIA ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE: $3,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $560 · HealthAKTIV AGAINST CANCER INC: $500 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $7,200 · InternationalTAMAQUA AREA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$179,715Education$20,110Philanthropy$19,755Arts & Culture$10,088Health$9,310International$7,200Community Improvement$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $18,755 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDEVILS YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTAMAQUA AREA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrecker-Metal Foundation INC: $1,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetKAVOD: $720 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGETINCLUDED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAKTIV AGAINST CANCER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $180 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Wendy and Douglas Topkis Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wendy and Douglas Topkis Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 36 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Wendy and Douglas Topkis’ filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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