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Werner Family Foundation at a glance

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Werner Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$36
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$36
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$82kRecreation & Sports$40kYouth Development$35kHealth$20kEducation$15kArts & Culture$13kFood & Nutrition$9kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$36
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust$36
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 (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $1k → 13%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

ME
NY
MA
IN
NE
VA
MD
TN
SC
GA
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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42k · 5 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +197% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
23

Total granted

$42k
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+197%
+32%

Still filing today

80%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MT
    MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2022 · $9k · revenue +56%
  • AS
    AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $9k · revenue +197%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $9k · revenue +267%

Funded once

  • AC
    ATLANTA CHARITY CLAYS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue -17%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $35k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
2
Fernbank Inc

Fernbank museum of natural history inspires a lifelong learning of natural history through immersive programming and unmatched experiences to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its inhabitants. fernbank is dedicated to…

Arts & Culture
3
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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4
Museum of the American Revolution

The museum of the american revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked america's ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.

Arts & Culture
5
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
6
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
7
Acmg Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

Support the american college of medical genetics and genomics' (acmg) educational mission to "translate genes into health" by raising funds to attract the next generation of medical geneticists and genetic counselors, to sponsor important…

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8
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
International Crane Foundation Inc

The international crane foundation works worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds, and flyways on which they depend. we provide knowledge, leadership, and inspiration to engage people in resolving threats to cranes and…

Animals
11
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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12
Mercy for Animals Inc

Mercy for animals' mission is to construct a compassionate food system that is not just kind to animals but essential for the future of our planet and all who share it. our vision of a world where animals are respected, protected, and free…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Progeria Research 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

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 30 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $72,925 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRU…MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $8,500 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $35,305 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAAutism Inspired Academy: $10,000 · OtherAutism Inspired AcademyTHE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC: $8,500 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientQDMA: $5,000 · OtherQDMAYOU LUCKY DOG RESCUE AND SANCTUARY INC: $3,550 · Other+12 more: $10,911 · Other+12 moreATLANTA CHARITY CLAYS INC: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentATLANTA CHARITY CLA…AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC: $8,500 · Food & NutritionPROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $6,900 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $1,000 · HealthTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationRalston College Inc: $2,000 · Education
Philanthropy$83,425Other$78,266Youth Development$40,000Food & Nutrition$8,500Health$7,900Arts & Culture$7,700Education$6,000

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 budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $72,925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA CHARITY CLAYS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC: $8,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetPROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $6,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOU LUCKY DOG RESCUE AND SANCTUARY INC: $3,550 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDEE NORTON LOWCOUNTRY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRalston College Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Panhandle Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFURKIDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShe Is Safe Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MIMOSA HALL & GARDENS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Werner Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Werner Family Foundation. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Werner Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Werner Family 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 30 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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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