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Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco Foundation at a glance

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Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2021
2,965
Grants FY2021
43
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Charities Aid Foundation America, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 546 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

481
’20
546
’21
633
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

International$3.5MEnvironment$1.5MArts & Culture$1.2MPhilanthropy$1.2MEducation$1.1MHealth$1.1MEmployment$605kYouth Development$299kOther$0
02FY2021 · 2965 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k2944 grants · $429k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $182k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $775k
  • $250k+3 grants · $850k
$30
Median grant
43
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$350,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC$250,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA$250,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$125,000
N A A C P LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC$125,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GEORGIA INC$125,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO ATLANTA INC$100,000
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM$100,000
CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY PRESERVATION$50,000
ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC$50,000
THE HENRY W GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC$50,000
3DE NATIONAL LLC$50,000
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION$40,000
FEEDING AMERICA$26,502
KALEIDEUM$25,000
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 (FY20–22, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LOFT THE LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER INC: $2k → 9%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $500 → 11%SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC: $501 → 16%ONE HEART FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC: $490 → 13%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES NORTHWEST FLORIDA: $384 → 16%CAMP HIGH HOPES: $750 → 13%HOSPICE OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $500 → 9%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN INC: $500 → 14%BOYS2MEN HOME AND SANCTUARY FOR YOUTH INC: $500 → 15%SUNSHINE FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 18%TOTAL ACTION AGAINST POVERTY IN ROANOKE VALLEY: $490 → 20%NEW HOPE CENTER INC: $1k → 11%LOFT THE LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER INC: $1k → 9%SET FREE INC: $500 → 13%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $825 → 16%HOSPICE OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $500 → 9%NEW HOPE CENTER INC: $750 → 11%NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INCORPORATED: $454 → 7%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $390 → 16%WELLSTON CENTER: $500 → 21%PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $300 → 4%NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INCORPORATED: $337 → 7%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $379 → 16%WELLSTON CENTER: $465 → 21%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $371 → 16%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $333 → 16%HANDS OF LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $390 → 8%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $332 → 16%HANDS OF LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $319 → 8%ARK OF NASSAU: $337 → 7%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $314 → 16%HANDS OF LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $308 → 8%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $312 → 16%COVENANT HOSPICE INC: $303 → 16%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $1k → 22%YMCA OF GREATER RICHMOND: $1k → 22%HIGHLANDS CHRISTMAS MOTHER INC: $2k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $300 → 14%COMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $404 → 14%NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CHARITIES INC: $500 → 13%EPISCOPAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1k → 14%EPISCOPAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $405 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $375 → 14%FURNITURE BANK OF METRO ATLANTA INC: $1k → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS INC: $970 → 13%FURNITURE BANK OF METRO ATLANTA INC: $638 → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA INC: $25k → 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

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OH
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MO
KY
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VA
MD
AZ
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SC
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HI
OK
LA
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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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 28% of Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 479 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

479 repeat relationships: 442 still active in FY2021, 37 since wound down; 500 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

479
210

Total granted

$6.6M
$361k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+28%

Still filing today

78%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $556k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $600k · revenue +62%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $496k · revenue +78%
  • THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
    2× · 2020–2022 · $450k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • JF
    Jobs for America's Graduates Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +7%
  • CF
    Center for Excellence in Education
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +2%
  • CI
    Communities in Schools of Atlanta Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +109%
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
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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3
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
4
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
5
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
10
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
11
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
12
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is The Cheryl Lyn Welter Family Charitable Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

927 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 927 of the 1,205 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
181
Early backer (in before they grew)
901/927
Grantees still filing
648/927
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $3,089,470 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICATHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $500,200 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA …THE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $350,250 · PhilanthropyTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC+25 more: $550,852 · Philanthropy+25 moreIndividual grant recipient: $1,050,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE: $450,000 · OtherTHE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTECHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA: $250,050 · OtherCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA3DE NATIONAL LLC: $200,430 · Other3DE NATIONAL LLCNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $125,295 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $125,259 · OtherCenter for Heirs' Property Preservation: $150,000 · Other+115 more: $865,919 · Other+115 moreROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $600,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WO…INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $300,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATION…SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC: $81,138 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUS…Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $80,128 · Arts & CultureVirginia Mu…+5 more: $85,448 · Arts & Culture+5 moreAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $495,500 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FO…NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $250,004 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AR…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $145,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST F…JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $100,500 · EnvironmentJAMES RIVER…TREES ATLANTA INC: $55,690 · Environment+8 more: $85,705 · Environment+8 moreJunior Achievement of Georgia: $376,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL VA INC: $50,000 · InternationalThe Global FoodBanking Network: $38,390 · International+3 more: $7,710 · InternationalCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $250,992 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $28,782 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $28,079 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $26,697 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $14,280 · Health+7 more: $23,618 · HealthBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $231,838 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $14,318 · Youth Development+8 more: $25,391 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$4,490,772Other$3,216,953Arts & Culture$1,146,714Environment$1,132,399International$472,100Health$372,448Youth Development$271,547

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $3,089,470 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $600,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $500,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $495,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE: $450,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia: $376,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $350,250 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $300,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $250,992 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $250,004 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $231,838 over 3y, 0.6% of budget3DE NATIONAL LLC: $200,430 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCenter for Heirs' Property Preservation: $150,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $145,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRIDENT UNITED WAY: $138,839 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $127,975 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $125,295 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $125,259 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $100,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJobs for America's Graduates Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA FOUNDATION INC: $81,138 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetVirginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $80,128 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FLORENCE COUNTY: $57,943 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTREES ATLANTA INC: $55,690 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding America: $52,303 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $50,821 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCenter for Excellence in Education: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL VA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetThe Global FoodBanking Network: $38,390 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST VERMONT INC: $36,183 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $28,782 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $28,079 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $26,697 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $26,136 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChastain Park Conservancy Inc: $25,538 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Atlanta Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF RICHMOND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKALEIDEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVirginia Capitol Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $22,995 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHistorical Society of West Point Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATTOX RIVER: $20,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetGreater Allegheny United Fund: $19,542 over 2y, 32% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH WOOD & ADAMS COUNTIES INC: $19,132 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $17,434 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $15,841 over 3y, 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Imlay Foundation …Tr Uw Charles I BrananUnited Way of Northwe…The Community Foundat…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainThe Mary Morton Parso…Assurant FoundationRobert G Cabell III a…Community Foundation …Betty and Davis Fitzg…The Goizueta Foundati…The Pauley Family Fou…
The Imlay Foundation IncGA42.9× affinity28 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Imlay Foundation Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · United Way of Northwest Florida Inc · The Community Foundation Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Assurant Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation Inc · The Goizueta Foundation Inc · The Pauley Family 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 Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • North Florida Child Development Inc: 80% of income from government
  • Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy Center Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Episcopal Children's Services Inc: 42% of income from government
  • United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Elder Care Services Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Watkinson School: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Northwest Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Northeast Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
68report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Westrock Foundation F/K/A Meadwestvaco 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 1205 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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