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Wgg 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.

$10k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$59kReligion$25kFood & Nutrition$17kHousing & Shelter$16kArts & Culture$13kEducation$10kInternational$9kHealth$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$436k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHSIDE INTERCOMMUNITY AGENCY$5,000
INTERNATIONAL TREASURE HOUSE MINISTRIES$2,000
LEWISVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,000
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION$1,000
OPERATION KINDNESS$500
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 (FY21–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%DAY STAR LIFE CENTER: $5k → 12%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $3k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS: $3k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $500 → 11%MEALS ON WHEELS: $8k → 11%MEALS ON WHEELS: $2k → 11%MEALS ON WHEELS: $1k → 11%NORTHSIDE INTER-COMMUNITY AGENCY: $30k → 11%NORTHSIDE INTER-COMMUNITY AGENCY: $6k → 11%NORTHSIDE INTERCOMMUNITY AGENCY: $5k → 11%WEST AID: $3k → 11%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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$97k · 10 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$97k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+19%

Still filing today

100%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS
    3× · 2021–2023 · $11k · revenue +19%
  • CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $10k · revenue +15%
  • IT
    INT'L TREASURE HOUSE MINISTRIES
    3× · 2021–2024 · $9k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • AH
    ARLINGTON HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • DL
    DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +31%
  • FU
    FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
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
Target Hunger Inc

The mission of Target Hunger is to alleviate hunger and its root causes in the Houston neighborhoods we serve. Target Hunger is on the front lines of hunger every day through its food distribution system that includes multiple food…

Human Services
2
Lighthouse for the Homeless

The only free day shelter in the area comprised of a collection of community agencies and service providers, all focused on a single mission: ending homelessness in tarrant county.

Human Services
3
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc

The purpose of the organization is to transform the lives of homeless men, women, and children by providing crucial services to end their crisis of homelessness.

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4
Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness Inc

To get our neighbors experiencing homelessness off the street through proactive outreach and services and provide placement in a program that will help them get "home."

Human Services
5
West Florida Foster Care Services

Faith based organization providing foster care recruitment, training, licensing, and support to its foster parents and families throughout Hillsborough County and the surrounding areas.

Religion
6
Our Daily Bread Tampa Bay Inc

Our Daily Bread Tampa Bay provides food and other services to needy families and Veterans in Tampa Bay.

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7
Lighthouse Ministries Inc

Lighthouse ministries, inc. is set apart by the spirit of god to communicate the gospel of jesus christ to meet the physical, emotional, and other needs of the poor and at-risk population.

Religion
8
Christian Care Center Inc

Transformed lives leading to stronger families and real life in Christ

Human Services
9
St Francis House

Empowering families with chidren to achieve permanent and stable self-sufficiency by providing case management; nutritious meals; and educational, health and career resources; in a safe and secure environment.

Housing & Shelter
10
Christian Service Center for Central Florida Inc

To create housing solutions, provide compassionate homeless day services, and work alongside partners to inspire community action.

Human Services
11
Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry

To respond to the growing need in our community by providing immediate assistance to residents of Concord, Kannapolis, and Cabarrus County, NC who are experiencing crisis in the areas of food, shelter or finances while providing them…

—
12
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Daystar Life Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Parc 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

20 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. 20 of the 29 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHSIDE INTERCOMMUNITY AGENCY INC: $40,500 · Human ServicesNORTHSIDE INTERCOMMUNITY AGENCY INCMEALS ON WHEELS: $11,400 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELSDAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesDAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INCCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $3,900 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVESUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $3,400 · Human ServicesWESTAID: $3,400 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesARLINGTON HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST: $20,300 · OtherARLINGTON HEIGHTS UNITED METHODISTFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $4,400 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHUMCOR: $3,000 · OtherUMCORSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $2,500 · OtherAMERICAN STAGE THEATER: $2,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $2,000 · OtherSTUDIO 360: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ORLANDO: $2,000 · OtherMETHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC: $1,750 · OtherDAY RESOURCE CENTER FOR HOMELESS: $2,500 · OtherPARC FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · OtherVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $2,000 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCHRISTIAN…THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $3,400 · Housing & ShelterTHE PRESB…Lewisville Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationLABORATORY THEATER OF FLORIDA INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureSt Petersburg City Theatre Incorporated: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSALVADOR DALI MUSEUM INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureINT'L TREASURE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $8,650 · InternationalOPERATION KINDNESS: $3,000 · Animals
Human Services$69,600Other$49,450Housing & Shelter$13,400Education$10,000Arts & Culture$9,000International$8,650Animals$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTHSIDE INTERCOMMUNITY AGENCY INC: $40,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $11,400 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetLewisville Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINT'L TREASURE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $8,650 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLABORATORY THEATER OF FLORIDA INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $3,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $3,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $3,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTAID: $3,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAY RESOURCE CENTER FOR HOMELESS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSELAH FREEDOM INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARC FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSALVADOR DALI MUSEUM INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMETHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …The Morris FoundationAmon G Carter Foundat…Sid W Richardson Foun…Thomas M Helen McKee …Communities Foundatio…Amon G Carter-Star Te…Paul E Andrews Jr Fou…The Ninnie L Baird Fo…Ken W Davis FoundationRainwater Charitable …United Way of Tarrant…
Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxTX17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · The Morris Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · The Ninnie L Baird Foundation · Ken W Davis Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · United Way of Tarrant County

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 Wgg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wgg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 53%
  • Selah Freedom Inc: 53% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 29 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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