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Whispering Fox Foundation at a glance

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Whispering Fox 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.

$675k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.4MPublic Benefit$1.2MCivil Rights$833kRecreation & Sports$537kInternational$294kPublic Safety & Disaster$262kAnimals$255kHuman Services$225kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $175k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$500,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TURNING POINT USA NFP$500,000
FRIENDS OF THE CALVERAS COUNTY FAIR$174,875
02The need
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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 (FY17–22, $215k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Faith Lodge: $10k → 11%Freedom Service Dogs: $30k → 8%Silver Key Senior Services: $30k → 9%Silver Key Senior Services: $50k → 9%Silver Key Senior Services: $40k → 9%Silver Key Senior Services: $30k → 9%SILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES: $25k → 9%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

MT
MN
IL
NY
OR
NV
IN
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 18 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
6

Total granted

$5.3M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
+436%

Still filing today

89%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationHealthInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • TP
    TURNING POINT USA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +190%
  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    6× · 2019–2024 · $833k · revenue +97%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR
    6× · 2020–2025 · $537k · revenue +281% · 55% of their budget

Funded once

  • FS
    FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +26%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $22k · revenue +436%
  • CL
    CHILD LOSS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +441%
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
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Inc

The tahoe nordic search and rescue team (tnsar) ... was conceived in 1976 as a response to the death of a boy lost off the back side of northstar-at-tahoe ski area during a blizzard. there was, at the time, no organized backcountry team to…

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5
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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6
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
7
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
8
The National Association of State Workforce Agencies

The national association of state workforce agencies (naswa) mission is to enhance the state workforce agencies' ability to accomplish their goals, statutory roles and responsibilities.

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9
Federation for American Immigration Reform

The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.

International
10
Sweet Dreams Senior Pet Sanctuary

The mission of sweet dreams senior pet sanctuary is to support elderly individuals who can no longer care for their senior pets by providing a safe and loving home for their cherished companions. the sanctuary offers two primary programs…

Animals
11
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
12
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Forest Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Calaveras County Fair. 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

19 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. 19 of the 24 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TURNING POINT USA INC: $1,210,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCDuke Cancer Institute: $648,742 · OtherDuke Cancer InstituteStep Denver: $120,000 · OtherSILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $175,000 · OtherSILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES INCSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Other+10 more: $286,175 · Other+10 moreALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $833,000 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFENDIN…Life Network: $411,800 · HealthLife NetworkSpecial Kids-Special Families Inc: $261,890 · HealthSpecial Kids-S…FRIENDS OF THE CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR: $536,575 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF …NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $21,600 · Recreation & SportsFAITH IN PRACTICE: $156,428 · InternationalTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $117,500 · InternationalEL PASO COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE INC: $261,592 · Public Safety & DisasterHumane World for Animals Inc: $255,000 · Animals
Other$2,529,917Civil Rights$833,000Health$673,690Recreation & Sports$558,175International$273,928Public Safety & Disaster$261,592Animals$255,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,210,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $833,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR: $536,575 over 6y, 55% of budgetLife Network: $411,800 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetSpecial Kids-Special Families Inc: $261,890 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetEL PASO COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE INC: $261,592 over 4y, 37% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $255,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $175,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFAITH IN PRACTICE: $156,428 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetStep Denver: $120,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $117,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE FLIGHTS: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $21,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST LOGGING MUSEUM: $20,100 over 2y, 32% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $19,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD LOSS FOUNDATION: $10,275 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR ↗
  • Who funds Life Network ↗
  • Who funds Special Kids-Special Families Inc ↗
  • Who funds EL PASO COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds SILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH IN PRACTICE ↗
  • Who funds Step Denver ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE FLIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC NORTHWEST LOGGING MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds CHILD LOSS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Colorado Springs Heal…El Pomar FoundationColorado Gives Founda…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Springs Health FoundationCO13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Springs Health Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · 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 Whispering Fox Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Whispering Fox Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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 24 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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    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
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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