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WHW Family 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.

$81k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$9k
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.

Human Services$119kHealth$111kPublic Safety & Disaster$92kArts & Culture$56kInternational$34kAnimals$32kEducation$30kCrime & Legal$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROADWORK INC$9,000
MAXS KANSAS CITY PROJECT INC$5,000
WELCOMING NEIGHBORS NETWORK$5,000
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC$5,000
CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION$4,500
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$3,500
OPTOMETRY GIVING SIGHT$3,500
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$3,000
NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$3,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION$3,000
RADY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO$3,000
SEMPER FI & AMERICAS FUND$3,000
MERCY FLIGHT SOUTHEAST INC$3,000
CENTER STAGE PLAYERS AND ARTS$3,000
SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$3,000
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 (FY17–25, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CDF FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $7k → 12%ENVISION INC: $2k → 16%CDF FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%CDF FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $4k → 12%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5k → 17%ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDATION INC: $6k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $3k → 11%FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $2k → 11%ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 14%ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $3k → 17%ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 14%ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 14%HER SONG JACKSONVILLE INC: $6k → 14%HER SONG JACKSONVILLE INC: $2k → 14%HER SONG JACKSONVILLE INC: $500 → 14%HER SONG JACKSONVILLE INC: $5k → 14%HER SONG JACKSONVILLE INC: $3k → 14%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

AK
VT
MN
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
NE
MD
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$492k · 32 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
15

Total granted

$492k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+10%

Still filing today

81%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • MF
    Mercy Flight SE Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast
    8× · 2018–2025 · $33k · revenue +15%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $33k · revenue +99%
  • CRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +475%

Funded once

  • NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -21%
  • LC
    LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +55%
  • TD
    Think Dignitygraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +46%
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
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
2
Via Art Fund Inc

Via art fund is a nonprofit organization where art patrons join forces as partners in a new model of philanthropy to support visionary initiatives in art.

Arts & Culture
3
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
4
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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5
Sing for Hope Inc

Sing for hope harnesses the power of the arts to create a better world. our creative programs bring hope, healing, and connection to millions of people in hospitals, schools, care facilities, and public spaces worldwide. a non-profit…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc

To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.

Health
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Soundexchange Inc

Soundexchange is the premier music tech organization on a mission to power the (see schedule o)

Community Improvement
10
American Composers Forum

To advocate for and support living composers

Arts & Culture
11
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
12
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Roadwork Center for Cultures in Disputed Territories. 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

52 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. 52 of the 61 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/52
Grantees still filing
27/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mercy Flight SE Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast: $33,000 · HealthMercy Flight SE Inc dba…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $32,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESE…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $18,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISASTER SEARC…PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN INC: $9,500 · HealthPARENTS OF MURDERED CHI…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $9,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NO…Sharp Memorial Hospital: $7,000 · HealthSharp Memorial Hospital+4 more: $12,000 · Health+4 moreMaxs Kansas City Project: $34,000 · Human ServicesMaxs Kansas City Pr…THE ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDA: $17,500 · Human ServicesTHE ALLISON BRUNDIC…Her Song Jacksonville Inc: $16,000 · Human ServicesHer Song Jacksonvil…CAL FIRE BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $16,000 · Human ServicesCAL FIRE BENEVOLENT…NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAG…+3 more: $6,500 · Human Services+3 moreROADWORK INC: $14,000 · OtherROADWORK INCSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY: $13,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVAT…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,500 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICACALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $8,500 · OtherKURDISH REFUGEE RELIEF FOUNDATION: $8,236 · OtherTrinity Rescue Mission Inc: $7,000 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $17,000 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUN…THE JUSTICE COALITION INC: $23,000 · OtherTHE JUSTICE COALITION INCThe Independence Fund Inc: $17,000 · OtherThe Independence Fund IncTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $12,000 · OtherTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA+16 more: $53,000 · Other+16 moreCRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: $32,000 · PhilanthropyCRAFT EMERG…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $18,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE…OPTOMETRY GIVING SIGHT: $3,500 · PhilanthropyOPTOMETRY G…THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyROADWORK CENTER FOR CULTURES IN DISPUTED TERRITORIES: $13,000 · Arts & CultureROADWORK …ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureARTISTS F…LITTLE MOZART FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureLITTLE MO…NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK …LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN C…Burnon Inc dba Rubicon Theatre Company: $3,000 · Arts & CultureBurnon In…NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNEW WEST …VENTURA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $3,000 · Arts & CultureVENTURA C…+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $17,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $14,000 · InternationalHEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · InternationalK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $31,500 · Animals
Health$121,000Human Services$98,000Other$183,236Philanthropy$56,500Arts & Culture$49,500International$34,000Animals$31,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMaxs Kansas City Project: $34,000 over 9y, 23% of budgetMercy Flight SE Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast: $33,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $32,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: $32,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $31,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JUSTICE COALITION INC: $23,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDA: $17,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetThe Independence Fund Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHer Song Jacksonville Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCAL FIRE BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMercy Ships International: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROADWORK CENTER FOR CULTURES IN DISPUTED TERRITORIES: $13,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY: $13,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN INC: $9,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSharp Memorial Hospital: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHANGE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetJacksonville Wolfson Children's Hospital Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThink Dignity: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Magic Yarn Project: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBurnon Inc dba Rubicon Theatre Company: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENTURA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVISION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSing Me A Story Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLITTLE PRIEST TRIBAL COLLEGE: $1,500 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.

Sempra FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…David C Copley Founda…The Nordson Corporati…Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…The Parker FoundationPrice Philanthropies …The Conrad Prebys Fou…The Community Foundat…California Community …AbbVie Foundation
Sempra FoundationCA17.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sempra Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · California Community Foundation · AbbVie 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 WHW Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from WHW Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Justice Coalition Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Nemours Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Mercy Flight Se Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 61 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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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