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Wickman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Wickman Family Foundation Inc

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.

$26k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$94kEnvironment$22kArts & Culture$10kEducation$9kHealth$7kHuman Services$6kInternational$4kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$560k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Harvard Unitarian Church$16,000
Harvard Historical Society$1,200
George School$1,000
University of Michigan$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Fivesparks$1,000
WBUR$500
First Descent$500
NRDC$500
Open Sky Community Services$500
WGBH Education Fund$500
Environmental Defense Fund$500
Groton Hill Music Center$500
World Wildlife Fund$500
Nature Conservancy$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 (FY19–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Household Goods: $100 → 8%Pine Street Inn: $500 → 16%Pine Street Inn: $500 → 16%Pine Street Inn: $250 → 16%Pine Street Inn: $100 → 16%The Home for Little Wanderers: $100 → 16%Open Sky Community Services: $500 → 11%Open Sky Community Services: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CO
VA
MD
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$148k · 28 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
23

Total granted

$148k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+15%

Still filing today

68%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • HC
    HARVARD CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $7k · revenue +138%
  • UO
    University of Michigan
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +139%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • HC
    Harvard Conservation Church
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • NO
    NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -27%
  • YH
    Young Heroes Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -61%
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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc

To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.

Environment
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
7
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
10
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
11
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
12
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Young Heroes Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 52 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Harvard Unitarian Church: $93,400 · OtherHarvard Unitarian ChurchHarvard Conservation Church: $10,000 · OtherHarvard Conservation ChurchGEORGE SCHOOL: $6,000 · OtherUniversity of Michigan: $5,000 · OtherFivesparks: $5,000 · Other+28 more: $22,450 · Other+28 moreWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,600 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentHARVARD CONSERVATION TRUST: $850 · Environment+2 more: $200 · EnvironmentHARVARD CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE: $6,500 · Arts & CultureHARVARD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,700 · Arts & CultureGROTON HILL MUSIC INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 · InternationalYoung Heroes Foundation: $1,000 · InternationalROTARY DISTRICT 6400 FOUNDATION: $1,000 · InternationalFIRST DESCENTS: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsPINE STREET INN INC: $1,350 · Human ServicesOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHOUSEHOLD GOODS INC: $100 · Human ServicesTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $100 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $2,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$141,850Environment$9,150Arts & Culture$8,900International$3,500Recreation & Sports$3,000Human Services$2,550Housing & Shelter$2,000

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 budgetUniversity of Michigan: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,700 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $1,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Heroes Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY DISTRICT 6400 FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHARVARD CONSERVATION TRUST: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGROTON HILL MUSIC INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Project Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOUCHSTONE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARVARD SCHOOLS TRUST INC: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNASHUA RIVER WATERSHED ASSOC INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Compassionate Friends Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSEHOLD GOODS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds HARVARD CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FIRST DESCENTS ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Young Heroes Foundation ↗
  • Who funds OPEN SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY DISTRICT 6400 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GROTON HILL MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds The Food Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TOUCHSTONE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Boston Foundation IncVerizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Wickman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wickman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Open Sky Community Services Inc: 48% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Harvard Cultural Collaborative: 3% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Harvard Conservation Trust: 0% of income from government
  • Groton Hill Music Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report 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 52 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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