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Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation Inc

Wildcat run charitable foundation is an organization established to provide people in the community an opportunity and financial vehicle to encourage, support or improve the lives of children in southwest florida.

$188k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Education$92kHuman Services$80kYouth Development$73kCrime & Legal$50kFood & Nutrition$44kInternational$30kHealth$12k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $182,544, the rows itemized in this filing. The $187,794 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $177k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$38k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JAMES STEPHENS ELEMENTARY$30,000
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK SWFL$26,250
EVAS CLOSET AND FOUNDATION$20,500
BELIEVE N BOOKS INC$17,500
CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER$17,012
ANAS FRIENDS INC$15,000
LACES OF LOVE FOUNDATION$15,000
EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS ACADEMY$13,850
FLORIDA DROWNING PREVENTION$11,550
WINGS OF SHELTER INTL$10,000
VALERIES HOUSE$5,882
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 (FY24–25, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EVAS CLOSET AND FOUNDATION: $39k → 11%EVAS CLOSET AND FOUNDATION: $21k → 11%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $17k → 11%CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $8k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$356k · 10 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
1

Total granted

$356k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-3%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LEE COUNTY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $73k · revenue +64%
  • EP
    EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $27k · revenue +152%
  • CA
    CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $25k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue -3%
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 Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
2
Central Florida Childrens Home

To provide homes for disadvantaged children.

Human Services
3
Safe Children Coalition Inc

The safe children coalition's mission is to protect children and youth, strengthen families, and build community.

Human Services
4
The Children's Home Inc

To unlock the potential of at-risk children and families by providing compassionate and effective services that create opportunities for success.

Health
5
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
6
Learning Disabilities Association of Florida Inc

To help students with learning disabilities succeed in school and in lilfe

Human Services
7
Floridas Love in Action
Human Services
8
Gladiolus Learning and Development Center Inc

To provide educational and developmental child care for low income families. gladiolus learning and development center, inc (glad kids) is committed to providing educational and developmental child care for children of low income working…

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9
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

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10
Child Protection Center Inc

The mission of the child protection center, inc. is the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse. we envision a community where children are safe from abuse and free to thrive. to successfully address the issue of child abuse,…

Crime & Legal
11
Isaiah's Place 1

The organization aims to connect, nurture, and restore children and families in the communities they serve. the organization accomplishes this mission through their foster care and adoption program as well as their child advocacy center.…

Human Services
12
Florida Childrens Rights Coalition

Legal representation of children.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ana's Friends Inc; the most unlike its peers is Florida Drowning Prevention 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

12 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
4/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Evas Foundation Inc: $59,500 · Human ServicesEvas Foundation IncBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $43,750 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INCCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $25,012 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLOR…VALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $20,882 · Human ServicesVALERIE'S HOUSE INCBELIEVE N BOOKS INC: $27,500 · EducationBELIEVE N BOOKS INCEDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS INC: $26,850 · EducationEDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS IN…LACES OF LOVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationLACES OF LOVE CHARITABL…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LEE COUNTY: $72,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF…ANA'S FRIENDS INC: $25,000 · OtherANA'S FRIE…Florida Drowning Prevention Foundation Inc: $11,550 · OtherFlorida Dr…WINGS OF SHELTER INT'L INC: $30,000 · InternationalTHE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · Philanthropy
Human Services$149,144Education$79,350Youth Development$72,500Other$36,550International$30,000Philanthropy$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LEE COUNTY: $72,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetEvas Foundation Inc: $59,500 over 2y, 20% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $43,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWINGS OF SHELTER INT'L INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBELIEVE N BOOKS INC: $27,500 over 2y, 31% of budgetEDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS INC: $26,850 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $25,012 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetANA'S FRIENDS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLACES OF LOVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $20,882 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida Drowning Prevention Foundation Inc: $11,550 over 1y, 16% 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.

Collier Community Fou…Elizabeth K Galeana C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Collier Community Foundation IncFL15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · Elizabeth K Galeana Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.
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How do I get to Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Wildcat Run Charitable Foundation Inc 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 12 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 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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