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Wilder Foundation Inc

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.

$99k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$335kHealth$136kHousing & Shelter$72kEnvironment$52kEducation$42kPhilanthropy$38kPublic Safety & Disaster$34kCommunity Improvement$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$6,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTH FLORIDA PBS$50,000
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
BRANCHES$10,000
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP$6,000
BEAUX ARTS INC$5,650
TWO HUNDREND CLUB OF GREATER MIAMI$1,000
FLORIDA HOUSE WASHINGTON DC$1,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%CAMP ANUENE CORPORATION: $2k → 14%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $25k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $15k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $6k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $1k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 15%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

NY
IA
CA
CO
TN
DC
OK
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$700k · 25 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
22

Total granted

$700k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+48%

Still filing today

68%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthInternationalOther
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

  • SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $261k · revenue +49%
  • CP
    CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $72k · revenue +44%
  • FT
    FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $42k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • UO
    University of Miamigraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +96%
  • BH
    BAPTIST HEALTH S FLA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
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 Coral Gables Museum Corp

The museum's mission is to celebrate, investigate and explore the civic arts of architecture and urban environmental design, including fostering an appreciation for the history, vision, and cultural landscape of coral gables; promoting…

Arts & Culture
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
4
University of Miami
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5
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

—
6
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
7
Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is organized for the purpose of advancing the economic, professional, cultural, educational and civic welfare of miami beach and the area surrounding miami beach, florida. the chamber is committed to encouraging the growth of…

—
8
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum

Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…

Arts & Culture
9
Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corp Inc

To promote visitation to florida by strengthening florida's share of the global travel market with the goal of maximizing the economic impact of travel and tourism to florida.

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10
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
11
Museum of Contemporary Art Inc

The mission of the musuem of contemporary art is to contemporary art accesible to diverse audiences - especially underserved populations through the collection, preservation and exhibition of the best of contemporary art and its art…

Arts & Culture
12
The Historical Society of Palm Beach County Inc

To collect, preserve and make accessible to researchers and the general public artifacts and materials that help tell the story of the history of palm beach county, and to stimulate public appreciation for the rich history and cultural…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aspen Art Museum; the most unlike its peers is Camp Anuenue Corporation. 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

31 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. 31 of the 51 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
26/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $260,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INCYOUNG PATRONESSES OF THE OPERA INC: $27,100 · Arts & CultureYOUNG PATRONESSES OF THE OPERA INC+2 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $93,300 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATIONBRANCHES INC: $30,000 · OtherBRANCHES INCMSKCC: $25,000 · OtherMSKCCASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTR: $11,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $10,000 · OtherLARCHMONT CHARTER SCHOOL WEST HOLLY: $10,000 · Other+24 more: $55,728 · Other+24 moreCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $72,000 · Human ServicesCHAPMAN PARTNE…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $23,850 · Human ServicesAmerican Natio…+3 more: $3,200 · Human ServicesFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $41,500 · EnvironmentRiver Oaks Garden Club: $7,000 · EnvironmentTHE GARDEN CLUB OF PALM BEACH INC: $2,750 · Environment+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentUniversity of Miami: $10,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $10,000 · EducationThe Kinkaid School Inc: $4,000 · EducationSouthern Methodist University: $3,000 · EducationSAVE VENICE INC: $24,000 · InternationalHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $18,750 · Health+1 more: $500 · Health
Arts & Culture$290,600Other$247,528Human Services$99,050Environment$51,750Education$27,000International$24,000Health$19,250

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 budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $260,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $72,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $41,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG PATRONESSES OF THE OPERA INC: $27,100 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetSAVE VENICE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $23,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $18,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRiver Oaks Garden Club: $7,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF PALM BEACH INC: $2,750 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP ANUENUE CORPORATION: $2,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFLORIDA HOUSE WASHINGTON DC INC: $1,850 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOLD ISLAND RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAINS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $928 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEY WEST HARRY S TRUMAN FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEY BISCAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 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.

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.

The Jose Milton Found…The Batchelor Foundat…United Way Miami IncThe Miami Foundation …Medina Family Foundat…Tonkinson Foundation …The Kirk FoundationGreater Miami Jewish …Mightycause Charitabl…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…
The Jose Milton FoundationFL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jose Milton Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · Medina Family Foundation Inc · Tonkinson Foundation Inc · The Kirk Foundation · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Wilder Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Wilder 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 51 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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