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Willie H Pickard and Victoria Woodyard Pickard Family Foundation at a glance

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Willie H Pickard and Victoria Woodyard Pickard Family Foundation

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.

$825k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$980kEnvironment$125kPhilanthropy$125kCommunity Improvement$60kCivil Rights$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $363k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHARLES H WRIGHT MUSUEM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY$300,000
FAMU FOUNDATION$100,000
UNCF$100,000
NATIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION$62,500
SPELMAN COLLEGE$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$25,000
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE$25,000
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
IOTA EDUCATION FUND$22,500
NATIONAL BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION$20,000
FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY$15,000
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$5,000
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 (FY23–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $20k → 17%URBAN LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $20k → 11%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 24%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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 6 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$1.1M
$950k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+17%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $353k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $625k · revenue -8%
  • WM
    WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +115%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $125k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CA
    Clark Atlanta University Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +17%
  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +2%
  • MC
    MOREHOUSE COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +27%
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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
3
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
4
Lincoln University

Lincoln university is a public, historically black university (hbcu) that provides a liberal arts based, undergraduate education on its main residential campus in chester county, pennsylvania; and professional programs on its urban campus…

Education
5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

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

—
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
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
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
10
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
11
Michigan State University College of Law

The mission of the michigan state university college of law is to provide a rigorous educational program which prepares a diverse community of students to be national and international leaders in private legal practice, business and…

—
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mississippi State University Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lane College. 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Clark Atlanta University Inc: $250,000 · EducationClark Atlanta University IncMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $200,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLEGEWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONSpelman College: $100,000 · EducationSpelman CollegeUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $100,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INCFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc: $100,000 · EducationFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Founda…+3 more: $85,000 · Education+3 moreMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: $625,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORYSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK…WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · OtherWAYNE STATE U…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual gr…Mott Community College: $25,000 · OtherMott Communit…THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'…IOTA EDUCATION FUND: $22,500 · OtherIOTA EDUCATIO…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $100,000 · PhilanthropyMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesUrban League of Palm Beach County Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · Community Improvement
Education$985,000Arts & Culture$980,000Other$302,500Philanthropy$100,000Human Services$65,000Community Improvement$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: $625,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLANE COLLEGE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida Memorial University Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS BROWN COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUrban League of Palm Beach County Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 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.

WK Kellogg FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
WK Kellogg FoundationMI13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: WK Kellogg Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Willie H Pickard and Victoria Woodyard Pickard Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Willie H Pickard and Victoria Woodyard Pickard Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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%
  • Florida Memorial University Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Willie H Pickard and Victoria Woodyard Pickard Family Foundation 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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