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Wilmac 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.

$221k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$58k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$527kFood & Nutrition$348kInternational$135kHuman Services$50kYouth Development$48kAnimals$44kCommunity Improvement$42kEducation$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $158k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE$57,500
RACE TO ERASE MS$50,000
CURE ADDICTION NOW - CAN$50,000
FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
DENVER RESCUE MISSION$10,000
THE GATHERING PLACE$10,000
UKRAINE VOLYA FOUNDATION$10,000
DOWNTOWN DENVER EVENTS INC$8,000
COLORADO UPLIFT$7,500
GREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER$5,000
AMERICAN TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $185k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GILLESPIE SCHOOL: $30k → 11%LUBIRD'S LIGHT FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $70k → 14%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $35k → 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
MN
NY
CT
CA
CO
TN
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 15 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
9

Total granted

$1.2M
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+31%

Still filing today

93%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • TC
    THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE
    6× · 2018–2024 · $348k · revenue +742%
  • CA
    CURE ADDICTION NOW CAN
    4× · 2021–2024 · $212k · revenue +17%
  • EC
    EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2020 · $105k · revenue +354%

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GILLISPIE SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +71%
  • ML
    MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • LL
    Lubirds Light Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -96%
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
Denver Dumb Friends League

Working with our compassionate community, we will end pet homelessness and animal suffering.

Animals
2
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
3
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
4
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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5
Goodwill Industries of Denver

Goodwill's mission is to provide education, career development, and employment opportunities to help coloradans in need achieve self-sufficiency, dignity, and hope through the power of work.

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6
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
7
Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return

Ducks unlimited, inc. conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for north america's waterfowl. these habitats also benefit additional wildlife and people.

Environment
8
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
9
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
10
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
11
The Colorado Humane Society & Spca Inc

See schedule o.to prevent cruelty and neglect of animals within the state of colorado by:-assisting agencies in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty and neglect of companion animals and equines-educating the public on animal welfare…

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12
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Sweetfeet. 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

21 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. 21 of the 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $348,106 · Food & NutritionTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCECURE ADDICTION NOW CAN: $212,000 · HealthCURE ADDICTION NOW CANTHE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthTHE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FI…CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATI…Transplant Foundation Inc: $25,000 · HealthTransplant Foundation Inc+1 more: $5,000 · HealthRACE TO ERASE MS: $200,000 · OtherRACE TO ERASE MSTHE GATHERING PLACE: $30,000 · OtherTHE GATHERING PLACEDOWNTOWN DENVER EVENTS INC: $16,000 · OtherMINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM: $15,000 · OtherUKRAINE VOLYA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherUKRAINE VOLYA FOUNDATIONDucks Unlimited Inc: $17,500 · OtherDucks Unlimited Inc+4 more: $7,750 · OtherEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $104,500 · Human ServicesEDWARD CHARLES …DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $40,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE M…THE GILLISPIE SCHOOL: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE GILLISPIE S…Lubirds Light Foundation: $10,000 · Human ServicesLubirds Light F…COLORADO UPLIFT INC: $47,500 · EducationGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $28,750 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $10,000 · AnimalsANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $5,000 · AnimalsSWEETFEET: $42,000 · Community Improvement
Food & Nutrition$348,106Health$327,000Other$316,250Human Services$184,500Education$47,500Animals$43,750Community Improvement$42,000

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 budgetTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $348,106 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCURE ADDICTION NOW CAN: $212,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetRACE TO ERASE MS: $200,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $104,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $47,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSWEETFEET: $42,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GILLISPIE SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUKRAINE VOLYA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $28,750 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTransplant Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN DENVER EVENTS INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLubirds Light Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFine Arts Foundation: $1,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetALASKA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $1,000 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Chair 4 FoundationXcel Energy FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Chair 4 Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Wilmac Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wilmac Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–50%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Wilmac Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wilmac 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 25 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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