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Wilson Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Wilson Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$19k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$21kEducation$10kArts & Culture$9kHealth$300Youth Development$200Animals$134Religion$50Employment$25
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$100
Median grant
6
States reached
$59k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA$10,500
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$6,635
2GETHER INT$800
YOUNGLIFE$200
NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY$109
GOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC$100
CHILDRENS HARBOR$100
Individual grant recipient$56
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$50
ABILITY PATH$25
NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION$25
TUSCALOOSA COMMUNITY SOUP BOWL$10
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ABILITY PATH: $25 → 7%NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION: $25 → 16%2GETHER INT: $800 → 14%CHILDRENS HARBOR: $100 → 12%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF WEST ALABAMA: $25 → 17%NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $109 → 14%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $50 → 17%KAPPA SIGMA: $56 → 8%THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $7k → 17%THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $3k → 17%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $25 → 17%FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $25 → 17%TUSCALOOSA COMMUNITY SOUP BOWL: $10 → 17%YOUNGLIFE: $200 → 17%GOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC: $100 → 17%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 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
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
2
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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3
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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4
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
7
Journey Health Foundation

Convene passionate, collaborative partners to help build bold, data-driven systems and solutions that promote healthy communities for all

Human Services
8
Oneblood Inc

To enhance the health and well-being of others through our work with blood and stem cell products and by facilitating scientific research

Health
9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

9 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. 9 of the 17 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)
9/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $20,550 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA INCTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $9,235 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA2GETHER INT: $800 · Other2GETHER INT+6 more: $241 · OtherTUSCALOOSA CHILDREN'S THEATRE INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureTUSCALOOSA CHILDREN'S THE…YOUNG LIFE: $200 · Youth DevelopmentCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $100 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $50 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $50 · HealthNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $109 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION INC: $25 · EnvironmentABILITYPATH: $25 · Employment
Philanthropy$20,550Other$10,276Arts & Culture$9,000Youth Development$200Health$200Animals$109Environment$25Employment$25

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $20,550 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTUSCALOOSA CHILDREN'S THEATRE INC: $9,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABILITYPATH: $25 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.

Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Wilson Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wilson Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 17 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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