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Wilson-Humphreys 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.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$11kEducation$8kHuman Services$6kRecreation & Sports$3kFood & Nutrition$2kInternational$200Community Improvement$100Other$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$50k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MSU FOUNDATION$1,000
AK FIRECRACKERS$1,000
ABBOTT O RABBIT ALL STARS$1,000
FIND FOOD BANK$500
Anchorage Hockey Association$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WILLAMETTE VALLEY HOSPICE: $500 → 13%WILLAMETTE VALLEY HOSPICE: $500 → 13%WILLAMETTE VALLEY HOSPICE: $500 → 13%WILLAMETTE VALLEY HOSPICE: $500 → 13%WILLAMETTE VALLEY HOSPICE: $500 → 13%WILLAMETTE VALLEY HOSPICE: $500 → 13%WILLAMETTE VALLEY HOSPICE: $500 → 13%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
WA
MT
NY
OR
CA
TN
DC
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33k · 9 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +145% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$33k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+145%
+26%

Still filing today

78%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
HealthRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MS
    Montana State University Foundation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +315%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +145%
  • AF
    AK Firecrackers
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $200
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    one grant, 2022 · $200 · revenue -21%
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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
5
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
6
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
7
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
8
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
9
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
10
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
11
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
12
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ak Firecrackers. 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

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIONS EYE BANK OF OREGON: $3,550 · OtherLIONS EYE BANK OF OREGONRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $3,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEABBOTT O RABBIT ALL STARS: $1,000 · OtherABBOTT O RABBIT ALL STARSIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientELLA CURRAN COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $950 · OtherELLA CURRAN COMMUNITY FOOD BANKAnchorage Hockey Association: $500 · Other+2 more: $300 · OtherMontana State University Foundation Inc: $9,000 · EducationMontana State University Fou…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,700 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESE…Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2,450 · HealthFred Hutchinson Cancer …+1 more: $200 · HealthAK Firecrackers: $4,000 · Recreation & SportsAK Firecrack…+1 more: $100 · Recreation & SportsWILLAMETTE VITAL HEALTH: $3,500 · Human ServicesWILLAMETTE …FOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $1,400 · Food & NutritionUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $200 · International
Other$10,300Education$9,000Health$7,350Recreation & Sports$4,100Human Services$3,500Food & Nutrition$1,400International$200

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 budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAK Firecrackers: $4,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWILLAMETTE VITAL HEALTH: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $2,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $1,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetELLA CURRAN COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $950 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS 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.

  • Who funds Montana State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AK Firecrackers ↗
  • Who funds WILLAMETTE VITAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds FOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds ELLA CURRAN COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wilson-Humphreys Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wilson-Humphreys 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 →median 70%
  • Ella Curran Community Food Bank: 70% of income from government
  • Willamette Vital Health: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Wilson-Humphreys 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 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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