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Wilson Marguerite Char Fdn at a glance

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Wilson Marguerite Char Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$230k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$916kFood & Nutrition$150kEducation$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kPhilanthropy$10kReligion$5k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS$200,000
IN STEP WITH HORSES$20,000
FIELDSTONE FARMGATEWAY$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $95k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $20k → 6%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $20k → 17%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $10k → 6%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $15k → 17%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $10k → 17%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MA
SD
IA
OH
MD
DE
TN
HI
GA
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 7 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$1.0M
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+23%

Still filing today

57%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • IS
    IN STEP WITH HORSESINC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $85k · revenue +168%
  • BH
    BOCA HELPING HANDS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $60k · revenue +43%
  • PA
    PROCTOR ACADEMY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • EF
    ER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • VP
    VICTORY PROGRAMS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +142%
  • MAUI FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +138%
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
First Nature Foundation Inc Kerul Kassel

At first nature foundation, our mission is to help program participants grow their emotional resilience, self-confidence, and self-awareness, by partnering with nature and our wise herd of horses, who help facilitate these outcomes. at our…

Human Services
2
The Spirit Horse Ranch Inc

Our mission is to provide transformative equine-assisted therapy that foster trauma recovery, suicide prevention, and resilience building for individuals and communities.

Recreation & Sports
3
Beachwood Center for Wellbeing

In 2024, beachwood integrative equine therapy continued its mission to make the healing power of horses accessible to individuals from all walks of life. through our trauma-informed, relationship-based therapeutic model, we helped more…

Health
4
Robert Irvine Foundation Inc

The robert irvine foundation is a not-for-profit entity and is tax exempt under 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code (irc). the organization supports and strengthens the physical and mental well-being of our service members, veterans,…

Human Services
5
Adaptive Riding Institute Dba Horses of Hope Oregon

Our mission is to enhance the lives of individuals living with physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral challenges by providing innovative, accessible and safe equine-assisted therapeutic programs of the highest quality. we are…

Animals
6
Therapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc

Empowering individuals with diverse abilities to reach their full potential through equine-assisted services since 1974.

Recreation & Sports
7
Healing Strides of Virginia

To promote wellness for people with personal challenges who can benefit from equine-assisted activities and therapies in a safe and supportive environment.

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8
Horses for Heroes - New Mexico Inc

The organization provides a free program of unique horsemanship, wellness, and skill set restructuring that is open to all post 9/11 veterans as well as active military personnel who have sustained post-traumatic stress, combat trauma, or…

Health
9
Wounded Warrior Project Inc

Wounded warrior project (wwp) is the nation's leading veterans service organization, focused on the total well-being of post - 9/11 veterans, active-duty service members, and their families. our programs, advocacy, and awareness efforts…

Human Services
10
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

—
11
Veterans Inc

Veterans inc.'s mission is to end homelessness among veterans by helping veterans regain control of their lives. we believe that all veterans have earned respect and gratitude from our nation. this belief is translated into the philosophy…

Community Improvement
12
Veteran Equine Therapy Stables
Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center; the most unlike its peers is Warriors Wellness & Recovery Ranch Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 18 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)
10/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: $781,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSSTILLWATER FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Other+6 more: $80,000 · Other+6 moreIN STEP WITH HORSESINC: $85,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $60,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionSAVE A WARRIOR INC: $20,000 · HealthVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $20,000 · HealthWARRIORS WELLNESS & RECOVERY RANCH INC: $5,000 · HealthPROCTOR ACADEMY: $20,000 · EducationTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,101,000Human Services$95,000Food & Nutrition$80,000Health$45,000Education$20,000Philanthropy$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIN STEP WITH HORSESINC: $85,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE A WARRIOR INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVICTORY PROGRAMS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWARRIORS WELLNESS & RECOVERY RANCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.7% 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to Wilson Marguerite Char Fdn?

Find your warmest path to Wilson Marguerite Char Fdn 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 18 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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