· Private foundation
Wings of Freedom 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MURPHYS CREEK THEATRE FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| MARK TWAIN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| GEORGE MARK CHILDRENS FUND | $400,000 |
| CALAVERAS COLD CASE TASK FORCE | $100,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON BASKETBALL TEAM | $100,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +103% since the first grant, against +25% 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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GMGeorge Mark Childrens Fund4× · 2020–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +76%
- FOFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION3× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +103%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE FAIR INC2× · 2023–2024 · $600k · revenue +111%
Funded once
HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue +49%- STSHELTER TO SOLDIER INCone grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -42% · 31% of their budget
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCone grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +13%
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.
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.
To recognize and honor california's peace officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. serving the citizens of this great state, and provide support to the family members left behind.
The Medal of Honor Foundation's mission and purpose is to provide funds to support the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. In doing so, the Foundation supports the Society in advancing their mission to perpetuate the Medal of Honor's…
The fund cares for our nation's critically wounded, ill, and injured service members, veterans and military families. we assist all military branches, including both post-9/11 and vietnam veterans, providing one-on-one case management,…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Hospice care of terminally ill patients
To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…
The vfw foundation's mission is to serve and enhance the lives of military veterans, service members, and their families by securing resources to promote positive outcomes.
The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.
The folds of honor foundation is rallying a nation to ensure no family is left behind in the fight to preserve american freedom. through scholarships and other assistance, we give back to the spouses and children of soldiers killed or…
The mission of hospice of holland is to provide the most compassionate and highest quality end-of-life care through physical, emotional, and spiritual support.
The Special Operations Fund (the "Fund") is a nonprofit organization that provides educational grants and support to the families of special mission unit warriors killed in action, killed in training, died in the line of duty, suicide, and…
Our Goal is to eradicate homelessness for our Veterans using our resources to support the transition from the street to permanent housing with the primary mission of providing the support to obtain and sustain housing, food and shelter for…
How this is measured
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 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 George Mark Childrens Fund ↗
- Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHELTER TO SOLDIER INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE FAIR INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF AMADOR & CALAVERAS ↗
- Who funds Calaveras Cold Case Task Force ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wings of Freedom Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wings of Freedom Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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