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Wings Up Family 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.

$63k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$122kHealth$37kAnimals$32kPhilanthropy$22kCommunity Improvement$21kEnvironment$15kYouth Development$5kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATION$10,000
LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES$7,500
SPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$6,000
BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION$5,000
THE DEA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$5,000
PLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONAL$2,500
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$2,500
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION$2,500
COLGATE UNIVERSITY$2,500
YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY$2,500
SURFAID INTERNATIONAL USA$2,000
LIFE ROLLS ON FOUNDATION$2,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$2,000
THE SKATEPARK PROJECT$1,000
ARMY & NAVY ACADEMY$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $1k → 9%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

MT
NY
CA
CO
VA
AZ
KS
DC
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$224k · 23 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
7

Total granted

$224k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+20%

Still filing today

83%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthAnimalsEnvironmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TD
    The DEA Educational Foundation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +34%
  • MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $9k · revenue +82%
  • CU
    CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $6k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • WI
    WILDAID INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +8%
  • AW
    AMERICAS WOUNDED WARRIORS
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
5
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
6
For the Fishes

To address, educate, coordinate, and enhance enforcement capacity to end teh trade in coral reef wildlife for household and other small display aquariums. our supply and demand side strategies are directed locally and globally to…

Animals
7
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
12
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc

Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Plastic Oceans International. 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

28 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. 28 of the 35 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $66,250 · OtherCALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATIONLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES: $33,700 · OtherLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELESCOLGATE UNIVERSITY Parents' Fund (obsolete): $6,500 · OtherBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Other+9 more: $12,550 · Other+9 moreThe DEA Educational Foundation: $20,000 · HealthThe DEA Educa…LIFE ROLLS ON FOUNDATION: $5,500 · HealthLIFE ROLLS ON…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,000 · HealthChildren's Ho…AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG…SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $1,975 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S …PLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONAL: $11,500 · EnvironmentPLASTIC O…YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: $10,000 · EnvironmentYELLOWSTO…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE BRIANNA KUPFER FOUNDATION: $8,500 · PhilanthropyTHE BRIAN…SURFAID INTERNATIONAL USA: $8,000 · PhilanthropySURFAID I…THE SKATEPARK PROJECT: $5,700 · PhilanthropyTHE SKATE…MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $9,000 · AnimalsMONTEREY …MONTANA HORSE SANCTUARY INC: $6,000 · AnimalsMONTANA H…THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3,050 · AnimalsTHE DAVID…WILDAID INC: $2,500 · AnimalsWILDAID I…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $1,000 · AnimalsSPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,500 · Community ImprovementCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationARMY AND NAVY ACADEMY CARLSBAD CALIFORNIA: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $2,000 · Education
Other$124,000Health$32,475Environment$22,500Philanthropy$22,200Animals$21,550Community Improvement$20,500Education$20,500

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 budgetCALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $66,250 over 5y, 21% of budgetSPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe DEA Educational Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPLASTIC OCEANS INTERNATIONAL: $11,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetYELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIANNA KUPFER FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 2y, 32% of budgetSURFAID INTERNATIONAL USA: $8,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMONTANA HORSE SANCTUARY INC: $6,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SKATEPARK PROJECT: $5,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE ROLLS ON FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMY AND NAVY ACADEMY CARLSBAD CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDAID INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $1,975 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAMES STOREHOUSE INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $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.

Charities Aid Foundat…California Community …Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA14.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Wings Up Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wings Up Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s 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)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 35 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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