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Winiarski Family 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.

$43M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Grants FY2025
6
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,121,614
Largest grant, FY2025
$37,500,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 47
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$1.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Winiarski Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionPublic BenefitArts & CultureHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving3$43M0%
FY20246$14M17%
FY202328$4.0M4%
FY202240$929k10%
FY202147$950k15%
FY202045$911k20%
FY201946$889k37%
FY201830$925k43%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$54MHealth$6.2MArts & Culture$3.8MHuman Services$723kEnvironment$550kPublic Benefit$448kFood & Nutrition$325kReligion$227kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
KS
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Johns College in Santa Fe$50,080,0007n/a
Queen of the Valley Medical Center Foundation$5,680,000737%
Smithsonian Institution$3,439,11490%
The Uc Davis Foundation$2,840,70162%
University of Chicago$390,00060%
Ole Health$375,00051%
Napa County Land Trust$225,00051%
Save Napa Valley Foundation$200,000437%
News$195,00071%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$175,00071%
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All grantees of Winiarski Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Johns College in Santa Fe$50,080,0007n/a
Queen of the Valley Medical Center Foundation$5,680,000737%
Smithsonian Institution$3,439,11490%
The Uc Davis Foundation$2,840,70162%
University of Chicago$390,00060%
Ole Health$375,00051%
Napa County Land Trust$225,00051%
Save Napa Valley Foundation$200,000437%
News$195,00071%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$175,00071%
The Napa Valley College Foundation$160,00073%
Colorado Mesa University Foundation$150,00151%
Aldea Inc$125,00070%
Trinity Education Center Inc$110,00042%
Napa Valley Museum$107,50065%
Hands Across the Valley Inc George Altamura Sr$100,000329%
The Pathway Home Inc$100,000117%
Cope Family Center$95,00061%
Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy$80,00050%
Saint Gregory of Sinai Monastery$80,0004n/a
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$75,00060%
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc$70,00040%
Judicial Watch Inc$61,00060%
Lane Tech Alumni Association Inc$60,00064%
Damian Maldonado Memorial Foundation Inc$60,000545%
Napa Valley Wine Library Associatio$60,000546%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$60,00030%
Napa Valley Child Advocacy Network Inc$55,00051%
Community Action of Napa Valley$52,00050%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$45,00010%
If Given a Chance$42,000318%
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland$40,00030%
The Salvation Army$36,0005n/a
Wildlife Rescue Center of Napa County Inc$35,00042%
Cato Institute$25,00030%
Summer Search$25,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25,00010%
Crush Ms$20,000211%
Martha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust Inc$20,00013%
Haitian Education and Leadership Program$15,00011%
Mark Day School$15,00010%
Feeding It Forward Inc$10,00011%
The Eisenhower Foundation$10,00020%
De la Salle Institute$10,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00010%
Edward Charles Foundation$8,90010%
Napa High Choral Boosters$8,00032%
National Audubon Society Inc$7,50030%
Connolly Ranch Education Center$5,00010%
Alternatives for Better Living$5,00011%
Kqed Inc$4,00030%
Nimbus Arts$2,50010%
St Apollinaris Catholic School$7501n/a
Threshold Choir$50010%
We Care Animal Rescue Inc$50010%
Bayanihan Clinic$50012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Winiarski Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetQueen of the Valley Medical Center Foundation: $5,680,000 over 7y, 37% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $3,439,114 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Uc Davis Foundation: $2,840,701 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $390,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOle Health: $375,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNapa County Land Trust: $225,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSave Napa Valley Foundation: $200,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetNews: $195,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetThe Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy: $175,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetThe Napa Valley College Foundation: $160,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetColorado Mesa University Foundation: $150,001 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAldea Inc: $125,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTrinity Education Center Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetNapa Valley Museum: $107,500 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetHands Across the Valley Inc George Altamura Sr: $100,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetThe Pathway Home Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCope Family Center: $95,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $80,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetStatue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $61,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLane Tech Alumni Association Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetDamian Maldonado Memorial Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 45% of budgetNapa Valley Wine Library Associatio: $60,000 over 5y, 46% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNapa Valley Child Advocacy Network Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCommunity Action of Napa Valley: $52,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIf Given a Chance: $42,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetAnimal Refuge League of Greater Portland: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWildlife Rescue Center of Napa County Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCato Institute: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSummer Search: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrush Ms: $20,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHaitian Education and Leadership Program: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMark Day School: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding It Forward Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $8,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNapa High Choral Boosters: $8,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConnolly Ranch Education Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlternatives for Better Living: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKqed Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNimbus Arts: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 51.

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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.

Community Foundation of the Napa ValleyCA40.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Napa Valley · Peter a & Vernice H Gasser Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation · Napa Valley Vintners Healthy Community Fund · Syar Foundation Susan L Syar Director · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Vollmer Family Foundation · Queen of the Valley Medical Center · Community Projects Inc · The David Butler Family Foundation · The Woods Charitable 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.

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About Winiarski Family Foundation

How much does Winiarski Family Foundation give?
Winiarski Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $43,067,701 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Winiarski Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (81%), Health (9%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are Winiarski Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Johns College in Santa Fe ($50M), Queen of the Valley Medical Center Foundation ($5.7M), Smithsonian Institution ($3.4M).
Does Winiarski Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Winiarski Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Winiarski Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Napa Valley, Peter a & Vernice H Gasser Foundation, McNabb Foundation.
Where is Winiarski Family Foundation based?
Winiarski Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 77 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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