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Winterhawke Foundation Inc at a glance

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Winterhawke Foundation Inc

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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$55kHuman Services$39kReligion$35kMembership Benefit$20kPublic Benefit$10kCrime & Legal$8kHealth$7kCivil Rights$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$600
Median grant
6
States reached
$325k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NACOOCHEE METHODIST CHURCH$10,000
TRUITT MCCONNELL UNIVERSITY$2,500
SAVE THE STORKS$1,200
FIREFLY TRAIL INC$1,000
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$600
STUDENTS FOR LIFE OF AMERICA$300
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$300
FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING$300
FAITH AND FREEDOM FOUNDATION$300
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$254
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 (FY17–24, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%CLEVELAND CARE CENTER: $9k → 12%CLEVELAND CARE CENTER: $8k → 12%CLEVELAND CARE CENTER: $6k → 12%CLEVELAND CARE CENTER: $6k → 12%CLEVELAND CARE CENTER: $5k → 12%CLEVELAND CARE CENTER: $2k → 12%CLEVELAND CARE CENTER: $2k → 12%CLEVELAND CARE CENTER: $2k → 12%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

NY
SD
CA
CO
KY
VA
SC
DC
AL
GA
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$139k · 19 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
19

Total granted

$139k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+56%

Still filing today

58%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
EducationHuman ServicesMembership BenefitArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • CC
    CLEVELAND CARE CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $39k · revenue +60%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $13k · revenue +112%
  • YA
    Young America's Foundation
    3× · 2018–2022 · $3k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • THE CITADEL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +56%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
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
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
2
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
3
Sattler College

The college is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, religious, and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, or corresponding provisions of any…

Education
4
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
5
Houghton University

Houghton university provides an academically challenging, christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a…

Education
6
Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…

Education
7
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
8
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
9
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
10
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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11
Washington and Lee University

Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…

Education
12
Colgate University

Colgate university's mission is to provide a demanding, expansive educational experience to a select group of diverse, talented, intellectually sophisticated students who are capable of challenging themselves, their peers and their…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Walton County Christian Learning Ce. 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

19 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. 19 of the 40 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OLD GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHERN CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherOLD GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHERN CHURCHNACOOCHEE METHODIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherNACOOCHEE METHODIST CHURCHWHITE COUNTY GEORGIA SHERIFF'S OFFI: $8,450 · OtherWHITE COUNTY GEORGIA SHERIFF'S OFFIIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY OF MAXEYS GEORGIA: $4,750 · OtherCITY OF MAXEYS GEORGIANORTHEAST GEORGIA VETERANS SOCIETY: $4,250 · OtherHILLIARD A WILBANKS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · OtherYoung America's Foundation: $3,150 · OtherAMYS CREEK BAPTIST CHUR: $3,000 · Other+17 more: $18,649 · Other+17 moreTHE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationTHE CITADEL FOUNDATIONTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $12,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA F…WALTON COUNTY CHRISTIAN LEARNING CE: $4,954 · EducationWALTON COUNTY CHRISTIAN LEA…TRUETT MCCONNELL UNIVERSITY INC: $2,500 · Education+4 more: $4,310 · Education+4 moreCLEVELAND CARE CENTER INC: $39,100 · Human ServicesCLEVELAND CARE CENTER…FRIENDS OF OCONEE HILL CEMETERY INC: $20,000 · Membership BenefitFRIENDS OF…Save the Storks: $5,900 · HealthStudents for Life of America Inc: $2,525 · Civil RightsFIREFLY TRAIL INC: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$87,749Education$49,264Human Services$39,100Membership Benefit$20,000Health$5,900Civil Rights$2,525Recreation & Sports$2,000

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 budgetCLEVELAND CARE CENTER INC: $39,100 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetTHE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF OCONEE HILL CEMETERY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Storks: $5,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWALTON COUNTY CHRISTIAN LEARNING CE: $4,954 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $3,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $2,525 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUETT MCCONNELL UNIVERSITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIREFLY TRAIL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,185 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,125 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR HOSPITAL ART INC: $1,104 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGELBOTICS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCATALYST CHRISTIAN LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC: $20 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 CLEVELAND CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CITADEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF OCONEE HILL CEMETERY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Save the Storks ↗
  • Who funds WALTON COUNTY CHRISTIAN LEARNING CE ↗
  • Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Students for Life of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRUETT MCCONNELL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds FIREFLY TRAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR HOSPITAL ART INC ↗
  • Who funds CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANGELBOTICS ↗
  • Who funds CATALYST CHRISTIAN LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX11× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Winterhawke Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Winterhawke Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    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 40 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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