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Wish Foundation Inc

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.

$250k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.5MEducation$1.6MInternational$150kFood & Nutrition$100kCivil Rights$50kHealth$50kCrime & Legal$30kPublic Benefit$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMORY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FUND$150,000
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART$100,000
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 (FY18–23, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $50k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $50k → 13%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.
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.
$3.8M · 7 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$3.8M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+53%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEnvironmentReligionOther
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

  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $945k · revenue +51%
  • DC
    DASHBOARD CO-OP INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $385k · revenue +92%
  • MO
    Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc
    2× · 2018–2023 · $100k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue -51%
  • SC
    Spelman Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +27%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +134%
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
Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc

Dedicated to the creation, presentation and advancement of contemporary art through its exhibitions, educational programming and studio art program.

Arts & Culture
2
Flux Projects Inc

Commissioning public art that invites audiences in atlanta to explore the citys sites and stories as a means to imagining its future possibilities.

Arts & Culture
3
The African Diasporic Art Museum of Atlanta Inc

to showcase contemporary art and culture of the African Diaspora

Arts & Culture
4
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
5
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
6
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Inc

Atlanta celebrates photography (dba atlanta center for photography) (acp) advances new perspectives in lens-based media from the american south. through artwork commissions, community collaborations, and dynamic programs, acp supports…

Arts & Culture
7
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
8
Arts Southeast Inc

To make savannah a destination for art and culture in the southeast by supporting established and emerging artists, engaging a diverse community with creative programming, and developing awareness and appreciation of the arts.

Arts & Culture
9
Art Opportunities Inc

To create community driven public art and launch careers for youth and artists.

Arts & Culture
10
Arts Critic Atl Inc

Arts atl is a non-profit organization that promotes a healthy and vibrant arts community in metro atlanta. we do this by providing a combination of thoughtful, critical analysis, news resources, commentary, programming and in depth…

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11
Atlanta Historical Society Inc

Atlanta history center seeks to connect people, history, and culture to build a stronger community. through exhibitions, collections, historic houses, gardens, archives, educational school tours, public programs, and digital and virtual…

Arts & Culture
12
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Inc

To operate a public museum in the city of atlanta, georgia. in addition to the museum it provides a number of other arts-related educational and charitable services to the community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Art Papers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

15 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. 15 of the 22 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INCROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $945,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INCDASHBOARD CO-OP INC: $385,000 · Arts & CultureDASHBOARD CO-OP INC+3 more: $145,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreEMORY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FUND: $1,250,000 · OtherEMORY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FUNDSPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART: $1,050,000 · OtherSPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART+7 more: $165,000 · Other+7 moreSpelman College: $250,000 · EducationSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $75,000 · EducationSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $100,000 · ReligionMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA: $10,000 · PhilanthropyNAOMI'S VILLAGE INC: $50,000 · International
Arts & Culture$2,475,000Other$2,465,000Education$325,000Religion$100,000Human Services$100,000Philanthropy$60,000International$50,000

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 budgetTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $945,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDASHBOARD CO-OP INC: $385,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetSpelman College: $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAOMI'S VILLAGE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLiving Walls The City Speaks Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetART PAPERS INC: $45,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetPAINT LOVE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetCenter for Civic Innovation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

AEC TrustThe Community Foundat…The Imlay Foundation …National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
AEC TrustDE15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AEC Trust · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Wish Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wish Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Wish Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Wish Foundation Inc 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 22 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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