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Wisnosky Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Wisnosky Family 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.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$340kHuman Services$62kRecreation & Sports$35kInternational$31kHousing & Shelter$29kArts & Culture$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$14kPhilanthropy$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$60,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$476k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$60,000
African Parks Foundation of America$10,000
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 (FY17–23, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%Charity Navigator: $10k → 7%MARIAN HOUSE: $1k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%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

MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$521k · 12 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
20

Total granted

$521k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+80%

Still filing today

50%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $203k · revenue +72%
  • BS
    BULLIS SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $58k · revenue +69%
  • WP
    WILD PHILANTHROPY INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $30k · revenue +240%

Funded once

  • CN
    Charity Navigatorgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +80%
  • TE
    Turlock Education Opportunity Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -258%
  • FF
    Foundation For Special Surgerygraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +209%
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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

—
5
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.

—
6
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
9
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
10
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
United Nations International School

Under the auspices of the united nations and guided by its ideals, the united nations international school (unis) provides an inclusive and diverse learning environment in which rigorous international programs foster academic excellence,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Turlock Education Opportunity Foundation Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 33 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $202,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INCBULLIS SCHOOL: $57,721 · EducationBULLIS SCHOOL+4 more: $4,657 · EducationTRUSTEE OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $70,000 · OtherTRUSTEE OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVA…THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $37,000 · OtherTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN A…CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $22,500 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESTHE KENNEDY CENTER: $18,000 · OtherTHE KENNEDY CENTERMCLEAN BIBLE CHURCH: $6,000 · Other+12 more: $18,129 · Other+12 moreAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsWILD PHILANTHROPY INC: $30,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $27,500 · Housing & ShelterAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,409 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesMARIAN HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTurlock Education Opportunity Foundation Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Education$264,878Other$171,629Recreation & Sports$35,000International$31,000Housing & Shelter$27,500Human Services$25,409Philanthropy$6,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $202,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBULLIS SCHOOL: $57,721 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWILD PHILANTHROPY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,409 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUPER HERO KIDS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE LAST WELL INC: $1,020 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIAN HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DIENER SCHOOL INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $257 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRIAD HEALTH PROJECT: $250 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.

National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Wisnosky Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wisnosky Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Marian House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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
⤢ 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 33 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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