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Wold 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.

$165k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$743kHealth$174kAnimals$164kEducation$152kHuman Services$108kPublic Safety & Disaster$72kInternational$51kFood & Nutrition$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
$7,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$30,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$20,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$15,000
THE SALVATION ARMY - DISASTER RELIEF$15,000
PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN$10,000
SEATTLE HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
ANTHONY BATES FOUNDATION$7,500
ASPCA$7,500
ADAMS COUNTY PET RESCUE$7,500
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S ST LOUIS$7,500
FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S FUND$5,000
DOG GONE SEATTLE$5,000
NORTHWEST HARVEST$5,000
GRANT COUNTY ANIMAL OUTREACH$5,000
TATTERED PAWS AND GOLDEN HEARTS RESCUE$5,000
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 (FY22–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE SOPHIA WAY: $5k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $5k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $3k → 9%FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S FUND: $5k → 9%FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S FUND: $5k → 9%FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S FUND: $5k → 9%FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S FUND: $3k → 9%PROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE: $5k → 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

WA
NY
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$549k · 22 repeat orgs$203k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
12

Total granted

$549k
$203k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+21%

Still filing today

68%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $110k · revenue +83%
  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $60k · revenue +39%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $51k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -4%
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS HURRICANE RELIEF
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • FH
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +27%
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
Kitsap Humane Society

Providing positive life changing solutions to people and animals in need.

Animals
2
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
5
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
6
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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7
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
8
Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.

Animals
9
Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation

Seattle animal foundation (saf) is on a mission to make sure every animal finds the love, care, and forever home they deserve. since 2010, we have been a not-for-profit organization raising critical funds to support life-saving programs,…

Animals
10
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
11
Seattle Area Feline Rescue Fka Animal Talk Rescue

Safe rescue saves feline lives by taking in homeless cats, giving them the care they need, finding them loving homes, and supporting their human companions. we do this because we believe each cat has inherent value and that humans and…

Animals
12
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Providence Hospice of Seattle Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Grant County Animal Outreach. 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

26 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. 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY - DISASTER RELIEF: $30,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY - DISA…AMERICAN RED CROSS HURRICANE RELIEF: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS HURRIC…NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $18,000 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $15,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RE…SHRINERS CHILDREN'S ST LOUIS: $15,000 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDREN'S ST LO…THE SALVATION ARMY: $15,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHOLY NAMES ACADEMY: $13,000 · OtherHOLY NAMES ACADEMYARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND: $12,000 · OtherARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF FUN…BISHOP BLANCHET HIGH SCHOOL: $11,100 · OtherBISHOP BLANCHET HIGH SCHO…MIKEY'S CHANCE CANINE RESCUE: $10,000 · OtherMIKEY'S CHANCE CANINE RES…+1 more: $5,000 · OtherPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $35,000 · AnimalsPASADO'S SAFE HAVENTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $33,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $20,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY F…ADAMS COUNTY PET RESCUE: $20,000 · AnimalsADAMS COUNTY PET RESCU…GRANT COUNTY ANIMAL OUTREACH: $16,000 · AnimalsGRANT COUNTY ANIMAL OU…Tattered Paws and Golden Hearts Rescue: $10,000 · AnimalsTattered Paws and Gold…DOG GONE SEATTLE: $10,000 · AnimalsDOG GONE SEATTLE+2 more: $10,000 · Animals+2 moreCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FO…Anthony Bates Foundation: $25,000 · HealthAnthony Bates Foundati…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,500 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR…MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S…+2 more: $8,000 · HealthSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNN…UCLA FOUNDATION: $9,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $9,000 · EducationUniversity of Arizo…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropySAMARITAN'S PURSE: $50,500 · ReligionFORGOTTEN CHILDRENS FUND: $18,000 · Human ServicesTHE SOPHIA WAY: $13,000 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesFOOD LIFELINE: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$174,100Animals$154,000Health$153,500Education$128,000Philanthropy$60,000Religion$50,500Human Services$36,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $50,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $33,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAnthony Bates Foundation: $25,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetADAMS COUNTY PET RESCUE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN CHILDRENS FUND: $18,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGRANT COUNTY ANIMAL OUTREACH: $16,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SOPHIA WAY: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTattered Paws and Golden Hearts Rescue: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOSPICE OF SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD DOG HAVEN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKIE'S FRIENDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $3,000 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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Pemco Foundation IncReal Progress Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Mightycause Charitabl…Baird Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The US Charitable Gif…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Pemco Foundation Inc · Real Progress Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report 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 Wold Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wold Family Foundation 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home