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Womack Family Foundation at a glance

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Womack Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$185kHealth$104kReligion$68kYouth Development$65kHousing & Shelter$38kCrime & Legal$29kPhilanthropy$28kCivil Rights$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$944k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION GOSPEL MISSION$12,000
ALS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA$8,000
THE WAYSIDE HOUSE$7,500
TUBMAN FAMILY ALLIANCE$7,500
ST DAVID'S CHILD DEV FAMILY CENTER$7,500
AVENUES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH$7,500
JEREMIAH PROGRAM$7,500
THE REDEMPTION PROJECT$7,000
180 DEGREES$7,000
REACH FOR RESOURCES INC$5,000
ELPIS ENTERPRISES$5,000
SILVER SOBRIETY INC$4,500
CHANGE INC$2,000
THE DWELLING PLACE$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE DWELLING PLACE: $3k → 7%ELPIS ENTERPRISES: $5k → 14%THE DWELLING PLACE: $3k → 7%ELPIS ENTERPRISES: $5k → 14%THE DWELLING PLACE: $3k → 7%ELPIS ENTERPRISES: $4k → 14%THE DWELLING PLACE: $3k → 7%ELPIS ENTERPRISES: $3k → 14%THE DWELLING PLACE: $2k → 7%ELPIS ENTERPRISES: $3k → 14%THE DWELLING PLACE: $2k → 7%CHANGE INC: $4k → 14%CHANGE INC: $3k → 14%CHANGE INC: $3k → 14%CHANGE INC: $3k → 14%CHANGE INC: $2k → 14%CHANGE INC: $2k → 14%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $5k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $5k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $5k → 11%THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $7k → 11%THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $7k → 11%THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $6k → 11%THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $5k → 11%THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $4k → 11%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$559k · 20 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +115% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
5

Total granted

$559k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+115%
+13%

Still filing today

65%
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%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • UG
    UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $68k · revenue +220%
  • JP
    JEREMIAH PROGRAM
    7× · 2018–2025 · $48k · revenue +182%
  • WH
    WAYSIDE HOUSE INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $47k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • NS
    NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +13%
  • TC
    The Cookie Cart
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue -47%
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
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
2
Youthlink

To be a community in which all youth, without regard to their living situation, have an equal opportunity to pursue and achieve their goals and dreams. the agency does this by supporting, resourcing, and empowering young people on their…

Human Services
3
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services Inc

Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.

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4
Missions Inc Programs

See Schedule O.Established in 1895, Missions Inc. Programs is a multi-service non-profit organization with a long history of providing services to those who are most in need, each year offering thousands of people, whose lives have been…

—
5
Young Women's Christian Association of St Paul

YWCA St. Paul's mission is to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
6
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
7
Hope 4 Youth

To provide pathways to end youth homelessness.

Youth Development
8
Rod's House

Rod's house builds authentic connections with young people, supports them in feeling respected and secure in who they are, empowers them to reach their full potential, and positively connects them to the community. rod's house envisions an…

Housing & Shelter
9
The Family Place

Assisting families in shelters to gain more confidence in building future goals that will lead to success of the entire family.

—
10
Reach Resource Services

Services to runaway youth

Human Services
11
Simpson Housing Services Inc

Simpson housing services' mission is to house, support, & advocate for people experiencing homelessness. we know that with close, individual advocacy & support individuals & families experiencing homelessness achieve housing stability.

Unclassified
12
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 180 Degrees Inc; the most unlike its peers is Elpis Enterprises. 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

16 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. 16 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $68,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION INCTUBMAN FAMILY ALLIANCE: $47,500 · OtherTUBMAN FAMILY ALLIANCEWAYSIDE HOUSE INC: $46,500 · OtherWAYSIDE HOUSE INC180 DEGREES INC: $43,500 · Other180 DEGREES INCALS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA: $30,000 · OtherALS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTAST DAVID'S CHILD DEV FAMILY CENTER: $29,500 · OtherST DAVID'S CHILD DEV FAMILY CENTERREACH FOR RESOURCES INC: $23,000 · OtherREACH FOR RESOURCES INCALS ASSOC - MNSDND CHAPTER: $19,500 · OtherALS ASSOC - MNSDND CHAPTERST DAVID'S CHILD DEV FAMILY SVCS: $19,500 · OtherST DAVID'S CHILD DEV FAMILY SVCSAVENUES FOR HOMLESS YOUTH: $12,500 · Other+4 more: $18,000 · OtherTHE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $28,500 · Human ServicesTHE REDEMPTION PRO…Elpis Enterprises: $20,000 · Human ServicesElpis EnterprisesCHANGE INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesCHANGE INCThe Dwelling Place: $16,000 · Human ServicesThe Dwelling PlaceOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15,000 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS OF MINNE…JEREMIAH PROGRAM: $47,500 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH …HOUSING FORWARD: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING F…AVENUES FOR YOUTH: $34,500 · Youth DevelopmentThe Cookie Cart: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentSILVER SOBRIETY INC: $28,000 · PhilanthropyWashburn Center for Children: $7,500 · Health
Other$357,500Human Services$96,500Housing & Shelter$50,500Youth Development$38,500Philanthropy$28,000Health$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $68,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $47,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWAYSIDE HOUSE INC: $46,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budget180 DEGREES INC: $43,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAVENUES FOR YOUTH: $34,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $28,500 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSILVER SOBRIETY INC: $28,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetREACH FOR RESOURCES INC: $23,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetElpis Enterprises: $20,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCHANGE INC: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dwelling Place: $16,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN STAR COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cookie Cart: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING FORWARD: $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.

  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds WAYSIDE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds 180 DEGREES INC ↗
  • Who funds AVENUES FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds THE REDEMPTION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SILVER SOBRIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds REACH FOR RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Elpis Enterprises ↗
  • Who funds CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Dwelling Place ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds Washburn Center for Children ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds The Cookie Cart ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FORWARD ↗

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.

Otto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Walser FoundationFred C and Katherine …Fr Bigelow FoundationSundance Family Found…Shavlik Family Charit…Patrick and Aimee But…The Hubbard Broadcast…
Otto Bremer TrustMN21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Sundance Family Foundation · Shavlik Family Charitable Trust · Patrick and Aimee Butler Family · The Hubbard Broadcasting 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 Womack Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Womack Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    7report 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.

    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 25 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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