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Wood Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14k
Granted FY2022
14
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$38kArts & Culture$23kReligion$13kHousing & Shelter$9kHuman Services$4kEnvironment$1kFood & Nutrition$1kCivil Rights$500Other$0
02FY2022 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$241k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST NORBERT COLLEGE$3,500
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL$2,500
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST HOMELESS SHELTER$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
PILLARS HOMELESS SHELTER$1,000
ST WILLEBRORD PARISH$1,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$500
PROFESSIONAL CHILDRENS SCHOOL$500
SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE$500
ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP FOR HOUSING$500
NAMI$250
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY$250
WHATSOEVER YOU DO INC$250
CANARY FUND$250
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 (FY19–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE: $500 → 14%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA: $1k → 10%WHATSOEVER YOU DO INC: $1k → 10%WHATSOEVER YOU DO INC: $500 → 10%WHATSOEVER YOU DO INC: $250 → 10%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69k · 9 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2022, 4 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
14

Total granted

$69k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+23%

Still filing today

56%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22
Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • DP
    DANCES PATRELLE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $18k · revenue +15%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST HOMELESS SHELTER INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $5k · revenue +28%
  • PI
    PILLARS INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $2k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • UP
    UNIQUE PROJECTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +240%
  • NC
    NUTMEG CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +9%
  • GG
    GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +55%
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
The Great Northern Winter Festival

The great northern celebrates our cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body. in an era of changing climate that threatens our signature season, we seek to create community, inspire action,…

Arts & Culture
2
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
5
Goodwill Manufacturing Inc

Goodwill manufacturing, inc. ("goodwill manufacturing") is a nonstock, not-for-profit wisconsin corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock, not-for-profit…

Employment
6
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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7
Park Square Theatre

To enrich the community by producing and presenting exceptional live theatre that touches the heart, engages the mind and delights the spirit.

—
8
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
9
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
10
New York Shakespeare Festival

As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…

Arts & Culture
11
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
12
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Professional Childrens School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sisters Rising Worldwide. 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 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANCES PATRELLE INC: $18,000 · OtherDANCES PATRELLE INCCONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART ANNUAL FUND: $11,591 · OtherCONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART ANNUAL FUNDCATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE: $11,500 · OtherCATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF ST JOHN THE DIVINECOLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · Other+14 more: $9,600 · Other+14 morePROFESSIONAL CHILDRENS SCHOOL INC: $16,000 · Arts & CulturePROFESSIONAL CHILDRENS S…UNIQUE PROJECTS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureUNIQUE PROJECTS INCNUTMEG CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureNUTMEG CONSERVATORY FOR …ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterST JOHN T…PILLARS INC: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterPILLARS I…ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP FOR HOUSING INC: $500 · Housing & ShelterECUMENICA…ST NORBERT COLLEGE INC: $3,500 · EducationST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC: $1,000 · EducationWHATSOEVER YOU DO INC: $1,750 · Human ServicesGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesSisters Rising Worldwide: $500 · Human ServicesPAUL'S PANTRY INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $250 · Crime & Legal
Other$55,191Arts & Culture$19,500Housing & Shelter$7,500Education$4,500Human Services$3,250Food & Nutrition$1,000Crime & Legal$750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDANCES PATRELLE INC: $18,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetPROFESSIONAL CHILDRENS SCHOOL INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHN THE EVANGELIST HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST NORBERT COLLEGE INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPILLARS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIQUE PROJECTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWHATSOEVER YOU DO INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNUTMEG CONSERVATORY FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL'S PANTRY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSisters Rising Worldwide: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP FOR HOUSING INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Wisconsin Public Serv…Greater Green Bay Com…Rosemary L & John P M…John and Engrid Meng …Otto Bremer TrustVanguard Charitable E…AbbVie FoundationBaird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Rosemary L & John P Mortensen Foundation · John and Engrid Meng Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · AbbVie Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Wood Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wood 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Wood Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wood 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 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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