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Wood Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k23 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $91k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $121k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WINDWOOD FARMS | $62,000 |
| CANAL WINCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $58,780 |
| FRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY | $27,900 |
| CANAL WINCHESTER LOCAL SCHOOLS | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| CANAL WINCHESTER HUMAN SERVICES | $13,500 |
| FISH AND LOAVES FOOD FUNDRAISING EV | $10,000 |
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| CANAL WINCHESTER SCHOOLS | $6,000 |
| KIDS GET CANCER TOO | $5,000 |
| MERCURY ONE INC | $5,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $5,000 |
| FAITH UNTIED METHODIST CHURCH | $5,000 |
| ST JUDE | $3,000 |
| THE JOSSLYN CENTER | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CWCANAL WINCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC4× · 2021–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +693% · 91% of their budget
- CWCANAL WINCHESTER LABOR DAY FESTIVAL INC2× · 2019–2020 · $400k · revenue +557%
- WFWindwood Farm Home For Children Inc4× · 2020–2023 · $153k · revenue +86%
Funded once
- LLLEUKIEMIA LYMPHOMA SOCIETYone grant, 2023 · $25k
- PFPROGENY FAMILY TRAINING CENTERone grant, 2020 · $25k
- MUMUSKINGUM UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $21k · revenue -1%
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.
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.
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.
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Wilberforce university is a historically black college and university and the primary mission is to engage, support, and assist students in identifying and preparing for their respective purposes in life as social change agents, social…
The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…
The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…
Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
How this is measured
50 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. 50 of the 98 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CANAL WINCHESTER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CANAL WINCHESTER LABOR DAY FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds Windwood Farm Home For Children Inc ↗
- Who funds Canal Winchester Human Services Corp ↗
- Who funds DESTINATION CANAL WINCHESTER ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds South Carolina Aquarium ↗
- Who funds Mercury One Inc ↗
- Who funds MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds A KID AGAIN INC ↗
- Who funds LOWER LIGHT MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds PATH2FREEDOM INC ↗
- Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
- Who funds 1MATTERSORG ↗
- Who funds FOOD RESCUE US INC ↗
- Who funds East Cooper Community Outreach ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Daniel Island Community Fund Inc · Siemer Family Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Kuznik Charitable Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Trident United Way · Harry C Moores Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wood Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wood Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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