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Wood Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$14kReligion$5kRecreation & Sports$4kHousing & Shelter$2kHealth$1kAnimals$1kFood & Nutrition$600Philanthropy$204Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$43k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Castle Rock Bible Chapel$1,001
Colorado Gives$520
Beyond Church$500
American Cancer Society$500
Help & Hope Center$500
Barb's Dog Rescue$303
Colorado APICS Adopt a Family$200
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 (FY17–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Helping Hands Ministry: $500 → 13%Help & Hope Center: $4k → 3%Family Tree: $500 → 8%Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking: $535 → 12%Help & Hope Center: $2k → 3%Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking: $500 → 12%Help & Hope Center: $2k → 3%Laboratory to Combat Human Traffick: $500 → 12%Help & Hope Center: $2k → 3%Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking: $51 → 12%DouglasElbert Task Force: $1k → 3%Help & Hope Center: $1k → 3%Help & Hope Center: $500 → 3%Hope's Promise: $300 → 3%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33k · 12 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$33k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+108%

Still filing today

50%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsInternationalFood & 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

  • CR
    CASTLE ROCK COMMUNITY INTER CHURCH TASK FORCE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +93%
  • LT
    LABORATORY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
    4× · 2018–2024 · $2k · revenue +45%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $600 · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • HH
    Help Hope Center
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • HH
    HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +103%
  • FT
    FAMILY TREE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +25%
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
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
2
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
3
Center for Improving Value in Health Care

To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. we help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to…

Health
4
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
5
Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative Inc

Mission: leading and advancing collaboration to end homelessness in our region. vision: dedicated to everyone in the metro region having a safe, stable place to call home. values: committed to core values that bring people home: -…

Housing & Shelter
6
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
7
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
8
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado

Rooted in the values of kindness, dignity and social justice, lfsrm strenghtens communities by providing support, guidance, and resource coordination to individuals and families throughout the rocky mountain region.

—
9
Childsafe Colorado Inc

Mission: our mission is to break the cycle and heal the childhood trauma resulting from abuse and neglect with specialized treatment, education and community outreach. we believe in a comprehensive, community-based approach to the problem…

Crime & Legal
10
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver

As the charitable arm of the archdiocese of denver and inspired by god's love and compassion, catholic charities extends the healing ministry of jesus christ to the poor and those in need. catholic charities of the archdiocese of denver…

Human Services
11
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
12
Colorado Health Institute
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Severe Weather Shelter Network. 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

13 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. 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $6,070 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBEYOND CHURCH: $2,500 · OtherBEYOND CHURCHHAAT: $1,550 · OtherHAATBarb's Dog Rescue: $1,303 · OtherBarb's Dog RescueCastle Rock Bible Church: $1,200 · OtherCastle Rock Bible ChurchCastle Rock Bible Chapel: $1,001 · OtherCastle Rock Bible ChapelHelp Hope Center: $1,000 · OtherHelp Hope CenterColorado APICS Adopt a Family: $600 · Other+6 more: $954 · Other+6 moreCASTLE ROCK COMMUNITY INTER CHURCH TASK FORCE: $12,000 · Human ServicesCASTLE ROCK COMMUNITY INTER CHURCH TASK FORC…LABORATORY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $1,586 · Human ServicesLABORATORY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKINGHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $500 · Human ServicesFAMILY TREE INC: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $300 · Human ServicesThe Colorado Soccer Foundation: $4,000 · Recreation & SportsThe Colorad…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,545 · HealthCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $520 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $200 · PhilanthropyFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $600 · Food & NutritionMercy Corps: $103 · International
Other$16,178Human Services$14,886Recreation & Sports$4,000Health$1,545Philanthropy$720Food & Nutrition$600International$103

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 budgetCASTLE ROCK COMMUNITY INTER CHURCH TASK FORCE: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colorado Soccer Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLABORATORY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $1,586 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,545 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY TREE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSevere Weather Shelter Network: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHOPE'S PROMISE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO: $100 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 CASTLE ROCK COMMUNITY INTER CHURCH TASK FORCE ↗
  • Who funds The Colorado Soccer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LABORATORY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds Severe Weather Shelter Network ↗
  • Who funds HOPE'S PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO ↗

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–75%
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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