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Woodland 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.

$147k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$545kArts & Culture$327kSocial Science$223kScience & Tech$150kPublic Safety & Disaster$125kEducation$106kInternational$88kEnvironment$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS$50,000
GEORGETOWN INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN$40,000
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$20,000
ROBERT F KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS$20,000
PBS FOUNDATION$9,500
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION & ADVOCACY$5,000
MYRIAD USA$2,500
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 (FY17–23, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 14%CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 14%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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 13 repeat orgs$511k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$1.2M
$446k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+40%

Still filing today

85%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalScience & TechOther
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

  • PBS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2025 · $237k · revenue ×12
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2017–2022 · $125k · revenue +46%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    4× · 2021–2025 · $110k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • MS
    MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTR
    one grant, 2024 · $130k
  • MH
    MEDSTAR HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +16%
  • INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +229%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
3
The Brookings Institution

The brookings institution (brookings) is a nonprofit public policy organization that conducts in-depth, independent research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national, and global level.…

Social Science
4
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
7
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
8
Meridian International Center

Meridian international center is a nonpartisan diplomacy institution founded in 1960 to advance american leadership. headquartered on a historic campus in washington dc, our mission is to empower leaders to advance the next era of…

International
9
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
10
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
11
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
12
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

The ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute is the sole nonprofit organization created by president reagan charged with advancing his legacy and principles: individual liberty, economic opportunity, freedom and democracy, peace…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The George Washington University; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 34 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: $182,500 · OtherCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONSJOHNS HOPKINS LYME DISEASE RESEARCH: $175,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS LYME DISEASE RESEARCHMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTR: $130,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTRGEORGETOWN INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN: $40,000 · OtherGEORGETOWN INSTITUTE FOR WOMENJOHNS HOPKINS LYME RESEARCH CENTER: $25,000 · OtherWORLD RESOURCES INC: $25,000 · Other+10 more: $115,000 · Other+10 morePBS FOUNDATION: $236,500 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATIONSESAME WORKSHOP: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSESAME WORKSHOPNATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ARCHIVES FO…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $110,000 · HealthDana-Farber Ca…MEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $100,000 · HealthMEDSTAR HEALTH…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $100,000 · EducationNATIONAL GEOG…MARET SCHOOL INC: $70,000 · EducationMARET SCHOOL …JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS…The George Washington University: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $125,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $30,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR…WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $75,000 · InternationalBRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE: $30,000 · International+1 more: $2,500 · InternationalINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Science & Tech
Other$692,500Arts & Culture$311,500Health$215,000Education$206,000Human Services$155,000International$107,500Science & Tech$50,000

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 budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $236,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARET SCHOOL INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSESAME WORKSHOP: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRETTON WOODS COMMITTEE: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMPIRE DRAGONS NYC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetPEN FAULKNER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER: $1,000 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.

The Rockefeller Found…Gates FoundationThe Ford FoundationVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Rockefeller FoundationNY13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rockefeller Foundation · Gates Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Woodland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Woodland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Medstar Health Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–40%
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 34 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 unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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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