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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.

$433k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$80k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$1.3MHuman Services$462kEnvironment$301kEducation$187kArts & Culture$114kReligion$101kRecreation & Sports$100kPhilanthropy$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $311k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WALK ON$80,000
PIONEER CENTER$70,000
ALEXIAN BROTHERS FOUNDATION$60,000
BEYOND PESTICIDES$51,000
BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC$50,000
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE$25,000
POLO PLAYERS SUPPORT GROUP$10,000
ADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$10,000
LIFELINE PILOTS$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
BARRINGTON'S WHITE HOUSE$10,000
MAINSTAY THERAPEAUTIC FARM$10,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$10,000
GRAYSON - JOCKEY CLUB$10,000
GALLOPING OUT$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $181k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIFELINE PILOTS: $20k → 14%AUTISM SOCIETY OF MAINE: $1k → 12%LIFELINE PILOTS: $20k → 14%LIFELINE PILOTS: $20k → 14%LIFELINE PILOTS: $20k → 14%LIFELINE PILOTS: $20k → 14%LIFELINE PILOTS: $10k → 14%MAINSTAY THERAPEAUTIC FARM: $10k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%MAINSTAY THERAPEAUTIC FARM: $10k → 6%MAINSTAY THERAPEAUTIC FARM: $10k → 6%MAINSTAY THERAPEAUTIC FARM: $10k → 6%MAINSTAY THERAPEAUTIC FARM: $10k → 6%MAINSTAY THERAPEAUTIC FARM: $10k → 6%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
WI
NY
PA
CA
KY
VA
MD
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 26 repeat orgs$235k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
22

Total granted

$2.5M
$213k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+23%

Still filing today

73%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • SB
    SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +17%
  • LI
    LIFELINE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +185%
  • MS
    MAIN STAY THERAPEUTIC FARM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • University of Illinois Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +70%
  • Feeding America
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +23%
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
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
2
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
3
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
4
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
7
Gastro Intestinal Research Foundation Inc

The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…

Health
8
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
9
Vitalant

Unite blood and biologics donors, talent, and innovation to save and improve lives.

Health
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
11
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
12
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Advocate Charitable Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Freedom Farm. 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

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 53 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WALK ON: $511,000 · HealthWALK ONALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM: $310,294 · HealthALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEMADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Health+6 more: $43,500 · HealthBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC: $275,000 · OtherBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTICPIONEER CENTER: $263,000 · OtherPIONEER CENTERST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCHBARRINGTON'S WHITE HOUSE: $45,000 · OtherGRAYSON - JOCKEY CLUB: $40,000 · OtherPolo Players Support Group Inc: $60,000 · OtherPolo Players Support Group IncThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $55,000 · OtherThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycar…GALLOPING OUT: $40,000 · Other+22 more: $103,500 · Other+22 moreBeyond Pesticides: $301,000 · EnvironmentBeyond Pesti…SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $150,000 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $35,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationLIFELINE INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesMAIN STAY THERAPEUTIC FARM INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesFox River Valley Hound Heritage Foundation: $83,000 · Arts & CultureBARRINGTON YOUTH DANCE ENSEMBLE INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureVictoria Regional Museum: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MCHENRY COUNTY: $50,000 · PhilanthropyPERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Health$909,794Other$981,500Environment$301,000Education$185,500Human Services$181,000Arts & Culture$114,000Philanthropy$70,000

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 budgetWALK ON: $511,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM: $310,294 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBeyond Pesticides: $301,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLIFELINE INC: $110,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetFox River Valley Hound Heritage Foundation: $83,000 over 4y, 34% of budgetMAIN STAY THERAPEUTIC FARM INC: $60,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetPolo Players Support Group Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $55,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MCHENRY COUNTY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGALLOPING OUT: $40,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRINGTON YOUTH DANCE ENSEMBLE INC: $25,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEMENTIA SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFREEDOM FARM: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago Medical Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVictoria Regional Museum: $6,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANJELLICLE CATS RESCUE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWORKSHOPS EMPOWERMENT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Zoological Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF MAINE d/b/a ASM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPOUND PUPPIES N KITTENS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $500 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 WALK ON ↗
  • Who funds ALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds Beyond Pesticides ↗
  • Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds LIFELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds Fox River Valley Hound Heritage Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STAY THERAPEUTIC FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds Polo Players Support Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MCHENRY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GALLOPING OUT ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BARRINGTON YOUTH DANCE ENSEMBLE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS ↗
  • Who funds PERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds DEMENTIA SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM FARM ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Victoria Regional Museum ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SARAH'S CIRCLE ↗
  • Who funds ANJELLICLE CATS RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds WORKSHOPS EMPOWERMENT INC ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
AbbVie FoundationIL12× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 53 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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