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Woodshouse 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
69%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 28
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$5.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 69% of the organizations Woodshouse Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $654k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$2.1M50%
FY202426$1.1M69%
FY202328$845k68%
FY202217$969k88%
FY202125$959kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$1.4MReligion$1.4MInternational$855kPhilanthropy$727kSocial Science$275kCommunity Improvement$225kEnvironment$221kHuman Services$210kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
SD
IN
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
NM
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 59 grantees
All grantees of Woodshouse Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Branch School$348,000311%
Wisconsin Montessori Society Inc$320,00032%
Anthroposophic Press Inc Dba Steiner Books$254,350325%
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft$225,00041%
Bound Lotus Foundation Inc$200,0001n/a
American Transparency$125,00014%
Real Organic Project Inc$105,00032%
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$100,00015%
The Weston a Price Foundation$100,00013%
Idaho Outfitters & Guide Assoc Inc$80,000314%
American Institute for Economic Research$75,00012%
North Branch School Inc$62,000120%
Periscope Foundation$60,0001n/a
Restore Childhood$60,0002n/a
Biodynamic Association Inc$53,00018%
Wolakota Waldorf Society$53,00043%
The Children's Village Inc$50,00010%
The White Coat Waste Project Inc$50,00011%
American Brownstone Institute$50,00014%
Foreign Policy Association Inc$50,00011%
US Right to Know$50,00017%
Impact Society Global$47,00021%
Fairfield University$40,00010%
Center for Agricultural Resilience$40,000217%
Bruce Museum Inc$40,00011%
Advocates for the West Inc$35,00012%
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation$35,00010%
Self-Realization Fellowship Church$35,0001n/a
Greenwich Hospital$30,00010%
The Chorus of Westerly Inc$30,00040%
The Reason Foundation$30,00010%
The Film Collaborative Inc$25,00010%
Hawthorne Valley Association Inc$25,00020%
Law Project for Psychiatric Rights Inc$22,0001n/a
Scientific Alliance for Education$20,000232%
Project Veritas$20,0001n/a
Foundation for Cultural Renewal$20,0001n/a
Multiplier$20,00010%
Asheville Waldorf School Inc$20,0001n/a
Grunt Style Foundation$17,0001n/a
School Year Abroad Inc$15,00010%
Cornell Free Speech Alliance$15,0001n/a
Thoroughbred Placement Resources Inc$15,00024%
Cornell University$10,00010%
Backbone Campaign$10,00012%
Rescue the West Inc$10,00010%
Center for a Humane Economy Inc$10,00011%
Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Organiceye Inc$10,00011%
Truehope Institute$10,0001n/a
Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc$8,00021%
The Epiphany School Inc$8,00010%
Christian Community$6,0001n/a
Occupy Peace and Freedom Inc$5,00018%
Meadowbrook Waldorf Association$5,00010%
Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc$5,00010%
Health Freedom Defense Fund Inc$3,00010%
Institute of Ecotechnics$2,30012%
Internet Archive$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Woodshouse Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Branch School: $348,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetWisconsin Montessori Society Inc: $320,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetAnthroposophic Press Inc Dba Steiner Books: $254,350 over 3y, 25% of budgetQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft: $225,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Transparency: $125,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetReal Organic Project Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetFiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetThe Weston a Price Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetIdaho Outfitters & Guide Assoc Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetAmerican Institute for Economic Research: $75,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNorth Branch School Inc: $62,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetBiodynamic Association Inc: $53,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetWolakota Waldorf Society: $53,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetThe Children's Village Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe White Coat Waste Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Brownstone Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetForeign Policy Association Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUS Right to Know: $50,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetImpact Society Global: $47,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFairfield University: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Agricultural Resilience: $40,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetBruce Museum Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAdvocates for the West Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwich Hospital: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chorus of Westerly Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Reason Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Film Collaborative Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHawthorne Valley Association Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetScientific Alliance for Education: $20,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetMultiplier: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSchool Year Abroad Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThoroughbred Placement Resources Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetCornell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBackbone Campaign: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetRescue the West Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for a Humane Economy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVirginia Student Aid Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrganiceye Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKids Empowered by Your Support Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Epiphany School Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOccupy Peace and Freedom Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMeadowbrook Waldorf Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInvestigative Reporters & Editors Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHealth Freedom Defense Fund Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInstitute of Ecotechnics: $2,300 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetInternet Archive: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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 Bluebell FoundationFL22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bluebell Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation · Carroll Petrie Foundation · Novo Foundation · Charleigh Charitable Trust · The Snider Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · Impactassetsinc

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.

Compare Woodshouse Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Woodshouse Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Woodshouse 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.

About Woodshouse Foundation

How much does Woodshouse Foundation give?
Woodshouse Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $2,212,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 28 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Woodshouse Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Religion (20%), International (12%).
Who are Woodshouse Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: North Branch School ($348k), Wisconsin Montessori Society Inc ($320k), Anthroposophic Press Inc Dba Steiner Books ($254k).
Does Woodshouse Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Woodshouse Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Woodshouse Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bluebell Foundation, Donors Trust Inc, Rsf Social Finance Inc.
Where is Woodshouse Foundation based?
Woodshouse Foundation is based in CT.

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 92 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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