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Woodward Foundation Inc at a glance

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Woodward Foundation Inc

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.

$32k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$4k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$80kEducation$43kHuman Services$27kPublic Benefit$27kYouth Development$23kArts & Culture$18kRecreation & Sports$15kEnvironment$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$522k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Judicial Watch$4,000
Hillsdale College$4,000
Independent Medical Alliance$4,000
Children's Health Defense$3,000
The Heritage Foundation$3,000
The Leadership Institute$2,500
Virginia Home for Boys and Girls$2,500
Regent University Regent University Advancement ADM 128$2,500
Network of Enlightened Wome$2,250
The Virginia Home$2,000
Virginia Special Olympics$1,000
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $3k → 9%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $3k → 9%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $3k → 9%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $3k → 9%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $3k → 9%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $2k → 9%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $2k → 9%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $2k → 9%Virginia Home for Boys and Girls: $2k → 9%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$217k · 20 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
9

Total granted

$217k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+87%

Still filing today

70%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthEnvironmentArts & CulturePublic BenefitHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TV
    The Virginia Home
    9× · 2017–2025 · $26k · revenue +142%
  • VH
    VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +21%
  • LI
    LEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK FOR CANCER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $17k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VALENTINE MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +176%
  • BS
    Beth Sholom Senior Living
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • V
    VPM
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
2
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
3
Bon Secours - Richmond Health System Inc

The mission is to bring compassion to health care and to be good to those in need, especially those who are poor and dying. as a system of caregivers, we commit ourselves to help bring people and communities to health and wholeness.

Health
4
Community Memorial Hospital

To provide excellence in the delivery of healthcare.

Health
5
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
6
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
7
Medical College of Va Foundation

To support and foster vcu health and vcu health sciences through philanthropy, stewardship, innovation, communication, and collaboration.

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Thomas Jefferson School of Law

The mission of the school is to provide outstanding legal education in a collegial and supportive environment with attention to newly emerging areas of law, particularly those related to technological development, globalization and the…

Education
10
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
11
Virginia Tech Foundation Inc

Virginia tech foundation, inc. (vtf) is a virginia nonstock corporation established in 1948 for the sole purpose of managing virginia tech's endowment to advance virginia tech's mission and its strategic priorities.

Education
12
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

21 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. 21 of the 32 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Virginia Special Olympics: $15,000 · OtherVirginia Special OlympicsREGENT UNIVERSITY: $13,000 · OtherREGENT UNIVERSITYFLCCC Alliance Inc: $11,500 · OtherFLCCC Alliance IncBoy's and Girl's Club of Metro Richmond Va Inc: $11,000 · OtherBoy's and Girl's Club of Metro Richmond V…VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $9,000 · OtherVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSThe Community Idea Stations: $8,000 · OtherThe Community Idea StationsFeed More Meals on Wheels Program Richmond: $6,500 · OtherFeed More Meals on Wheels Program Richmon…MAYMONT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherMAYMONT FOUNDATION+9 more: $12,500 · Other+9 moreThe Virginia Home: $26,000 · HealthThe Virginia HomeLEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK FOR CANCER: $17,100 · HealthLEGAL INFORMATION NETWO…INDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE: $8,000 · HealthINDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALL…+2 more: $2,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $15,500 · EnvironmentCHILDREN'S H…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE B…LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentLEWIS GINTER…THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $11,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE…JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $9,500 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WAT…Leadership Institute: $6,500 · Public BenefitLeadership I…VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $21,000 · Human ServicesVIRGINIA …HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $17,500 · EducationHILLSDALE…NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $3,250 · EducationNETWORK O…HEART OF VIRGINIA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $11,500 · Youth Development
Other$91,500Health$53,100Environment$27,500Public Benefit$27,000Human Services$21,000Education$20,750Youth Development$11,500

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 budgetThe Virginia Home: $26,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $21,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK FOR CANCER: $17,100 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREGENT UNIVERSITY: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF VIRGINIA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $11,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYMONT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $3,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF RICHMOND: $3,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE VALENTINE MUSEUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAYHEALTH FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREHOBOTH BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREHOBOTH ART LEAGUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 The Virginia Home ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK FOR CANCER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE ↗
  • Who funds REGENT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF VIRGINIA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds MAYMONT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHEPHERDS CENTER OF RICHMOND ↗
  • Who funds THE VALENTINE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BAYHEALTH FOUNDATION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BEEBE MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REHOBOTH BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds REHOBOTH ART LEAGUE 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.

Massey Family Foundat…The Community Foundat…Chrisman Family Found…Herndon FoundationDelaware Community Fo…Dominion Energy Chari…Carmax FoundationNational Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
Massey Family FoundationVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Massey Family Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Chrisman Family Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Carmax Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment 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 Woodward Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Woodward Foundation Inc. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Rehoboth Art League Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Bayhealth Foundation Corporation: 4% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Beebe Medical Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 32 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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