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World Group 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.

$209k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$83k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$208kRecreation & Sports$50kEnvironment$32kEducation$11kHealth$11kHuman Services$10kInternational$6kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $133k
$1,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$461k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES$82,500
CLEVELAND METROPARKS$50,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$25,000
SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL$9,300
WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY$7,200
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$4,500
THE NICOLE WILCOX FOUNDATION$4,000
HONEY FROM THE ROCK$3,000
PINK RIBBON GOOD INC$2,000
MISSION METROPLEX INC$2,000
DANCE FOR THE CURE$2,000
VALLEY GIRLS AND GUYS$2,000
ASSOCIACAO AMARCURA$1,500
REDE FEMININA DE COMBA$1,500
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY24–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $500 → 16%HONEY FROM THE ROCK: $3k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $500 → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $500 → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $1k → 17%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

WA
MN
OH
NJ
MO
VA
TN
NC
SC
OK
AL
GA
TX
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$214k · 3 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +137% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
25

Total granted

$214k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+137%
0%

Still filing today

67%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterReligionEducationOther
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

  • NM
    NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES
    2× · 2024–2025 · $208k
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $6k · revenue 0%
  • NW
    Near Westside MultiService Corp
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1k · revenue +137%

Funded once

  • CM
    CLEVELAND METROPARKS
    one grant, 2025 · $50k
  • SM
    Saint Martin de Porres High School
    one grant, 2025 · $9k · revenue 0%
  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2025 · $7k · revenue 0%
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
Trinity Health System Group

As an affiliate of commonspirit health, we make the healing presence of god known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.

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2
St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Franci s

To continue christ's healing love through delivery of competent & compassionate healthcare in an environment sensitive to the needs of all people. the hospital is committed to providing a broad range of quality inpatient and outpatient…

Health
3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
4
The Rose

The mission of the rose is saving lives through quality breast health services, advocacy and access to care for all.

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5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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6
The Nebraska Medical Center

The Nebraska Medical Center (TNMC)'s mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care.

Health
7
SISTER2SISTER

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer in women in the us overall, but its the leading cause of cancer death in black and hispanic women. geographical disparities in breast cancer incidence and…

Health
8
My Cancer Haven
Health
9
We Beat Cancer
Philanthropy
10
Integris Health Inc

Partnering with people to live healthier lives.

Health
11
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
12
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pink Ribbon Good Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Northern Tool Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 29 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
5/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES: $207,500 · OtherNATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKESCLEVELAND METROPARKS: $50,000 · OtherCLEVELAND METROPARKSTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY+11 more: $14,000 · OtherSaint Martin de Porres High School: $9,300 · EducationWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $7,200 · EnvironmentVALLEY GIRLS & GUYS: $2,000 · HealthPINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $2,000 · HealthBREAST CANCER HUB CORPORATION: $1,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $1,000 · HealthCANDLER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthHONEY FROM THE ROCK LLC: $3,000 · Human ServicesNear Westside MultiService Corp: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE: $1,000 · Human ServicesSHARE OUR SUZY LOWCOUNTRY: $1,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $500 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,500 · ReligionMISSION METROPLEX INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyThe Northern Tool Foundation: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$296,500Education$9,300Environment$7,200Health$7,000Human Services$6,500Religion$5,500Philanthropy$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School: $9,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $7,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHONEY FROM THE ROCK LLC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMISSION METROPLEX INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER HUB CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Northern Tool Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCANDLER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE METANOIA PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Community West Founda…Akron Community Found…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community West FoundationOH13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community West Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 World Group Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from World Group 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to World Group Foundation?

Find your warmest path to World Group 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.

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 29 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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