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Wrather Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$308k
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$448kEducation$392kHealth$365kAnimals$343kArts & Culture$150kFood & Nutrition$121kSocial Science$85kCivil Rights$72kOther$0
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k46 grants · $157k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $152k
$5,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$20,000
OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY$20,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$17,500
DOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL$15,000
TRANQUILITY FARM$15,000
ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION$12,000
EDUCATIONAL THEATER FOUNDATION$12,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$10,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$10,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$10,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$10,000
SANTA YNEZ COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$8,000
SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK$7,500
VENTANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY$5,000
NUMFOCUS$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 (FY17–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%DOWNTOWN WOMENS CENTER: $1k → 14%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $10k → 9%HOMELESS HEALTHCARE LA: $1k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTHCARE LOS ANGELES: $1k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTHCARE LOS ANGELES: $1k → 14%HOMELESS HEALTHCARE LA: $500 → 14%BRIGID ALLIANCE: $2k → 17%SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOOD ACTION NETWORK: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
UT
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
AL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 55 repeat orgs$263k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
36

Total granted

$1.8M
$236k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+7%

Still filing today

69%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $115k · revenue +26%
  • THE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $86k · revenue +23%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $82k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • LI
    LINEHAN INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2018 · $85k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • HS
    HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -5%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
5
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
6
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
7
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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8
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
9
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
10
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
11
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
12
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Maria Valley Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Pickleberry Pie 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

75 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. 75 of the 103 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/75
Grantees still filing
54/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $134,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINTRANQUILITY FARM: $95,000 · OtherTRANQUILITY FARMOREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $90,000 · OtherOREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONLINEHAN INSTITUTE: $85,000 · OtherLINEHAN INSTITUTEALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $62,000 · OtherALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATIONEDUCATIONAL THEATER FOUNDATION: $52,000 · OtherCOTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $40,000 · Other+49 more: $403,750 · Other+49 moreSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $171,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUND…EARTHJUSTICE: $60,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $55,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FU…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES…BARK: $16,000 · Environment+3 more: $5,500 · EnvironmentOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $115,000 · AnimalsOREGON HUMANE SO…DOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC: $63,500 · AnimalsDOVE LEWIS EMERG…SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK: $35,000 · AnimalsSANTA BARBARA WI…THE PONGO FUND: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE PONGO FUNDPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $25,000 · AnimalsPORTLAND ANIMAL …THE RESCUE TRAIN: $15,500 · Animals+10 more: $44,500 · Animals+10 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $82,000 · HealthPLANNED P…Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $65,000 · HealthSanta Bar…Central City Concern: $11,000 · HealthCentral C…SAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $10,000 · HealthSAINT JOH…SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $9,500 · Health+2 more: $8,000 · HealthREED INSTITUTE: $115,000 · EducationTOPANGA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · EducationNATIONAL GUARD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationCAL POLY CORPORATION: $5,000 · Education+3 more: $5,750 · EducationTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE: $86,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $7,000 · Arts & CultureENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $40,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $34,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,046,750Environment$342,500Animals$328,500Health$185,500Education$135,750Arts & Culture$93,000Crime & Legal$74,000

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 budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $171,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $115,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetREED INSTITUTE: $115,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE: $86,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $82,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC: $63,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $62,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK: $35,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $34,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $30,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PONGO FUND: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $25,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetInstitute for Responsible Technology: $20,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNumFOCUS INC: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBARK: $16,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESCUE TRAIN: $15,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral City Concern: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA MARIA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVENTANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON DOG RESCUE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CANCER INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalMatters: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOLO HOSPICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOOD ACTION NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBASSET HOUND RESCUE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSANTA YNEZ VALLEY AIRPORT AUTHORITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTOPANGA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCARE4Paws Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARENTS AND TEACHERS TOGETHER - WHECES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GUARD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCAL POLY CORPORATION: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds REED INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PONGO FUND ↗
  • Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM ↗
  • Who funds Institute for Responsible Technology ↗
  • Who funds ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NumFOCUS INC ↗
  • Who funds BARK ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE RESCUE TRAIN ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Central City Concern ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…The Oregon Community …Hutton Foundation Dba…California Community …PatagoniaorgThe Wood-Claeyssens F…The Community Foundat…Manitou FundThornton S Jr and Kat…Hillman Family Founda…The Annenberg Foundat…Lamb Weston Charitabl…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA20.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · California Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo · Manitou Fund · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Annenberg Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable 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 Wrather Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wrather Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
  • Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
  • Bark: 2% of income from government
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 103 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 2024, released 2024. 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
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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