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Wrg 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.

$836k
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$85k
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.

Philanthropy$1.5MReligion$909kHealth$824kEducation$740kHuman Services$566kYouth Development$384kInternational$376kArts & Culture$254kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $495k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $290k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$85,000
ABBEY OF REGINA LAUDIS$55,000
MESA FARMS - OJAI CA$50,000
GRYMES MEMORIAL SCHOOL$50,000
GOOD COUNSEL$50,000
YOUTH VILLAGES$47,500
ST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL$45,000
PATH HOME$40,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN$35,000
MERCY CORPS$25,000
REACH OUT AND READ OREGON$25,000
SAVING MOTHERS$25,000
GLADSTONE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION$20,500
PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION$20,000
PARTNERSHIP TO END HOMELESSNESS$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $472k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $1k → 10%ST MARYS HOME FOR BOYS: $10k → 8%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $10k → 9%GOOD COUNSEL: $50k → 14%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $1k → 10%ST MARYS HOME FOR BOYS: $5k → 8%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $10k → 9%GOOD COUNSEL: $50k → 14%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $10k → 9%GOOD COUNSEL: $30k → 14%ST MARYS HOME FOR BOYS: $5k → 8%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $10k → 9%GOOD COUNSEL: $20k → 14%HELP OF OJAI: $10k → 10%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS: $3k → 17%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $5k → 9%GOOD COUNSEL: $20k → 14%SAVING MOTHERS: $25k → 17%MEMORY MATTERS: $20k → 10%ST MARYS HOME FOR BOYS: $5k → 8%GOOD COUNSEL: $15k → 14%HELP OF OJAI: $5k → 10%SAVING MOTHERS: $10k → 17%HELP OF OJAI: $5k → 10%SAVING MOTHERS: $5k → 17%MEMORY MATTERS: $10k → 10%ST MARYS HOME FOR BOYS: $5k → 8%HELP OF OJAI: $5k → 10%MEMORY MATTERS: $10k → 10%ST MARYS HOME FOR BOYS: $5k → 8%MEMORY MATTERS: $10k → 10%MEMORY MATTERS: $10k → 10%HELP OF OJAI: $2k → 10%MEMORY MATTERS: $5k → 10%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 12%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 12%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 12%ALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $20k → 12%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

NH
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 83 repeat orgs$375k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

83 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

83
48

Total granted

$4.6M
$326k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+10%

Still filing today

61%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MC
    Mercy Corps
    8× · 2017–2024 · $330k · revenue +19%
  • PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $188k · revenue +258%
  • GC
    GOOD COUNSEL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • NP
    NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • WU
    WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +34%
  • Proud Ground
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +10%
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
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
2
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
3
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
4
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
5
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
6
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
7
People Inc

People inc. provides health and human services that enrich lives and communities through innovation and supportive services. with a goal to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life, people inc. provides day,…

Human Services
8
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.

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9
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
10
Providence Portland Medical Foundation

As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

Health
11
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
12
Community Medical Centers Inc

The organization provides primary medical, behavior health, and dental care to the population of san joaquin, and solano counties without regard to patients' ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for the Study of Social Policy; the most unlike its peers is Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Inc Gullah Museum of Hilton Headinc. 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

88 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. 88 of the 145 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/88
Grantees still filing
64/88
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ABBEY OF REGINA LAUDIS: $768,700 · OtherABBEY OF REGINA LAUDISST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL: $190,000 · OtherST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOLFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $171,525 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $100,000 · OtherUNIV OF CHICAGO TMW CENTER: $100,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $100,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $115,000 · Other+88 more: $1,343,096 · Other+88 moreTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $819,000 · PhilanthropyTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOU…AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $450,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUND…Community Foundation of the Lowcountry: $56,600 · Philanthropy+3 more: $33,780 · PhilanthropyGOOD COUNSEL INC: $185,000 · Human ServicesGOOD COUNSE…YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $150,575 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLA…MEMORY MATTERS: $65,570 · Human ServicesMEMORY MATT…Metropolitan Family Service: $50,000 · Human ServicesMetropolita…THE CARVER INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesTHE CARVER …SAVING MOTHERS: $40,000 · Human ServicesSAVING MOTH…ST MARY'S HOME: $35,000 · Human ServicesST MARY'S H…HELP OF OJAI INC: $27,000 · Human Services+4 more: $25,000 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $187,822 · HealthPROVIDENCE…NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $100,000 · HealthNURSE-FAMI…VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC: $75,000 · HealthVOLUNTEERS…NAMI LOWCOUNTRY: $50,000 · HealthNAMI LOWCO…NAMI OREGON: $46,000 · HealthNAMI OREGO…GO2 For Lung Cancer: $45,000 · HealthGO2 For Lu…PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health+10 more: $34,775 · Health+10 moreMercy Corps: $329,500 · InternationalMUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC: $105,000 · International+3 more: $7,750 · InternationalGRYMES MEMORIAL SCHOOL INC: $164,000 · EducationSMART READING: $63,500 · EducationCORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $19,000 · EducationThe Madeira School: $15,000 · Education+3 more: $5,600 · EducationCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL POLICY: $150,000 · Public Benefit
Other$2,888,321Philanthropy$1,359,380Human Services$623,145Health$558,597International$442,250Education$307,100Public Benefit$150,000

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 budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $819,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $329,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $187,822 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGOOD COUNSEL INC: $185,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetGRYMES MEMORIAL SCHOOL INC: $164,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $150,575 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL POLICY: $150,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $115,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPATH HOME: $80,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC: $75,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMEMORY MATTERS: $65,570 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSMART READING: $63,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $62,400 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $56,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNAMI LOWCOUNTRY: $50,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetMetropolitan Family Service: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNAMI OREGON: $46,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetGO2 For Lung Cancer: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSAVING MOTHERS: $40,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetMIRASOL HEALTH INC: $36,100 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetST MARY'S HOME: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $33,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetHELP OF OJAI INC: $27,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProud Ground: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGULLAH MUSEUM OF HILTON HEAD INC GULLAH MUSEUM OF HILTON HEADINC: $21,500 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetCORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARTNERSHIP TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $18,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OJAI VALLEY LAND CONSERVANCY: $15,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Madeira School: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKINSHIP HOUSE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BRIDGE PROJECT INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILTON HEAD HEROES INC: $11,780 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetFriends of Hopewell House dba Hopewell House: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLung Cancer Alliance: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON: $10,000 over 2y, 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 OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOOD COUNSEL INC ↗
  • Who funds GRYMES MEMORIAL SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH VILLAGES INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL POLICY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds MUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds PATH HOME ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORY MATTERS ↗
  • Who funds SMART READING ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of the Lowcountry ↗
  • Who funds NAMI LOWCOUNTRY ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Service ↗
  • Who funds NAMI OREGON ↗
  • Who funds GO2 For Lung Cancer ↗
  • Who funds THE CARVER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVING MOTHERS ↗
  • Who funds MIRASOL HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S HOME ↗

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 Oregon Community …OCF Joseph E Weston P…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Meyer Memorial TrustJuan Young TrustClark FoundationThe Jackson FoundationThe Collins FoundationThe Autzen FoundationHillman Family Founda…M J Murdock Charitabl…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR36.4× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Meyer Memorial Trust · Juan Young Trust · Clark Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · M J Murdock Charitable Trust

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 Wrg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wrg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Morrison Child and Family Services: 91% of income from government
  • Albertina Kerr Centers: 74% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Family Service: 29% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Proud Ground: 11% of income from government
  • Nami Oregon: 10% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Parenting Now: 1% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine Clinic: 0% of income from government
  • The Campbell Institute: 0% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 145 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 regranting layer
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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