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Wsdc 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$56M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Wsdc Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $735k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23
HealthPhilanthropyAnimalsEducationRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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
FY2024still arriving24$2.0M38%
FY202330$3.1M33%
FY202223$2.2M43%
FY202137$2.8M51%
FY202025$1.9M40%
FY201839$4.1M59%
FY201725$1.9Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$4.2MRecreation & Sports$2.8MEducation$2.4MHealth$1.9MAnimals$1.5MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.3MArts & Culture$996kCrime & Legal$805kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc$3,220,000731%
Chesterfield Hockey Association$2,000,000156%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,420,00030%
Jovial Concepts$795,000756%
Central Institute for the Deaf$725,00051%
Humane Society of Missouri$650,00071%
Aspen Camp of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing$500,000298%
Tigers Unlimited Foundation$500,00011%
E4e Relief LLC$450,00020%
St Gianna Catholic Church$450,0003n/a
Show all 81 grantees
All grantees of Wsdc Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc$3,220,000731%
Chesterfield Hockey Association$2,000,000156%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,420,00030%
Jovial Concepts$795,000756%
Central Institute for the Deaf$725,00051%
Humane Society of Missouri$650,00071%
Aspen Camp of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing$500,000298%
Tigers Unlimited Foundation$500,00011%
E4e Relief LLC$450,00020%
St Gianna Catholic Church$450,0003n/a
Duo Dogs Inc$425,00038%
Support Our Soldiers$323,0004n/a
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis$300,00041%
Bear Trust International$225,000386%
Ellisville Police Foundation$175,000296%
St Louis Police Foundation$175,00024%
The Constitutional Coalition$125,000217%
Lift Disability Network Inc$125,000316%
Nashville Predators Foundation$122,50023%
The Rick Rush Art Alliance$121,000390%
Responder Rescue Inc$115,000244%
St Louis Blues Alumni Assn$115,000310%
Heartland Youth Foundation$115,0004n/a
James Tower Campbell Foundation$110,000299%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$100,00020%
Lower Saucon Fire Rescue$100,000113%
Fentanylsolution Org$100,0001n/a
The Billfish Foundation Inc$100,00024%
Code 3 Response$95,000233%
International Game Fish Association Inc$85,00061%
Care to Learn$83,00015%
The Pujols Family Foundation Inc$80,00014%
Prevented$75,00012%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of St Louis$65,00050%
St Louis Area Womens Police Soccer Team$65,0005n/a
Pedal the Cause$60,00021%
Western Pa Wounded Warriors Inc$50,000162%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair$50,0002n/a
American Hearing Impaired Hockey Assn Inc$50,0001n/a
Signlight Inc$50,000183%
Adopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc$50,00011%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50,00010%
Chesterton Academy of Vero Beach Inc$50,0001n/a
Western Colorado Peace Officers Association$45,0004n/a
Coping 4 Life$45,000221%
Usher Syndrome Society Inc$45,00026%
Just in Time to Save a Life$40,0001n/a
Camp Taloali Inc$30,0003n/a
St George Catholic Church$30,0001n/a
Roice-Hurst Humane Society Inc$25,00012%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$25,00040%
Greater St Louis Association of the Deaf$25,000117%
Kodawest Inc$25,000126%
Front Row Films Inc$25,0001n/a
Wild Sheep Foundation$25,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25,00010%
Zoological Society of New Jersey Inc$25,00011%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$25,00030%
Mule Deer Foundation$25,0001n/a
Verona Field Hockey Parents Association Inc$25,0001n/a
Franklin County Deputy Sheriff's Gold Star Fund Inc$25,000139%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri Inc$25,00014%
Gray Foundation$25,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$25,00010%
Impact Montana Incorporated$20,00015%
Missouri Veterans Endeavor$20,0001n/a
The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries Inc$20,00011%
Yachtaid Global$20,00015%
Eighty-Seven & Running$20,00014%
The Blake School$20,00010%
Yale New Haven Hospital$20,00010%
Partnership for a Drug-Free America$15,00010%
St Louis Legacy Ice Foundation$15,00011%
Starkloff Disability Institute$15,00011%
Mark Seven Deaf Foundation$10,00011%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$10,00010%
Flathead County Sheriffs Posse Inc$10,00011%
University of Maryland College Park$10,0001n/a
Monument View Bible Church$10,0001n/a
Kennel to Couch Inc Bohne$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Wsdc Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 63 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDeaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc: $3,220,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetChesterfield Hockey Association: $2,000,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $1,420,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJovial Concepts: $795,000 over 7y, 56% of budgetCentral Institute for the Deaf: $725,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHumane Society of Missouri: $650,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetAspen Camp of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing: $500,000 over 2y, 98% of budgetTigers Unlimited Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetE4e Relief LLC: $450,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDuo Dogs Inc: $425,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetThe Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis: $300,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBear Trust International: $225,000 over 3y, 86% of budgetEllisville Police Foundation: $175,000 over 2y, 96% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $175,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetThe Constitutional Coalition: $125,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetLift Disability Network Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetNashville Predators Foundation: $122,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetThe Rick Rush Art Alliance: $121,000 over 3y, 90% of budgetResponder Rescue Inc: $115,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetSt Louis Blues Alumni Assn: $115,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetJames Tower Campbell Foundation: $110,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLower Saucon Fire Rescue: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Billfish Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCode 3 Response: $95,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetInternational Game Fish Association Inc: $85,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCare to Learn: $83,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetThe Pujols Family Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetPrevented: $75,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of St Louis: $65,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPedal the Cause: $60,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWestern Pa Wounded Warriors Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSignlight Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 83% of budgetAdopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoping 4 Life: $45,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetUsher Syndrome Society Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetRoice-Hurst Humane Society Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreater St Louis Association of the Deaf: $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetKodawest Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetWild Sheep Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZoological Society of New Jersey Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin County Deputy Sheriff's Gold Star Fund Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% 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 63.

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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.

World Wide Technology FoundationMO20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: World Wide Technology Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Blues for Kids · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Stupp Bros Bridge & Iron Foundation · Tsf · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Blues Alumni Assn · Stifel Foundation Inc · The Crawford Taylor 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.

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About Wsdc Foundation

How much does Wsdc Foundation give?
Wsdc Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $2,040,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Wsdc Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Education (13%).
Who are Wsdc Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation Inc ($3.2M), Chesterfield Hockey Association ($2.0M), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($1.4M).
Does Wsdc Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wsdc 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 Wsdc Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include World Wide Technology Foundation, St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Blues for Kids.
Where is Wsdc Foundation based?
Wsdc Foundation is based in MN.

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 109 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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