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Wurster Family Foundation at a glance

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Wurster 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.

$75k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

Religion$283kRecreation & Sports$138kEducation$64kHealth$45kYouth Development$22kArts & Culture$12kHuman Services$1k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$510k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$50,000
HONOR FLIGHT KERN COUNTY$10,000
RM PYLES BOYS CAMP$5,000
CSUB FOUNDATION$5,000
ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,200
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,000
PLEASANT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL$300
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FULLERTON JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT: $2k → 10%CALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $51k → 10%TOKAY HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 12%LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $5k → 14%RM PYLES BOYS CAMP: $5k → 14%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5k → 18%COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS FOUNDATION: $4k → 18%TAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10k → 19%DONORSCHOOSEORG: $2k → 17%THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCHES: $18k → 16%NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1k → 15%CALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $36k → 10%GRACE BAPTIST: $500 → 18%DONORSCHOOSEORG: $1k → 17%CALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $36k → 10%BRANDED HEART FELLOWSHIP: $73k → 18%CALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $6k → 10%BRANDED HEART FELLOWSHIP: $53k → 18%CALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $1k → 10%BRANDED HEART FELLOWSHIP: $50k → 18%BRANDED HEART FELLOWSHIP: $50k → 18%BRANDED HEART FELLOWSHIP: $20k → 18%BRANDED HEART FELLOWSHIP: $5k → 18%TIGERFIGHT FOUNDATION: $3k → 18%HONOR FLIGHT KERN COUNTY: $10k → 18%ST JOHN'S LUTHERN CHURCH: $10k → 18%CSUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%CSUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%CSUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%CSUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%CSUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%CSUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%CSUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%CSUB FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH: $3k → 18%HONOR FLIGHT: $1k → 18%LEO B HART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $500 → 18%RM PYLES BOYS CAMP: $10k → 18%JJ'S LEGACY: $5k → 18%WILDCAT COMITTEE BOYS CAMP: $5k → 18%RM PYLES BOYS CAMP: $1k → 18%LINKS FOR LIFE: $1k → 18%RM PYLES BOYS CAMP: $1k → 18%TAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%LAUREN SMALL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 18%GOING COCONUTS FOR A CURE: $5k → 18%MAGDALENE HOPE: $1k → 18%JP MEMORIAL: $1k → 18%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$504k · 10 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$504k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+100%

Still filing today

80%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +18%
  • RP
    RM PYLES BOYS CAMP
    4× · 2017–2024 · $17k · revenue +72%
  • JL
    JJs Legacy
    3× · 2017–2021 · $17k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCHES
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • WC
    WILDCAT COMITTEE BOYS CAMP
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +54%
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
Kern County Cancer Foundation

Dedicated to assisting kern county residents who need financial assistance in obtaining treatment for cancer and associated diseases.

Health
2
Kern County Law Enforcement Foundation

Support of local law enforcement

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3
Epilepsy Society of Kern County
Health
4
Kern County Library Foundation
Education
5
Condors Community Foundation

The Condors Community Foundation (the Foundation) mission is to support community organizations whose purpose is to enhance the health, education and general well-being of Kern County residents, particularly children and families in need.…

Youth Development
6
Kern County Farm Bureau

To represent, protect and advance the social, economic and educational interest of the farmers in kern county, california.

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7
Kern Medical Center Foundation

Kern medical center foundation is dedicated to promote education and programs that support the mission of kern medical center

Health
8
Amelia Molloys Angels

Provide financial and emotional support to families in Kern County who face infertility by relieving the finacial burden of expensive treatments of IVF, surrogacy and adoption. The foundation offers family grants, monthly support groups…

Health
9
Cbcc Foundation for Community Wellness Inc

Serving the educational, financial, and emotional needs of kern county cancer patients and their families. providing assistance to individuals with financial hardship to relieve medical debt.

Health
10
Active Bakersfield Alliance

To bring awareness and stature to our community; to advocate healthy, active lifestyles; and to raise funds for local causes - all through the sport of running. proceeds from the event benefit california state university, bakersfield…

Recreation & Sports
11
California Cricket Foundation
Recreation & Sports
12
Bakersfield Police Activities League

the organization's mission is the prevention of juvenile delinquency in kern county.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California State University Bakersfield Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Loma Linda University Health. 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

18 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. 18 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $251,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCHES: $18,000 · OtherTHE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCHESRM PYLES BOYS CAMP: $17,000 · OtherST JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH: $12,500 · Other+13 more: $23,300 · Other+13 moreCALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $130,000 · Recreation & SportsCALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING …+1 more: $250 · Recreation & SportsCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA S…TAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationTAFT COLLEGE…College of the Sequoias Foundation: $4,100 · EducationCollege of t…DONORSCHOOSEORG: $3,321 · EducationJJs Legacy: $16,700 · HealthNOBODY FIGHTS ALONE: $7,500 · HealthGoing Coconuts For a Cure Inc: $5,000 · HealthTigerfight Foundation: $3,000 · Health+2 more: $1,400 · HealthHONOR FLIGHT KERN COUNTY: $11,200 · Arts & CultureFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentMagdalene Hope Inc: $1,000 · Religion
Other$321,800Recreation & Sports$130,250Education$62,421Health$33,600Arts & Culture$11,200Youth Development$5,000Religion$1,000

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 budgetCALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $130,000 over 5y, 45% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRM PYLES BOYS CAMP: $17,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetJJs Legacy: $16,700 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT KERN COUNTY: $11,200 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNOBODY FIGHTS ALONE: $7,500 over 2y, 42% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoing Coconuts For a Cure Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of the Sequoias Foundation: $4,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $3,321 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTigerfight Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetLINKS FOR LIFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARE Riding Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMagdalene Hope Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBakersfield Recovery Services: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIABLO VALLEY BASEBALL CLUB IN: $250 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 CALIFORNIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RM PYLES BOYS CAMP ↗
  • Who funds JJs Legacy ↗
  • Who funds TAFT COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HONOR FLIGHT KERN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NOBODY FIGHTS ALONE ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Going Coconuts For a Cure Inc ↗
  • Who funds LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds College of the Sequoias Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds Tigerfight Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LINKS FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds MARE Riding Center ↗
  • Who funds Magdalene Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bakersfield Recovery Services ↗
  • Who funds DIABLO VALLEY BASEBALL CLUB IN ↗

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.

Kern Community Founda…The Virginia and Alfr…Lazzerini Family Foun…For All the Children …Robert Grimm Family F…Diane S Lake Charitab…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Kern Community FoundationCA21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kern Community Foundation · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Lazzerini Family Foundation · For All the Children Foundation · Robert Grimm Family Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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 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
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    The endowment market
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    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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