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Wwmr Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.5MArts & Culture$965kEnvironment$885kHuman Services$350kFood & Nutrition$125kEducation$80kAnimals$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $475k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.8M
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART$1,000,000
WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY$500,000
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$250,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK$100,000
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA$100,000
CLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY$75,000
BECK CENTER$50,000
TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY$10,000
ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES$10,000
BLUE WATER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA$10,000
IDEASTREAM - WCLV$7,500
CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE$7,500
ZYGOTE PRESS$7,500
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 (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY: $10k → 16%RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1.5M → 16%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $500k → 7%BILLY IRELAND CARTOON LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $75k → 15%NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $5k → 17%TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $50k → 18%ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $10k → 14%CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY: $5k → 16%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $250k → 7%NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $5k → 17%TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $50k → 18%ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $10k → 14%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $250k → 7%TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $50k → 18%ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $10k → 14%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $250k → 7%TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $50k → 18%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $100k → 7%IDEASTREAM - WCLV: $8k → 17%BECK CENTER: $250k → 17%BECK CENTER: $50k → 17%BECK CENTER: $50k → 17%BECK CENTER: $50k → 17%APOLLO'S FIRE: $100k → 17%APOLLO'S FIRE: $100k → 17%APOLLO'S FIRE: $100k → 17%APOLLO'S FIRE: $100k → 17%HEIGHTS ARTS: $10k → 17%CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $8k → 17%GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK: $100k → 17%GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK: $50k → 17%GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK: $50k → 17%GREATER CLEVELAND FOODBANK: $25k → 17%BLUE WATER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $10k → 17%BLUE WATER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $10k → 17%BLUE WATER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $10k → 17%ZYGOTE PRESS: $8k → 17%CLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY: $75k → 17%CLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY: $60k → 17%CLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY: $60k → 17%CLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY: $50k → 17%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $1.0M → 17%CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA: $100k → 17%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $100k → 17%CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA: $100k → 17%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $100k → 17%CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA: $100k → 17%CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA: $100k → 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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 17 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
1

Total granted

$4.9M
$75k

Still filing today

71%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +52%
  • CM
    CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
    3× · 2022–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +14%
  • TM
    The Musical Arts Association
    4× · 2022–2025 · $400k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • BI
    BILLY IRELAND CARTOON LIBRARY & MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
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 Holden Arboretum

The holden arboretum connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.

Environment
2
Cleveland Botanical Garden

The cleveland botanical garden connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.

Environment
3
West Creek Conservancy

Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

Environment
4
America's River Roots Experience

America's river roots' mission is a quest to forge deeper connections to america's inland river waterways, aiming to highlight the pivotal role the ohio river played in shaping our nation. sparked by america's 250th anniversary, this…

Arts & Culture
5
Western Reserve Historical Society

Western reserve historical society preserves and uses its collections, historic sites, and museums to inspire people to discover the american experience by exploring the tangible history of northeast ohio.

Arts & Culture
6
Akron Art Museum

To enrich lives through modern and contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
7
Cleveland Pops Orchestra

The cleveland pops orchestra, led by conductor carl topilow, performs the highest quality symphonic pops music to entertain and enrich a wide and diverse audience and provides educational programs to develop an enduring appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
8
Cleveland Arts Prize

The cleveland arts prize identifies, rewards, publicly honors and promotes those creative artists whose original work and accomplishments have set a standard of excellence to which other artists can aspire. additionally, the cleveland arts…

Arts & Culture
9
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
10
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc

Born from the collision of rhythm & blues, country, and gospel, rock & roll is a spirit that is inclusive and ever-changing. the rock & roll hall of fame celebrates the sound of youth culture and honors the artists whose music connects us…

Arts & Culture
11
The Ohio Environmental Council

To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.

Environment
12
Cleveland Chamber Collective

Non-profit organization dedicated to presenting frees concert of Classical Music

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Toledo Museum of Art; the most unlike its peers is Ohio State University 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

13 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. 13 of the 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $1,200,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ARTThe Musical Arts Association: $400,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts AssociationCLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY: $245,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETYTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART+2 more: $57,500 · Arts & CultureRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $1,502,000 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Charitable Fou…WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,350,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN RESERVE LAND CO…+1 more: $20,000 · EnvironmentIndividual grant recipient: $400,000 · OtherIndividual grant…BECK CENTER: $400,000 · OtherBECK CENTERBILLY IRELAND CARTOON LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $75,000 · OtherBILLY IRELAND CA…+4 more: $92,500 · Other+4 moreOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $330,000 · EducationGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $225,000 · Food & NutritionTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $22,500 · Animals
Arts & Culture$2,102,500Philanthropy$1,502,000Environment$1,370,000Other$967,500Education$330,000Food & Nutrition$225,000Animals$22,500

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 budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $1,502,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,350,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $1,200,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $400,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $330,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY: $245,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $225,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $200,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBLUEWATER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $35,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetZYGOTE PRESS INC: $22,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% 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 Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds BLUEWATER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ↗
  • Who funds ZYGOTE PRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds SHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 Wwmr Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wwmr 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 19 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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