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Wyss Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
105
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Arts & Culture$838kEducation$656kFood & Nutrition$619kHuman Services$564kHousing & Shelter$512kInternational$405kHealth$340kAnimals$303kOther$0
02FY2025 · 105 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $140k
  • $10k–50k74 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$75,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NSWAS$40,000
INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PR$35,000
WATER MUSIC SOCIETY$35,000
MY FRIENDS PLACE$35,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$30,000
REED COLLEGE$30,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION PORTLAND$25,000
MULTNOMAH ARTS CENTER$25,000
LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE$25,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$20,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$20,000
STREET ROOTS$20,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OREGON$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $357k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STREET ROOTS: $20k → 12%Domestic Violence Resource Center: $10k → 8%Street Roots: $20k → 12%STREET ROOTS: $20k → 12%New Narritive: $12k → 8%Street Roots: $15k → 12%LANGE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%Street Roots: $10k → 12%SNOWCAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $10k → 12%SNOWCAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $5k → 12%IMPACT NW: $15k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $20k → 12%Raphael House of Portland: $10k → 12%Raphael House of Portland: $10k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $10k → 12%Raphael House of Portland: $10k → 12%GROWING GARDENS: $10k → 12%GROWING GARDENS: $8k → 12%Growing Gardens: $8k → 12%Growing Gardens: $8k → 12%Growing Gardens: $8k → 12%Janus Youth Program Inc: $12k → 12%JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $12k → 12%Janus Youth Program: $12k → 12%JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $12k → 12%Janus Youth Program: $12k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $10k → 12%ON THE MOVE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION: $8k → 12%Dress for Success: $5k → 12%Dress for Success: $5k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $5k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 12%Dress for Success: $5k → 12%RIDE CONNECTION: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
WA
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
VA
MD
DC
HI
AL
GA

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.4M · 99 repeat orgs$682k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +15% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

99 repeat relationships — 79 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

99
42

Total granted

$4.4M
$507k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+10%

Still filing today

63%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalFood & NutritionAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $275k · revenue +10%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $150k · revenue +20%
  • WM
    WATER MUSIC SOCIETY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $105k · revenue +115% · 28% of their budget

Funded once

  • OH
    Oregon Historical Society ( for library)
    one grant, 2021 · $42k
  • RC
    Reed College-Lillie P Wyss
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
  • LA
    Lewis and Clark College Advancement Services MSC 88
    one grant, 2023 · $30k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
2
Portland Farmers Market

Pfm operates world-class farmers markets that contribute to the success of local food growers and producers and create vibrant community gatherings. as a trade association, success for our vendors is our primary objective. listening and…

Community Improvement
3
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
4
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
5
Portland Community Media

Open signal's mission is to nurture the change-making power of community media in service of a just and equitable world.

Arts & Culture
6
Port Angeles Food Bank

Nourishing our community. the port angeles food bank is the main food bank in clallam county, providing food to 13 other area pantries and meal programs as well as providing food to over 5,000 individuals per month.

Food & Nutrition
7
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
8
Our House of Portland Inc

Guided by compassion, collaboration and respect, our house provided oregon and southwest washington's only integrated continuum of health and housing services to people with hiv.

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9
Sheltercare

Sheltercare offers a variety of housing and support services for people who are homeless or those facing homelessness with a committed focus on the community's most vulnerable individuals dealing with psychiatric disabilities, acquired…

Housing & Shelter
10
House Our Neighbors

House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the…

—
11
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
12
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Path Home and the most unlike its peers is Water Music Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyAffordable Senior HousingJewish Community Organizati…Child-Focused Education & S…Animal Rescue and AdoptionFilm & Television Industry …Community Health CentersFaith-Based Community Organ…Family Philanthropic Founda…University Foundation & Sup…Professional Associations a…Performing Arts Organizatio…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%1%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr18%27%20–35yr10%34%35–55yr12%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%0%<5yr16%3%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr18%25%20–35yr10%42%35–55yr12%24%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/99
the rest of the field
15%
8,996/58,965

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

93 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 93 of the 168 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
90/93
Grantees still filing
52/93
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $275,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKIndividual grant recipient — $150,000 · OtherMY FRIENDS PLACE — $135,000 · Other+115 more — $2,893,500 · Other+115 moreSTREET ROOTS INC — $85,000 · Human ServicesJANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND — $60,000 · Human ServicesGrowing Gardens — $42,000 · Human ServicesJOIN — $40,000 · Human ServicesDress for Success Oregon — $30,000 · Human ServicesIMPACT NW — $15,000 · Human ServicesSNOWCAP COMMUNITY SERVICES — $15,000 · Human Services+6 more — $50,000 · Human ServicesREED INSTITUTE — $95,000 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — $90,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL — $55,000 · EducationSMART READING — $50,000 · EducationWellesley College — $28,000 · EducationStreet Books — $13,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC — $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $70,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $50,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $30,000 · Arts & CultureBODYVOX INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $16,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more — $34,500 · Arts & CultureFeeding America — $90,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC — $75,000 · Food & NutritionPARTNERS FOR A HUNGER FREE OREGON — $56,000 · Food & NutritionSAM DAY FOUNDATION — $54,000 · Food & NutritionFeed The Mass — $13,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $8,000 · Food & NutritionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $150,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC — $65,000 · InternationalMercy Corps — $20,000 · InternationalHIRONDELLE USA LTD — $15,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR — $10,000 · International+1 more — $5,000 · InternationalOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY — $80,000 · AnimalsPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM — $41,000 · AnimalsHOUSE OF DREAMS — $41,000 · AnimalsSOUTH PACIFIC COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $39,000 · AnimalsZebs Wish Equine Sanctuary — $10,000 · Animals+1 more — $2,500 · Animals
Other$3,453,500Human Services$397,000Education$331,000Arts & Culture$310,500Food & Nutrition$296,000International$265,000Animals$213,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $275,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWATER MUSIC SOCIETY — $105,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREED INSTITUTE — $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE — $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America — $90,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCentral City Concern — $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTREET ROOTS INC — $85,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC — $80,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY — $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSISTERS OF THE ROAD INC — $75,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC — $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $69,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC — $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND — $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK — $60,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR A HUNGER FREE OREGON — $56,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL — $55,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetSAM DAY FOUNDATION — $54,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetProud Ground — $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSMART READING — $50,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY — $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $47,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Hopewell House dba Hopewell House — $45,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION — $44,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetOregon Environmental Council — $44,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGrowing Gardens — $42,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBay Area Young Survivors — $42,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM — $41,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetHOUSE OF DREAMS — $41,000 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetJOIN — $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTH PACIFIC COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $39,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC — $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN SOLUTIONS INC DBA OUR JUST FUTURE — $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTransition Projects Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDress for Success Oregon — $30,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHWEST YOUTH CORPS — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBODYVOX INC — $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE SHALOMWAHAT AL-SALAM INC — $30,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWellesley College — $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF OREGON INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROSE HAVEN CIC — $21,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WATER MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds REED INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds Central City Concern ↗
  • Who funds STREET ROOTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SISTERS OF THE ROAD INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS FOR A HUNGER FREE OREGON ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SAM DAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Proud Ground ↗
  • Who funds SMART READING ↗
  • Who funds BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Hopewell House dba Hopewell House ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Collins FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…The Harold & Arlene S…Meyer Memorial TrustThe Autzen FoundationThe Jackson FoundationThe Reser Family Foun…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Juan Young Trust
The Oregon Community FoundationOR66.7× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Wyss Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Northwest Youth Corps — 100% of income from government
  • On-the-Move Community Integration — 81% of income from government
  • Hacienda Community Development Corporation — 48% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps — 47% of income from government
  • Janus Youth Programs Inc — 46% of income from government
  • Outside in — 33% of income from government
  • Portland Street Medicine — 32% of income from government
  • Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon — 31% of income from government
  • Transition Projects Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank — 21% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Human Solutions Inc Dba Our Just Future — 17% of income from government
  • Self Enhancement Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Proud Ground — 11% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society — 10% of income from government
  • Central City Concern — 10% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland — 10% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Health Center — 9% of income from government
  • Impact Nw — 8% of income from government
  • Community Transitional School — 7% of income from government
  • New Narrative — 6% of income from government
  • Growing Gardens — 6% of income from government
  • Ride Connection Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Join — 4% of income from government
  • Bodyvox Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Smart Reading — 3% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation — 2% of income from government
  • Lewis & Clark College — 2% of income from government
  • Portland Opera Association Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Metroeast Community Media — 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Chamber Music — 1% of income from government
  • Reed Institute — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting — 1% of income from government
  • North Pole Studio — 0% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc — 0% of income from government
  • David's Harp 930771871 — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
15report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Wyss Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wyss 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 168 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 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