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DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC

DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,008 to it, the largest being NEW YORK METS FOUNDATION INC ($45,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$448
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$107k
0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 92%
01What it does

What David Wright Foundation Inc does

Mission

The mission of the foundation is to provide aid and assistance toward the health, emotional development and education for children in need. Through programs and annual events, the foundation strives to enhance the quality of life for children of the new york, tri-state and virginia metropolitan areas.

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.

Program

The organization hosted a las vegas night fundraising activity during 2017. The money raised was distributed to charitable organizations raising money for children in need.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($49k) Expenses 100 ($45k) Net assets 100 ($138k)2018 Revenue 1 ($448) Expenses 89 ($40k) Net assets 77 ($107k)
20172018
Revenue (1)Expenses (89)Net assets (77)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $138k to $107k (−23%).

$138k
$107k
20172018
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,549 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’17
−$40k
’18
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $45k → $5k.

Funder
'17
'18
'20
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC.

90%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

90% of DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’20
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 99% between 2017 and 2018.

Operating margin−8824% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−99% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,675 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2018

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC?
DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,008 to it, the largest being NEW YORK METS FOUNDATION INC ($45,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $50,008 in grants to DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC?
NEW YORK METS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DAVID WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing