Texas · Private foundation
Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff 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.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $48,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $2.2M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $578k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.1M | 77% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.2M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $204k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $3.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | $128,711 | 4 | 1% |
| Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation | $115,481 | 3 | 2% |
| United Way of Greater Houston | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Parent Teacher Collaborative Co | $60,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Braes Interfaith Ministries Inc | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | $30,939 | 1 | 1% |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Out for Education | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor College of Medicine | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | $128,711 | 4 | 1% |
| Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation | $115,481 | 3 | 2% |
| United Way of Greater Houston | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Parent Teacher Collaborative Co | $60,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Braes Interfaith Ministries Inc | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Houston Independent School District Foundation | $30,939 | 1 | 1% |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Out for Education | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Comp-U-Dopt Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brighter Bites Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Ballet Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Israel | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collaborative for Children | $7,585 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Area Urban League Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pro-Vision Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Swag to College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation
- How much does Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation give?
- Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $2,240,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (90%), Philanthropy (5%), Health (2%).
- Who are Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Baylor College of Medicine ($150k), Holocaust Museum Houston ($129k), Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation ($115k).
- Does Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff 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 Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation based?
- Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Foundation is based in TX.
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