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Grace E & Louis Dewolff 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.

$55k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
59%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$11,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 19
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 59% of the organizations Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic BenefitHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving19$55k58%
FY202317$64k59%
FY202219$53k74%
FY20218$39k38%
FY202013$62kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$53kHealth$50kEducation$43kFood & Nutrition$38kAnimals$35kReligion$18kArts & Culture$10kRecreation & Sports$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
UT
TN
SC
OK
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 21 grantees
All grantees of Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charleston Animal Society$32,10040%
East Cooper Meals on Wheels Inc$27,05651%
Prager University Foundation$20,50020%
Folds of Honor Foundation$17,10040%
Special Olympics South Carolina$8,97510%
The Formation Project$5,97611%
East Cooper Community Outreach$5,00010%
Our Rescue$3,45430%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,00020%
Wings for Kids$1,50010%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$1,35010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,00010%
Pattison's Academy$1,00010%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$1,00010%
Paws for Purple Hearts$1,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
Project Veritas$1,0001n/a
Lowcountry Orphan Relief$1,00010%
Mt Pleasant Artist Guild$50010%
Seacoast Christian Community Church Incorporated$5001n/a
Mugs for Moms$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($140k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCharleston Animal Society: $32,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEast Cooper Meals on Wheels Inc: $27,056 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $17,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics South Carolina: $8,975 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Formation Project: $5,976 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEast Cooper Community Outreach: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur Rescue: $3,454 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWings for Kids: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPattison's Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLowcountry Food Bank Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLowcountry Orphan Relief: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMt Pleasant Artist Guild: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 18.

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.

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Trident United Way · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Daniel Island Community Fund Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Medical Society of South Carolina · Good Neighbors Family Trust · Post and Courier Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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About Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation

How much does Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation give?
Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $55,445 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Health (18%), Education (16%).
Who are Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Charleston Animal Society ($32k), East Cooper Meals on Wheels Inc ($27k), Prager University Foundation ($21k).
Does Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Grace E & Louis Dewolff 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 Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc, Trident United Way.
Where is Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation based?
Grace E & Louis Dewolff Foundation is based in SC.

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 53 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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