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Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
60
Grants FY2024
52
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 52
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$23M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $203k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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 arriving58$1.2M21%
FY202352$1.2M10%
FY202249$1.1M22%
FY202142$750k50%
FY202021$325k67%
FY20196$110k50%
FY20179$165kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.1MHuman Services$1.5MHealth$1.1MEducation$710kArts & Culture$460kRecreation & Sports$235kInternational$220kHousing & Shelter$150kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CA
MO
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Miriam Foundation$295,00070%
St Louis Crisis Nursery$270,00071%
Jewish Family Services of St Louis$265,00061%
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research$225,00063%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of St Louis$220,00060%
The Little Bit Foundation$210,00051%
Jewish Community Center$200,00020%
St Louis University$165,00040%
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation$140,00040%
Home Sweet Home$110,00051%
Fathers Support Center St Louis$110,00051%
Foster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis$100,00050%
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis$100,00060%
Assistance League of St Louis$90,00053%
The Next Step$90,00058%
St Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum$87,50013%
National Council of Jewish Women St Louis Section$80,00042%
Safe Connections$75,00051%
St Louis Childrens Hospital$70,0003n/a
Mercy Health Foundation St Louis$65,00030%
Rainbow Village Properties Inc$60,00041%
Autism Speaks Inc$60,00040%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$60,00030%
The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children$60,00030%
Lydia's House Inc$60,00041%
Operation Food Search Inc$60,00040%
Gateway Arch Park Foundation$55,00041%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$55,00040%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$55,00040%
Forest Park Forever Inc$55,00040%
St Andrews Resources for Seniors$50,00010%
Veterans Community Project$50,00040%
Ssm Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital$50,00010%
Caring for Kids Inc$50,000419%
Friends of Kids With Cancer$45,00051%
Missouri Historical Society$45,00040%
Room at the Inn$40,00032%
Care to Learn$40,00051%
St Louis Science Center Foundation$40,00030%
St Louis County Library Foundation$35,00040%
Stray Rescue of St Louis$35,00040%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$30,00030%
Mercy Hospitals East Communities$25,00010%
Better Family Life Inc$25,00030%
Special Olympics Missouri Inc$25,00030%
Equine-Assisted Therapy Inc$20,00041%
Healing Action Network Inc$15,00021%
Child Center-Marygrove$15,00020%
Temple Emanuel$10,0001n/a
Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network$10,00020%
St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation$10,00021%
Almost Home$10,00020%
Gateway to Hope$10,00020%
Southside Early Childhood Center$5,00010%
Pathways to Independence$5,00011%
The Crown Center Inc$5,00010%
Immigrant Home English Learning Program$5,00011%
Provident Inc$5,00010%
St Louis Shakespeare Festival$5,00010%
Bennett Project$5,00018%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($510k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMiriam Foundation: $295,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSt Louis Crisis Nursery: $270,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetJewish Family Services of St Louis: $265,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFoundation for Sarcoidosis Research: $225,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of St Louis: $220,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $210,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetJewish Community Center: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSt Louis University: $165,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Children's Hospital Foundation: $140,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHome Sweet Home: $110,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFathers Support Center St Louis: $110,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFoster Care Coalition of Greater St Louis: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis: $100,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAssistance League of St Louis: $90,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetThe Next Step: $90,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetSt Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum: $87,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women St Louis Section: $80,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetSafe Connections: $75,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMercy Health Foundation St Louis: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRainbow Village Properties Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLydia's House Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOperation Food Search Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGateway Arch Park Foundation: $55,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Louis Symphony Orchestra: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSt Andrews Resources for Seniors: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVeterans Community Project: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSsm Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaring for Kids Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetFriends of Kids With Cancer: $45,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMissouri Historical Society: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRoom at the Inn: $40,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCare to Learn: $40,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSt Louis Science Center Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSt Louis County Library Foundation: $35,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt Louis Area Food Bank Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Hospitals East Communities: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBetter Family Life Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Missouri Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEquine-Assisted Therapy Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHealing Action Network Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetChild Center-Marygrove: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMissouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network: $10,000 over 2y, 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 58.

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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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO66.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Edward Jones Foundation · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Norman J Stupp Foundation · Tsf

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 Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation

How much does Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation give?
Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $1,550,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 52 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Human Services (21%), Health (16%).
Who are Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Miriam Foundation ($295k), St Louis Crisis Nursery ($270k), Jewish Family Services of St Louis ($265k).
Does Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, World Wide Technology Foundation, St Louis Community Foundation.
Where is Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation based?
Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation is based in MO.

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 78 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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