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Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
60
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2024 · 60 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $550k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $675k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$250,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$125,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$100,000
MIRIAM FOUNDATION$50,000
FOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH$50,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES ST LOUIS$50,000
SSM HEALTH CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$50,000
ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$50,000
LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION$50,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS' SERVICES$50,000
ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY$50,000
ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS$50,000
HOME SWEET HOME$30,000
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL$25,000
MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CARE TO LEARN: $10k → 15%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $20k → 21%CARE TO LEARN: $10k → 15%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $20k → 21%CARE TO LEARN: $10k → 15%CARE TO LEARN: $5k → 15%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $20k → 21%CARE TO LEARN: $5k → 15%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $10k → 21%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $5k → 21%HOME SWEET HOME: $30k → 11%HOME SWEET HOME: $30k → 11%FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $10k → 11%FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $10k → 11%FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $10k → 11%FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $10k → 11%FRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $5k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%HOME SWEET HOME: $30k → 11%SOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $5k → 21%HOME SWEET HOME: $15k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%HOME SWEET HOME: $5k → 11%ST ANDREW'S RESOURCES FOR SENIORS: $50k → 11%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $30k → 11%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 11%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $20k → 11%FATHERS & FAMILIES SUPPORT CENTER: $40k → 21%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $15k → 11%FATHERS & FAMILIES SUPPORT CENTER: $20k → 21%FATHERS & FAMILIES SUPPORT CENTER: $20k → 21%FATHERS & FAMILIES SUPPORT CENTER: $20k → 21%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $55k → 11%FATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUIS: $10k → 21%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $50k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS' SERVICES: $50k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $50k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $40k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $20k → 11%PROMISE COMMUNITY HOMES: $15k → 11%PROMISE COMMUNITY HOMES: $15k → 11%RAINBOW VILLAGE PROPERTIES: $15k → 11%PROMISE COMMUNITY HOMES: $15k → 11%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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NJ
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 56 repeat orgs$423k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
7

Total granted

$4.4M
$233k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
0%

Still filing today

84%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MF
    MIRIAM FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $295k · revenue +57%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $270k · revenue +52%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $265k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • SL
    St Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
    one grant, 2023 · $88k · revenue -35%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • SA
    ST ANDREWS RESOURCES FOR SENIORS
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
2
Mission St Louis

Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.

Community Improvement
3
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
4
St Louis Jewish Light

The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.

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5
The Saint Louis Zoo Association

The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…

Animals
6
St Louis Economic Development Partnership

Economic development.

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7
Casa of St Louis

Casa of st. louis advocates for abused and neglected children and youth in st. louis by representing their best interests in court and in the community. our vision is that every child lives in a safe permanent home and has the opportunity…

Civil Rights
8
Greater St Louis Inc

Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…

Community Improvement
9
St Louis Survivors' Legal Support Inc

SLSLS provides victims of domestic violence the assistance they need in filing petitions for orders of protection and obtaining full orders of protection in court.

Crime & Legal
10
St Louis Sports Commission Inc

Foster economic growth and improved quality of life in the st. louis area by producing events, enhancing its national and international image as a premier sports region, and increasing community awareness of the value of sports.

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11
St Marys Hospital for Children Inc

St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…

Health
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Crisis Nursery; the most unlike its peers is Bennett Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 78 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/61
Grantees still filing
41/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,432,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVI…FOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH: $225,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RE…Jewish Federation of St Louis: $197,500 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of St LouisST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $270,000 · OtherST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERYRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $220,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITI…FOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $100,000 · OtherFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREA…THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS: $100,000 · OtherTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLI…ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL: $90,000 · OtherST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $70,000 · Other+30 more: $1,010,000 · Other+30 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $265,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVIC…THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $210,000 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT FOUND…JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $200,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CEN…HOME SWEET HOME: $110,000 · Human ServicesHOME SWEET HOMEFATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUIS: $110,000 · Human ServicesFATHERS SUPPORT CENT…ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST LOUIS: $90,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF…SAFE CONNECTIONS: $75,000 · Human ServicesSAFE CONNECTIONSRAINBOW VILLAGE PROPERTIES INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesST ANDREWS RESOURCES FOR SENIORS: $50,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF KIDS WITH CANCER: $45,000 · Human Services+5 more: $65,000 · Human ServicesFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $716,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVE…NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN ST LOUIS SECTION: $80,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL COUN…+1 more: $25,000 · Community ImprovementMIRIAM FOUNDATION: $295,000 · EducationMIRIAM FO…ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $165,000 · EducationST LOUIS …THE NEXT STEP: $90,000 · EducationTHE NEXT …ST LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationST LOUIS …ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 · HealthMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION ST LOUIS: $65,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $60,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $60,000 · HealthThe Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children: $60,000 · HealthSSM CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $50,000 · HealthMERCY HOSPITALS EAST COMMUNITIES: $25,000 · HealthEQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $20,000 · Health+5 more: $50,000 · HealthSt Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum: $87,500 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $55,000 · Arts & CultureMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$1,854,500Other$1,860,000Human Services$1,280,000Community Improvement$821,000Education$585,000Health$530,000Arts & Culture$192,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,432,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $716,000 over 7y, 0.0% of 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 budgetJewish Federation of St Louis: $197,500 over 4y, 0.5% 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 budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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 Fo…World Wide Technology…St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…Employees Community F…Edward Jones Foundati…Brown Dana Charitable…United Way of Greater…Moneta Group Charitab…Edward Jones Foundati…Norman J Stupp Founda…Tsf
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harlene & Marvin Wool Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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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