Massachusetts · Private foundation
Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $113k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $113k | 73% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $130k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $105k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $132k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $90k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $87k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $57k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $61k | 24% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc | $43,000 | 4 | 0% |
| PKD Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Children's Orchestra Society Inc | $39,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy | $31,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $27,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Americans for Ben-Gurion University Inc | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sea Turtle Conservation League of Singer Island Inc | $23,000 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($296k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc
- How much does Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc give?
- Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $113,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), International (22%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($80k), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($70k), The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc ($43k).
- Does Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc 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 Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
- Where is Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc based?
- Herbert O Wolfe Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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