· Private foundation
John M Wolff Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k7 grants · $205k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Urban League | $55,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $45,000 |
| Rebuilding Together | $45,000 |
| St Louis Area Foodbank | $45,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of St Louis | $25,000 |
| Bethesda Health Group | $20,000 |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $15,000 |
| WESLEY HOUSE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABoys and Girls Club of St. Louis5× · 2021–2025 · $160k
- SLST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC5× · 2021–2025 · $145k · revenue -29%
- ULURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS3× · 2023–2025 · $115k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- RTRanken Technical Collegeone grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +22%
- MHMagdala House Foundationone grant, 2022 · $30k
- THTraurig House at Gaylord Hospitalone grant, 2023 · $25k
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.
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.
To bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate, caring presence. our values are dignity, hospitality, service, excellence, compassion, and joy.
Commonbond's mission is to build stable homes, strong futures and vibrant communities. as the largest nonprofit provider of affordable homes in the upper midwest, commonbond has been building and sustaining homes with services to families,…
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To end family homelessness by restoring hope and rebuilding lives, so no child will ever have to sleep on the streets.
Urban triage transforms culture, institutions, and communities to ensure a humane future.
We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.
The st. louis integrated health network, through partnership and collaboration, is a healthcare intermediary building capacity across sectors to improve wellbeing by increasing access to health and social services.
Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.
To empower individuals to lead fulfilling and productive lives at home and in the community.
Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.
We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.
The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER INC ↗
- Who funds BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds Ranken Technical College ↗
- Who funds PROJECT CU INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN MURAL PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Magdala House ↗
- Who funds YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
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: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John M Wolff Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John M Wolff Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- American Mural Project Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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