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John T Wolf Charitable Trust II at a glance

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John T Wolf Charitable Trust II

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$85k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$513kReligion$369kPublic Benefit$142kArts & Culture$128kEducation$87kHousing & Shelter$67kRecreation & Sports$61kHealth$54kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$904k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG LIFE - ILLINOIS STATELINE$30,000
YOUTH FOR CHRIST USA INC$30,000
BOONE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY: $7k → 14%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $2k → 26%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY: $2k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY: $2k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY: $2k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY: $2k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY: $2k → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $500 → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $200 → 15%CARPENTER'S PLACE: $200 → 15%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

IL
NY
MA
KY
KS
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$900k · 48 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
34

Total granted

$900k
$135k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+22%

Still filing today

44%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BC
    BOONE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $74k · revenue +107% · 67% of their budget
  • SY
    STATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    3× · 2022–2025 · $33k · revenue +94%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL
    7× · 2017–2023 · $19k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • BC
    BELVIDERE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 100
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • BC
    BELVIDERE CEMERARY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • BC
    BOONE COUNTY KEEN AGE CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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.

1
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
2
Northern Illinois Blood Bank Inc D/B/a Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rock river valley blood center, in partnership with our community, is dedicated to providing safe, high value blood products and services to people in need.

Health
3
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
4
Family Health Center of Boone County

To provide access to primary medical, dental and mental health services for community members, with emphasis on the medically underserved, to improve the health of the community and to train future health care providers.

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5
Roane County Medical Center

Roane County Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
6
Rockford Health Physicians

To improve and protect the health and welfare of the community in accordance with our mission, the mission of rockford health physicians is "exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better." the foundation of this…

Health
7
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

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…

Food & Nutrition
8
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic Inc

To provide access to high quality, comprehensive, primary healthcare in cook county to all users, regardless of financial ability to pay for service.

Health
9
Caromont Health

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
10
Heartland Community Health Clinic D/B/a Heartland Health Services

Provide affordable, high-quality health services and remove inequities to improve the lives of all.

Health
11
Boone Memorial Hospital Inc

Boone Memorial Hospital strives to supply a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services.

Health
12
Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Boone County Casa. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 84 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
33/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH: $165,000 · OtherST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCHFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $151,500 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHCITY OF BELVIDERE: $140,000 · OtherCITY OF BELVIDEREBOONE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC: $74,000 · OtherBOONE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INCBELVIDERE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 100: $50,000 · OtherSTATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $33,000 · Other+59 more: $346,675 · Other+59 moreBOONE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $538,000 · PhilanthropyBOONE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+3 more: $8,200 · PhilanthropyROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES: $17,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $19,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCARPENTER'S PLACE INC: $900 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthMISS CARLY'S INC: $13,000 · Food & NutritionBOONE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Food & NutritionEmpower Boone Inc: $1,500 · Food & NutritionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $3,500 · International
Other$960,175Philanthropy$546,200Education$24,500Human Services$22,400Health$21,000Food & Nutrition$20,500International$8,500

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 budgetBOONE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $538,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetBOONE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC: $74,000 over 2y, 67% of budgetSTATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $33,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMISS CARLY'S INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BOONE COUNTY: $8,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROCKFORD COUNCIL: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOONE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBELVIDERE FAMILY YMCA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE DECISIONS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwedishAmerican Health Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBOONE COUNTY CASA: $3,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMercy Ships International: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCK HOUSE KIDS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGROWTH DIMENSIONS FOR BELVIDERE & BOONE COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBELVIDERE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetROCKFORD ART MUSEUM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmpower Boone Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Executive Mansion Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARPENTER'S PLACE INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOONE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $860 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMilitary Heritage Museum Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER CARE MINISTRIES: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds BOONE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOONE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds STATELINE YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MISS CARLY'S INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BOONE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROCKFORD COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds BOONE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BELVIDERE FAMILY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE DECISIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SwedishAmerican Health 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.

Community Foundation …Bergstrom Inc Charita…Rydell Family Foundat…Tracy E Anderson Char…The Kjellstrom Family…Midland States Bank F…Jeffrey R Anderson Ch…Kristin L Anderson Ch…Ralph J Baudhuin Foun…The David & Colleen A…Northern Illinois Foo…Javon Bea Hospital
Community Foundation of Northern ILIL36.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern IL · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · Rydell Family Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Midland States Bank Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · Ralph J Baudhuin Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Javon Bea Hospital

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 John T Wolf Charitable Trust II funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John T Wolf Charitable Trust II. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Military Heritage Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to John T Wolf Charitable Trust II?

Find your warmest path to John T Wolf Charitable Trust II through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 84 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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