Illinois · Private foundation
Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation
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.
- $957k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $185,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $242k 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 | 13 | $957k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $960k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $703k | 62% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $360k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $988k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $426k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $891k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dade College Foundation Inc | $480,500 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $407,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cleo Institute Inc | $360,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Education Fund Inc F/K/A Dade Public Education Fund In | $328,275 | 6 | 1% |
| South Florida Art Center Inc | $324,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Friends of the Underline Inc | $245,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc | $227,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Armour Dance Theatre Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Playing for Change Foundation | $220,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation 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: The Miami Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Kirk Foundation · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Peacock Foundation Inc · The Cowles Charitable Trust · Coral Gables Community Foundation Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · Fifty Over Fifty Inc · Albert H and Jane D Nahmad Foundation Inc · Alexander C Macintyre Charitable Trust II
How this is measured
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About Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation
- How much does Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation give?
- Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $957,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Arts & Culture (36%), Environment (10%).
- Who are Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Miami Dade College Foundation Inc ($481k), University of Miami ($408k), The Cleo Institute Inc ($360k).
- Does Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation 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 Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Miami Foundation Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation based?
- Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation is based in IL.
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