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Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$185k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$2.3MArts & Culture$2.2MEnvironment$590kPhilanthropy$335kHuman Services$245kAnimals$225kYouth Development$105kCivil Rights$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $202k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $755k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CLEO INSTITUTE INC$185,000
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$185,000
PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION$100,000
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR$100,000
ARMOUR DANCE THEATRE$75,000
FRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC$60,000
JOURNALISM FUNDING PARTNERS INC$50,000
THE EDUCATION FUND$40,000
BAKEHOUSE ART COMPLEX INC$40,000
MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC$35,000
DADE HERITAGE TRUST INC$30,000
BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC$30,000
GUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC$27,000
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 (FY20–25, $245k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC: $127k → 15%FRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC: $60k → 15%FRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC: $58k → 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.
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 17 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$4.1M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+15%

Still filing today

88%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MD
    MIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2025 · $481k · revenue +125%
  • UO
    University of Miami
    2× · 2019–2021 · $408k · revenue +67%
  • TC
    THE CLEO INSTITUTE INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $360k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • UU
    USC UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT GIFT
    one grant, 2021 · $300k
  • US
    UM SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
    one grant, 2024 · $167k
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +15%
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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University of Miami
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2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
Dance Now Ensemble Inc

Form 990, part 1, line 1 - organization mission and significant activities the mission of dance now miami is to promote the artistic vision of co- founders hannah baumgarten and diego salterini. the company creates, promotes and produces…

Arts & Culture
4
Miami Music Project Inc

Miami music project uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. our vision is…

Arts & Culture
5
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
6
Artis-Naples Inc

Please refer to schedule o for the organization's complete mission statement.

Arts & Culture
7
South Florida Symphony Orchestra Inc

The orchestra is dedicated to bringing orchestral music of the highest caliber to south florida. its mission is to delight, inspire and educate the communities we serve through music.

Arts & Culture
8
Florida Grand Opera Inc

The mission of florida grand opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera while supporting the operations of the greater miami opera and the opera guild, inc. by expanding its reach to diverse…

Arts & Culture
9
Clean Miami Beach Inc

Clean miami beach is dedicated to keeping our community and natural habitats free of garbage and harmful pollutants with a focus on single-use plastics. the goal is to teach residents, and educate the youth of today, how everyone can…

Environment
10
Miami Beach Film Society

Offer cultural experience

Arts & Culture
11
Museum of Contemporary Art Inc

The mission of the musuem of contemporary art is to contemporary art accesible to diverse audiences - especially underserved populations through the collection, preservation and exhibition of the best of contemporary art and its art…

Arts & Culture
12
Alhambra Music Inc

Community orchestra

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in; the most unlike its peers is Journalism Funding Partners. 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

27 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. 27 of the 35 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $600,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAMIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $480,500 · EducationMIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCUniversity of Miami: $407,500 · EducationUniversity of MiamiTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $328,275 · EducationTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE P…NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC: $100,000 · EducationUSC SCHOOL OF THE CINEMATIC ARTS: $300,000 · OtherUSC SCHOOL OF THE CINEMATIC AR…USC UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT GIFT: $300,000 · OtherUSC UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT GIF…ARMOUR DANCE THEATRE INC: $225,000 · OtherARMOUR DANCE THEATRE INCNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $200,000 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INCUM SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION: $167,000 · OtherUM SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL FOUNDATION FORNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE: $95,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THEGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $105,000 · OtherGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION…+5 more: $170,000 · Other+5 moreSOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER INC: $324,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA ART CENT…ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER TRUST INC: $227,000 · Arts & CultureADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER …MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM: $165,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEU…MIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INCBAKEHOUSE ART COMPLEX INC: $115,000 · Arts & CultureBAKEHOUSE ART COMPLEX …NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOUNDATION FO…THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $95,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreTHE CLEO INSTITUTE INC: $360,000 · EnvironmentTHE CLEO IN…THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLA…BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentTROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC: $245,000 · Human ServicesTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $235,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $220,000 · International
Education$1,916,275Other$1,662,000Arts & Culture$1,226,000Environment$615,000Human Services$245,000Philanthropy$235,000International$220,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $480,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $407,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEO INSTITUTE INC: $360,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $328,275 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER INC: $324,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC: $245,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $235,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER TRUST INC: $227,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetARMOUR DANCE THEATRE INC: $225,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetPLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM: $165,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBAKEHOUSE ART COMPLEX INC: $115,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $105,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDADE HERITAGE TRUST INC: $45,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetCONECTA MIAMI ARTS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetYOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetNU DECO ENSEMBLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

The Miami Foundation …The Batchelor Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…The Kirk FoundationJohn S and James L Kn…Peacock Foundation IncThe Cowles Charitable…Coral Gables Communit…The Frederick a Deluc…Fifty Over Fifty IncAlbert H and Jane D N…Alexander C Macintyre…
The Miami Foundation IncFL33.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Friends of the Underline Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: 19% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Bakehouse Art Complex Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Nu Deco Ensemble Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Young Musicians Unite Inc: 0% of income from government
  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum: 0% of income from government
  • New World Symphony Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
  • Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation 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 35 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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