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Mel Wolf Foundation Dima

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.

$248k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$47k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$335kEducation$308kHealth$258kCivil Rights$185kCommunity Improvement$177kArts & Culture$120kInternational$116kEmployment$72kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $238k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BALI CHILDREN'S PROJECT$47,436
MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER$37,000
SOLUTIONS ORIENTED ADDICTION RESPONSE$35,000
YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA$25,000
BRINGING MUSIC TO LIFE$20,000
WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER IN CHARLESTON$20,000
BUMI SEHAT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL$16,645
SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS$15,000
WORK OPTIONS FOR WOMEN$12,000
MYRIAD USA$10,028
FJC$7,235
BALI CHILDREN FOUNDATION$3,000
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 (FY18–25, $451k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $37k → 12%YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA: $46k → 18%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 12%YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA: $42k → 18%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 12%YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA: $29k → 18%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 12%YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA: $25k → 18%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 12%YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA: $25k → 18%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 12%YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA: $25k → 18%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 12%YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA: $22k → 18%YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA: $20k → 18%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $10k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $10k → 12%MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COL: $10k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $10k → 12%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 14 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$1.5M
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+265%

Still filing today

71%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthReligionInternationalOther
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

  • TB
    The Bali Children's Project
    8× · 2018–2025 · $275k · revenue +121%
  • YO
    YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $234k · revenue +31%
  • SO
    SOLUTIONS ORIENTED ADDICTION RESPONSE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $135k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • UP
    UNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $35k · revenue +265%
  • UP
    UNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC ATFAL
    one grant, 2019 · $35k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
2
Womens Empowerment Coalition

To advance gender equity through education, mentorship, and economic opportunity in marginalized communities.

Civil Rights
3
Tomorrow's Youth Organization

Tomorrow's youth organization empowers refugees and marginalized communities across the middle east - to build resilience, healing, and opportunity admist conflict. through locally-led and globally-informed programs in education,…

Education
4
Mukti International

Mukti is a Sanskrit word that means "freedom from oppression and exploitation". Our goal is to see women and children find pathways to freedom. We partner with organizations around Asia that are on the frontlines helping to rescue and…

Crime & Legal
5
Women for Women International

In countries affected by conflict and war, women for women international (women for women) supports the most marginalized women to earn and save money, improve health and well-being, influence decisions in their home and community, and…

International
6
El Centro Amistad

Create opportunities and programs that promote health equity education and quality of life for the latino community in boulder county in colorado.

Human Services
7
Health Poverty Action Usa

Health Poverty Action USA acts in solidarity with health workers, activists & communities worldwide to improve health & challenge the causes of poverty. We do this in 3 distinct ways: 1. We approach health as an issue of social justice. We…

International
8
Womens Empowerment International

Womens Empowerment funds econcomic empowerment programs including small business loans, training, education, and other vital poverty alleviation strategies for women experiencing poverty. More on Schedule O.

International
9
My Sisters House

My sisters house mission is to serve asian and pacific islander and other underserved women and children impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking by providing a culturally appropriate and responsive safe haven,…

Crime & Legal
10
Women's Refugee Commission Inc

To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…

Human Services
11
Sahar Education

Sahar Education Sahar partners with Afghan based organizations to build schools and create educational opportunities for girls in Afghanistan empowering and inspiring children and their families to build peaceful and thriving communities.

International
12
Lotus Outreach

Lotus Outreach is a nonprofit organization, incorporated in California in 2002, dedicated to ensuring the education, health and safety of vulnerable women and children in the developing world. Lotus Outreachs purpose is to create a more…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado; the most unlike its peers is Laotong Yoga Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER IN CHARLESTON: $123,000 · OtherWOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER IN CHARLESTONUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC ATFALUNA SOCIETY FOR DEAF CHILDREN: $115,250 · OtherUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC ATFALU…BRINGING MUSIC TO LIFE: $110,000 · OtherBRINGING MUSIC TO LIFETHE GATHERING PLACE: $50,000 · OtherTHE GATHERING PLACEUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC ATFAL: $35,000 · OtherUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC ATFALSAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS: $25,000 · Other+5 more: $47,235 · Other+5 moreYWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC: $233,733 · Human ServicesYWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA I…MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $177,000 · Human ServicesMI CASA RESOURCE CENTERFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $40,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF CO…Laotong Yoga Inc: $38,600 · Human ServicesLaotong Yoga IncThe Bali Children's Project: $274,933 · EducationThe Bali Children's P…THE LEARNING SOURCE: $30,000 · EducationTHE LEARNING SOURCE+1 more: $3,000 · EducationSOLUTIONS ORIENTED ADDICTION RESPONSE: $135,000 · HealthSOLUTIONS OR…BUMI SEHAT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL INC: $36,395 · HealthBUMI SEHAT F…WORK OPTIONS FOR WOMEN DBA WORK OPTIONS: $72,000 · ReligionUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC: $35,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC: $10,028 · International
Other$505,485Human Services$489,333Education$307,933Health$171,395Religion$72,000International$45,028

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 budgetThe Bali Children's Project: $274,933 over 8y, 13% of budgetYWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC: $233,733 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetMI CASA RESOURCE CENTER: $177,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSOLUTIONS ORIENTED ADDICTION RESPONSE: $135,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetWORK OPTIONS FOR WOMEN DBA WORK OPTIONS: $72,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLaotong Yoga Inc: $38,600 over 5y, 15% of budgetBUMI SEHAT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL INC: $36,395 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEARNING SOURCE: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL & TRANSGEND COMMUNITY CENTER OF COLORADO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBALI CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 4.9% 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.

  • Who funds The Bali Children's Project ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds MI CASA RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SOLUTIONS ORIENTED ADDICTION RESPONSE ↗
  • Who funds WORK OPTIONS FOR WOMEN DBA WORK OPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds Laotong Yoga Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUMI SEHAT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING SOURCE ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN'S CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
  • Who funds GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL & TRANSGEND COMMUNITY CENTER OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds BALI CHILDREN 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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Colorado · The Sam S Bloom Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Western Union Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Mel Wolf Foundation Dima funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mel Wolf Foundation Dima. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 23 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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