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Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2026
32
Organizations funded FY2025
9%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$100
Largest grant, FY2026
$5,210
Organizations funded a year
5 to 36
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
12
Total assets, FY2026
$173k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 9% of the organizations Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
HealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationInternationalReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving26$17k15%
FY202532$39k9%
FY202436$33k75%
FY20238$24k0%
FY202211$61k36%
FY20217$9k57%
FY20205$9k60%
FY20195$6k40%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$71kEducation$31kHousing & Shelter$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kHuman Services$12kFood & Nutrition$11kInternational$8kHealth$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MN
IL
WI
IN
CO
WV
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Madonna Renewal Center$51,60255%
Catholic Relief Services$20,1163n/a
Church of Holy Apostles$12,6005n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc$10,12020%
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc$10,10050%
Salvation Army$9,50010n/a
St Matthews House Inc$7,00050%
Maui United Way$5,00010%
St John Neumann Parish$4,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$3,0001n/a
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All grantees of Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Madonna Renewal Center$51,60255%
Catholic Relief Services$20,1163n/a
Church of Holy Apostles$12,6005n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc$10,12020%
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc$10,10050%
Salvation Army$9,50010n/a
St Matthews House Inc$7,00050%
Maui United Way$5,00010%
St John Neumann Parish$4,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$3,0001n/a
Catholic Charities USA$2,0001n/a
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Jesus Inside Prison Ministry Inc$75030%
Saint Viator High School$6003n/a
Joyful Journey Inc$5001n/a
St Vincent Depaul$3003n/a
Vail Christian High School$3003n/a
The Tau Beta Pi Association Inc$30030%
Food for the Poor Inc$30030%
Life Centers Inc$30030%
The Lord's Pantry at Anna's House Inc$30030%
Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska$3003n/a
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$3003n/a
Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land$30030%
Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc$30030%
The Gabriel Project Inc$30030%
American Lung Association$20010%
The School Sisters of St Francis$2001n/a
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation$20020%
St Malachy Catholic Church Brownsburg Inc$1001n/a
University Catholic Center Austin Texas$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMadonna Renewal Center: $51,602 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc: $10,120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc: $10,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Matthews House Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMaui United Way: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJesus Inside Prison Ministry Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Tau Beta Pi Association Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLife Centers Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lord's Pantry at Anna's House Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFranciscan Foundation for the Holy Land: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWheeler Mission Ministries Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gabriel Project Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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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.

Arthur J Gallagher FoundationIL11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation

How much does Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation give?
Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $16,860 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 36 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Education (16%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
Who are Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Madonna Renewal Center ($52k), Catholic Relief Services ($20k), Church of Holy Apostles ($13k).
Does Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
Where is Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation based?
Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation is based in IN.

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 50 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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