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Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17k
Granted FY2026still arriving
26
Grants FY2026still arriving
12
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2026 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
12
States reached
$173k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Madonna Renewal Center$5,210
San Marco Catholic Church$3,200
Davis Elkins College$2,000
St Christopher Catholic Church$1,900
Young Men Inc Youth Ministry$1,000
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church$500
Joyful Journey Inc$500
The Salvation Army$400
Jesus Inside Prison Ministry Inc$250
St Viator High School$200
St Claire of Assisi Catholic School$200
The Gabriel Project$100
Vail Christian High School$100
The Lords Pantry at Annas House$100
Life Centers$100
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 (FY24–26, $900) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The Gabriel Project: $100 → 9%The Gabriel Project: $100 → 9%The Gabriel Project: $100 → 9%The Lords Pantry at Annas House: $100 → 16%The Lords Pantry at Annas House: $100 → 16%The Lords Pantry at Annas House: $100 → 16%Wheeler Mission: $100 → 16%Wheeler Mission: $100 → 16%Wheeler Mission: $100 → 16%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

AK
MN
IL
WI
IN
CO
WV
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 11% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$185k · 32 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2026, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
14

Total granted

$185k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+10%

Still filing today

41%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +55%
  • SM
    ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +149%
  • JI
    JESUS INSIDE PRISON MINISTRY INC
    3× · 2024–2026 · $750 · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • MU
    MAUI UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -87%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN NEUMANN PARISH
    one grant, 2025 · $4k
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank Inc

The mission of Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank is to feed the hungry in Clay, Greene, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties through a network of emergency food distribution member agencies and engage our community in…

Food & Nutrition
2
Catholic Charities Bloomington Inc

Catholic Charities Bloomington is committed to enhancing the availability of quality mental health services in the communities it serves. We do this through the delivery of professional mental health education and counseling on a sliding…

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3
A Choice for Life Inc

Bsideu for life is committed to presenting the gospel of our lord in word and deed by educating women facing crisis pregnancies, responding to their needs and protecting the lives of unborn children.bsideu for life also equips mothers and…

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4
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
5
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc

St. Mary's Center for Women and Children (SMC), a multi-service organization supporting women, children, and families, believes shelter is not enough to erase the devastation of cyclical poverty and homelessness.Grounded in social justice,…

Unclassified
6
Lighthouse for the Homeless

The only free day shelter in the area comprised of a collection of community agencies and service providers, all focused on a single mission: ending homelessness in tarrant county.

Human Services
7
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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8
Catholic Charities Terre Haute Inc

Catholic Charities Terre Haute is a comprehensive, direct services agency whose purpose is to serve the poor, the homeless, the elderly, the neglected children and the needy.

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9
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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10
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
11
Miracle Messages

Miracle messages helps people experiencing homelessness rebuild their social support systems and financial security, primarily through family reunification services, a phone buddy program, and basic income pilots.

Human Services
12
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Lung Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 50 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $20,116 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESDavis Elkins College: $20,000 · OtherDavis Elkins CollegeCHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLES: $12,600 · OtherCHURCH OF HOLY APOSTLESSt Claire of Assisi Catholic School: $10,422 · OtherSt Claire of Assisi Catholic SchoolGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $10,100 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INCSALVATION ARMY: $9,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYLittle Sisters of the Poor: $8,100 · OtherLittle Sisters of the PoorSan Marco Catholic Church: $6,700 · OtherTMP Enterprises Inc dba Joys House: $6,000 · Other+26 more: $25,250 · Other+26 moreMADONNA RENEWAL CENTER: $51,602 · ReligionMADONNA RENEWAL CENTERHabitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc: $10,120 · Housing & ShelterHabitat f…ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterST MATTHE…MAUI UNITED WAY: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,000 · EducationTHE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC: $300 · EducationJOYFUL JOURNEY INC: $500 · HealthLIFE CENTERS INC: $300 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $200 · HealthBear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation: $200 · HealthTHE LORD'S PANTRY AT ANNA'S HOUSE INC: $300 · Human ServicesWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $300 · Human ServicesTHE GABRIEL PROJECT INC: $300 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $300 · InternationalFRANCISCAN FOUNDATION FOR THE HOLY LAND: $300 · International
Other$128,788Religion$51,602Housing & Shelter$17,120Philanthropy$5,000Education$1,300Health$1,200Human Services$900International$600

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 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
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 MADONNA RENEWAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MAUI UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds University of South Florida Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds JESUS INSIDE PRISON MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds JOYFUL JOURNEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LORD'S PANTRY AT ANNA'S HOUSE INC ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mueller-Wolfe Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of 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 · 0–25%
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 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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