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Nick DeWolf Foundation at a glance

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Nick DeWolf Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$216k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$107k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Science & Tech$761kEnvironment$369kArts & Culture$42kEducation$18kFood & Nutrition$7kSocial Science$4kReligion$2kRecreation & Sports$1k
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $44k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $157k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS$106,918
GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT$50,000
ASPEN SCIENCE CENTER$20,000
Individual grant recipient$14,000
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS$10,000
ASPEN JOURNALISM$4,000
ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES$2,000
ASPEN INSTITUTE$2,000
GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE$1,000
ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
THE BUSH SCHOOL$1,000
LIFT UP$1,000
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS$1,000
WILDERNESS WORKSHOP$1,000
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 3% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $1k → 16%NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS: $10k → 17%GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE: $2k → 8%ASPEN SCIENCE CENTER: $25k → 6%BRUCE GABOW: $14k → 7%LIFT UP FARM TO PANTRY: $5k → 10%HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $1k → 15%The Evergreen School: $10k → 9%BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $1k → 16%NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS: $10k → 17%WILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $10k → 6%BRUCE GABOW: $14k → 7%THE BUSH SCHOOL: $2k → 9%MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS: $5k → 17%WILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $10k → 6%BRUCE GABOW: $12k → 7%BUSH SCHOOL: $2k → 9%WILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $5k → 6%BRUCE GABOW: $12k → 7%COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $1k → 6%BRUCE GABOW: $12k → 7%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $107k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $100k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $100k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $70k → 6%ASPEN CENER FOR PHYSICS: $58k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $51k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $51k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $50k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $45k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $29k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $17k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $17k → 6%ECOFLIGHT: $5k → 6%ASPEN JOURNALISM: $5k → 6%ASPEN JOURNALISM: $4k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $3k → 6%ASPEN JOURNALISM: $3k → 6%TOTAL NFG LIFE INTERFAITH (LIFT UP): $2k → 6%ASPEN INSTITUTE: $2k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $2k → 6%ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $2k → 6%GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $100k → 6%GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $60k → 6%GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $50k → 6%GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $50k → 6%ASPEN SCIENCE CENTER: $20k → 6%ASPEN SCIENCE CENTER: $20k → 6%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 15 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
8

Total granted

$1.2M
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+99%

Still filing today

87%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureScience & TechSocial ScienceOther
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

  • AC
    ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS
    7× · 2018–2024 · $696k · revenue +26% · 26% of their budget
  • GW
    GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT
    4× · 2021–2024 · $260k · revenue +55%
  • AS
    ASPEN SCIENCE CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $65k · revenue +254%

Funded once

  • TE
    THE EVERGREEN SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +107%
  • E
    ECOFLIGHTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +57%
  • LU
    LIFT UP FARM TO PANTRY
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
2
Aspen Valley Land Trust

Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.

Environment
3
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
4
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
5
Confluence Center of Colorado Inc

The Center brings together mission-focused, nonpolitical organizations working at the confluence of land and water science, education, and stewardship to magnify our impact and ensure the longevity of our natural resources for future…

Environment
6
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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7
Ecology Project International

Ecology project international's mission is to inspire youth with nature and empower them with science, fostering tomorrow's leaders. we envision a diverse movement building communities that cherish and restore the ecosystems that sustain…

Environment
8
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
9
Wasatch Mountain Institute

Wasatch mountain institute provides hands-on learning experiences through outdoor recreation at jordanelle state park.

Education
10
Ascend College Prep

Ascend College Prep is a public high school for 10-12th grade students in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area. Our Mission is to "Prepare and inspire students to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens through rigorous…

Education
11
Environmental Health Sciences

Environmental health sciences provides science-based information on endocrinedisruption and related environmental factors that influence human and environmentalhealth. the organization aggregates news and translates research to make…

Environment
12
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ecoflight. 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

17 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. 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
17/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $695,938 · Science & TechASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICSGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $260,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION …+4 more: $18,793 · Environment+4 moreIndividual grant recipient: $64,000 · OtherIndividua…WILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $26,000 · OtherWILDERNES…LIFT UP FARM TO PANTRY: $5,000 · Other+6 more: $9,060 · Other+6 moreASPEN SCIENCE CENTER: $65,000 · EducationTHE EVERGREEN SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationTHE BUSH SCHOOL: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $3,600 · EducationNATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS: $25,050 · Arts & CultureAspen Journalism: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $3,500 · Social Science
Science & Tech$695,938Environment$278,793Other$104,060Education$83,600Arts & Culture$37,550Social Science$3,500

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 budgetASPEN CENTER FOR PHYSICS: $695,938 over 7y, 26% of budgetGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT: $260,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetASPEN SCIENCE CENTER: $65,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetWILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $26,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS: $25,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAspen Journalism: $12,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE EVERGREEN SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $6,790 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetECOFLIGHT: $5,003 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BUSH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLEN CANYON INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY NEWS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS FOR LIFELONG DISCOVERY: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

Aspen Community Found…Aspen Business Center…Arches FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Ruth a Carver Foundat…John & Jacolyn Bucksb…Alpenglow FoundationBrady FoundationNational Philanthropi…Seattle FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
Aspen Community FoundationCO21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Arches Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Ruth a Carver Foundation · John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Found · Alpenglow Foundation · Brady Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Seattle Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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