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Sb Wolf Family 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.

$396k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$582kReligion$328kHuman Services$283kPhilanthropy$70kEducation$58kAnimals$25kFood & Nutrition$19kInternational$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$6,187
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OLIN SANG RUBY UNION INSTITUTE$350,000
INVEST FOR KIDS$30,000
TEMPLE SHOLOM OF CHICAGO$6,187
Individual grant recipient$5,000
SHIR TIKVAH$3,000
ILLINOIS PRODUCTION ALLIANCE$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $282k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INVEST FOR KIDS: $32k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $30k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $30k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $30k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $30k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $30k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $30k → 14%INVEST FOR KIDS: $30k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AMD FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 14%JEWISH CHILD AMD FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%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

ME
NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CA
UT
MD
DC
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 29 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
25

Total granted

$1.3M
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+19%

Still filing today

69%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • IF
    Invest for Kids Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $242k · revenue +39%
  • JC
    Jewish Child and Family Services
    3× · 2020–2022 · $40k · revenue +9%
  • LP
    LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $24k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • J
    JUF
    one grant, 2018 · $71k
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $68k
  • HI
    HAND IN HAND
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
10
University of Illinois Alumni Association

The mission of the university of illinois alumni association is to enhance and advance the relationship between the university of illinois at urbana-champaign (the university) and all its alumni; to inspire lifelong loyalty and pride among…

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11
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
12
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. 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

35 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. 35 of the 58 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
29/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM: $555,000 · OtherUNION FOR REFORM JUDAISMTHE ARK: $178,000 · OtherTHE ARKTEMPLE SHOLOM OF CHICAGO: $119,387 · OtherTEMPLE SHOLOM OF CHICAGOJUF: $70,500 · OtherJUFJEWISH UNITED FOUNDATION: $67,500 · OtherJEWISH UNITED FOUNDATION+34 more: $127,750 · Other+34 moreInvest for Kids Inc: $241,500 · Human ServicesInvest for Kids IncJewish Child and Family Services: $40,000 · Human ServicesJewish Child and Fam…ONE MILLION DEGREES: $22,500 · EducationBARNARD COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationTHE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationLIVE LIKE BLAINE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationUrban Prep Academies: $5,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $24,000 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGO: $1,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $8,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $3,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · InternationalHIAS INC: $1,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $13,000 · EnvironmentChicago Symphony Orchestra: $10,500 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,118,137Human Services$281,500Education$57,000Animals$25,000International$15,000Environment$13,000Arts & Culture$12,500

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 budgetInvest for Kids Inc: $241,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetONE MILLION DEGREES: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE LIKE BLAINE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetRepro TLC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUrban Prep Academies: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUMMER CAMP INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXPECT MIRACLES FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetILLINOIS PRODUCTION ALLIANCE NFP: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAIN IDEA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHIAS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRESPIRATORY HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $250 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.

  • Who funds Invest for Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Child and Family Services ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ONE MILLION DEGREES ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
  • Who funds BARNARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NOURISHING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds LIVE LIKE BLAINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Repro TLC ↗
  • Who funds Urban Prep Academies ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMER CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds SPERTUS INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP ↗

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.

Jewish Federation of …John D and Catherine …Baird Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…AbbVie FoundationThe Chicago Community…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment 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 Sb Wolf Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sb Wolf Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Sb Wolf 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 58 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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