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The Bolte 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.

$474k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$3.1MScience & Tech$550kHealth$236kHuman Services$186kInternational$51kPhilanthropy$36kYouth Development$26kReligion$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $335k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$38k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MT ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY$100,000
THE BRANCHES OUTREACH$100,000
SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE$75,000
RONALD MCDONALDS HOUSE OF CHARITIES$60,000
BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION$31,800
FOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION$25,000
BRIAN DAWKINS IMPACT FOUNDATION$11,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH$10,000
MOUNT ST MARY'S UNVERSITY - ARCC$10,000
BAC CANCER TRANSPORTATION FUND$8,000
SIMON'S HEART$7,500
ANDRE REED FOUNDATION$7,500
NEW JERSEY STATE TROOPERS SOA FOUNDATION$5,000
ANGELS OF ABBEY FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–24, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE BRANCHES OUTREACH: $100k → 10%NJ STATE TROOPERS - SOA FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%BRANCHES OUTREACH: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
NY
PA
NJ
MO
MD
TN
NC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.0M · 19 repeat orgs$324k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +3% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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Total granted

$4.0M
$202k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+3%

Still filing today

53%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentScience & TechPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MS
    MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $3.0M · revenue +13%
  • SH
    SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $550k · revenue +106%
  • TB
    THE BRANCHES OUTREACH
    2× · 2022–2024 · $110k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $51k
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +26%
  • KS
    KRISTEN STROSKIS CHILDREN EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $20k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Inc

The sarnoff cardiovascular research foundation is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of physician-leaders in cardiovascular medicine by funding and supporting medical students and physicians engaged in transformative research.

Health
2
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
3
Hunters CMT4B3 Research Foundation Inc

To fund scientific research leading to the discovery, development, and clinical applications for therepeutic treatments and cures for charcot-marie-tooth disease type 4b3 (cmt 4b3), and to improve the quality of life for people with cmt4b3.

Health
4
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
5
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
6
The Valerie Fund

To raise funds to support comprehensive healthcare for children with cancer and blood disorders.

7
Lungevity Foundation Inc

Lungevity's vision is a world where no one dies of lung cancer. lungevity foundation is firmly committed to making an immediate impact on increasing quality-of-life and survivorship of people with lung cancer by accelerating research into…

Health
8
The Colonel David B Kelly Foundation Inc

To provide scholarships to qualified children of new jersey state troopers.

Education
9
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
10
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
11
Jay N Schapira Md Medical Research Foundation Inc

Research in cardiac disease in order to understand the cause and develop treatment strategies for patients with systemic lupis erythematosus to develop novel non-pharmacologic treatment approaches to relieve angina pectoris.research into…

12
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of New Jersey Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Andre Reed Foundation. 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 one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC — $3,000,000 · EducationMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC+1 more — $16,500 · EducationSCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE — $550,000 · Science & TechSCIENCE HISTOR…MT ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY — $100,000 · OtherMT ST MARY'…RONALD MCDONALDS HOUSE OF CHARITIES — $66,000 · OtherRONALD MCDO…Individual grant recipient — $51,000 · OtherIndividual …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH — $20,000 · OtherKRISTEN STROSKIS CHILDREN EDUCATION — $20,000 · OtherLIZA LLAMAS BDP MIDDLE EAST EMPLOYE — $19,200 · OtherANGELS OF THE ABBEY FOUNDATION — $15,000 · OtherRYAN CHRISTOPHER BOLTE FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Other+23 more — $142,230 · Other+23 moreFOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION — $38,000 · HealthBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION — $36,800 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC — $25,000 · HealthSIMON'S FUND — $22,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $6,000 · Health+1 more — $1,500 · HealthTHE BRANCHES OUTREACH — $110,000 · Human ServicesSTATE TROOPERS SOA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Andre Reed Foundation — $14,500 · PhilanthropySupport Center for Child Advocates — $9,575 · Crime & Legal
Education$3,016,500Science & Tech$550,000Other$448,430Health$129,800Human Services$115,000Philanthropy$14,500Crime & Legal$9,575

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC — $3,000,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE — $550,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetTHE BRANCHES OUTREACH — $110,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetFOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION — $38,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION — $36,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSIMON'S FUND — $22,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBrian Dawkins Impact Foundation Inc — $16,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetRYAN CHRISTOPHER BOLTE FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetThe Andre Reed Foundation — $14,500 over 2y, 27% of budgetLANCER FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates — $9,575 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NJ — $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTATE TROOPERS SOA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetBOBBY SCHOLL FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC
  • Who funds SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE
  • Who funds THE BRANCHES OUTREACH
  • Who funds FOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC
  • Who funds SIMON'S FUND
  • Who funds Brian Dawkins Impact Foundation Inc
  • Who funds RYAN CHRISTOPHER BOLTE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds The Andre Reed Foundation
  • Who funds LANCER FUND
  • Who funds Support Center for Child Advocates
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NJ
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc
  • Who funds ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY
  • Who funds STATE TROOPERS SOA FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds BOBBY SCHOLL FOUNDATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Bolte Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 50%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Mount Saint Mary's University Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Bolte Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Bolte 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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