Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Joyce L Wolf Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $293k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $23,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Joyce L Wolf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $293k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $331k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $269k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $239k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $260,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Foundation for Nursing Advancement Inc | $151,000 | 3 | 52% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $148,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation of National Student Nurses' Association Inc | $112,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc | $82,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Venice Family Clinic | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic | $60,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Vista del Mar Child and Family Services | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $38,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Joyce L Wolf Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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About The Joyce L Wolf Foundation
- How much does The Joyce L Wolf Foundation give?
- The Joyce L Wolf Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $293,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Joyce L Wolf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (89%), Youth Development (5%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are The Joyce L Wolf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($260k), Foundation for Nursing Advancement Inc ($151k), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($148k).
- Does The Joyce L Wolf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joyce L Wolf Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is The Joyce L Wolf Foundation based?
- The Joyce L Wolf Foundation is based in MA.
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