· Public charity
The Robert F Wolfe & Edgar T Wolfe Foundation
THE ROBERT F WOLFE & EDGAR T WOLFE FOUNDATION is a supporting organization of the columbus foundation.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k2 grants · $44k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $240k
- $250k+1 grant · $10M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $10,000,000 |
| NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $96,000 |
| OHIOHEALTH FOUNDATION INC | $86,000 |
| CENTER OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (COSI) | $58,000 |
| COLUMBUS FOUNDATION | $24,000 |
| BUCKEYE LAKE AREA STAR SPANGLED TRADITION (BLASST) | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OSOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION3× · 2021–2024 · $65M · revenue +23%
- FCFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS8× · 2017–2024 · $557k · revenue +16%
- BLBUCKEYE LAKE FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION ASSOCIATION INC7× · 2017–2024 · $110k · revenue +564%
Funded once
- CZCOLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2018 · $5.0M · revenue -1%
- SCST CHARLES PREPARATORY SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $3.0M
- DFDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INCone grant, 2022 · $2.0M · revenue +8% · 27% of their budget
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.
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.
To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.
To advance middle class and working class values by promoting social and economic justice. we join together over 263,000 union members to make our voice heard in the policy and political arenas. the ohio afl-cio represents 1,787 local…
The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.
To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.
United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…
Columbus early learning centers (celc) has over 130 years of history providing high quality, affordable early learning and childcare in central ohio. this rich history places celc amongst the oldest early childcare programs in the country.…
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The Columbus State University Foundation supports educational excellence and the expansion of educational opportunities at Columbus State University. The Foundation attracts, receives, invests, manages, and expends gifts and other…
The columbus youth foundation supports recreational programs for underprivileged youth in columbus.
United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.
Helping people grow and succeed through life-long, experience-based learning.
Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS ↗
- Who funds OHIO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds BUCKEYE LAKE FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio 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.
Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Meuse Family Foundation · Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Battelle Memorial Institute · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Siemer Family Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus · Cardinal Health Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robert F Wolfe & Edgar T Wolfe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert F Wolfe & Edgar T Wolfe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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