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The Stanley R Wolfe 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.

$80k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$155kPhilanthropy$123kCrime & Legal$60kInternational$26kEducation$26kCivil Rights$10kArts & Culture$10kHealth$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$3,221
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF THE BAY AREA$26,800
GERMANTOWN JEWISH CENTRE$18,000
ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUND$10,000
JUST A START$6,000
CAROLINA JEWS FOR JUSTICE$4,000
Individual grant recipient$3,221
CONGREGATION KOL SHOFAR$3,000
NO KID HUNGRY$2,500
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$2,500
CAMP DREAMCATCHER$2,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND ARAVA INSTITUTE$2,000
02The need
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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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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%SISTER SONG INC: $2k → 13%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

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NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$372k · 24 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 18 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

$372k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+10%

Still filing today

46%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
EducationCrime & LegalInternationalCivil RightsReligionHealthOther
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

  • YOUTH SENTENCING & REENTRY PROJECT INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $32k · revenue +86%
  • PHILADELPHIA VIP INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +99%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    4× · 2018–2022 · $10k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • EC
    EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATIONgraduated
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +70%
  • J
    JCRC
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
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.

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Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
2
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
3
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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4
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
5
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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6
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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7
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc

Avodah develops lifelong social justice leaders whose work is informed by jewish values and who inspire the jewish community to work toward a more just and equitable world.

Community Improvement
8
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
9
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
10
Irvine Hebrew Day School

Ihds utilizes a dual general and judaic studies curriculum. the judaic studies curriculum emphasizes the fundamentals of hebrew reading, writing and speaking, jewish history, holidays, jewish values, torah, the jewish life cycle, the land…

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11
Board of Jewish Education Inc

The organization works to inspire and empower educators and institutions to create transformative jewish learning experiences for children, teens, and families. building on its historic role serving jewish day schools, congregations, and…

Religion
12
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Carolina Jews for Justice Goldstein. 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

31 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. 31 of the 56 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GERMANTOWN JEWISH CENTRE: $144,000 · OtherGERMANTOWN JEWISH CENTREJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF THE BAY AREA: $58,900 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF THE BAY AREAJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SF: $14,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $12,567 · Other+31 more: $104,275 · Other+31 moreYOUTH SENTENCING & REENTRY PROJECT INC: $32,000 · Crime & LegalYOUTH SENTEN…PHILADELPHIA VIP INC: $15,500 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $4,500 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POV…+1 more: $1,000 · Crime & LegalJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $20,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $7,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyTAM HIGH FOUNDATION: $8,175 · EducationHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $6,000 · EducationAriel Education Initiative: $2,500 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR CURRICULUM SERVICES: $1,800 · EducationSCHOLAR ACADEMY: $1,288 · EducationWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $6,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $2,500 · InternationalHIAS INC: $750 · International+1 more: $500 · InternationalThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $9,500 · Arts & CultureMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $1,000 · Arts & CultureEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,500 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $2,000 · Civil Rights
Other$334,142Crime & Legal$53,000Philanthropy$28,500Education$19,763International$16,750Arts & Culture$10,500Civil Rights$8,500

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 budgetYOUTH SENTENCING & REENTRY PROJECT INC: $32,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $20,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA VIP INC: $15,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTAM HIGH FOUNDATION: $8,175 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP DREAMCATCHER: $8,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUST-A-START CORPORATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA JEWS FOR JUSTICE GOLDSTEIN: $4,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAriel Education Initiative: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVillage Of Wisdom: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSISTERSONG INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLAR ACADEMY: $1,288 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Hillel: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $50 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 YOUTH SENTENCING & REENTRY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA VIP INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds TAM HIGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMP DREAMCATCHER ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds HEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds JUST-A-START CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA JEWS FOR JUSTICE GOLDSTEIN ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds Ariel Education Initiative ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds Village Of Wisdom ↗
  • Who funds SISTERSONG INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR CURRICULUM SERVICES ↗

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 Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Stanley R Wolfe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stanley R Wolfe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
  • Just-a-Start Corporation: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report 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.

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 56 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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