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The Wolf Family 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.

$63k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$156kSocial Science$150kCrime & Legal$110kHousing & Shelter$101kHealth$90kHuman Services$38kArts & Culture$37kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$19k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAND CORPORATION$25,000
BOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC$10,000
ALEXANDER DAWSON SCHOOL$10,000
CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM$5,000
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO$2,500
BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,500
E TOWN$2,500
WONDERHAVEN$2,000
BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$1,800
MAJI SAFI GROUP$1,000
THRESHOLD CHOIR$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $184k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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.

area typical 10%THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY: $11k → 12%THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY: $11k → 12%THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY: $10k → 12%THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY: $10k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $3k → 12%THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY: $10k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $3k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $21k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $20k → 12%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 12%EARLY MILESTONES COLORADO: $1k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $13k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $10k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $9k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $8k → 12%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $7k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $5k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $5k → 12%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 12%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 12%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 12%BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $1k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $5k → 12%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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$714k · 26 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
23

Total granted

$714k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+37%

Still filing today

92%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • The Rand Corporation
    5× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +21%
  • CA
    CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $95k · revenue +37%
  • BH
    Bridge House
    6× · 2017–2022 · $91k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • PI
    PARLANDO INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +200%
  • AF
    ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • AO
    ACCESS OPPORTUNITY
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +13%
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
Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
2
Boulder Carshare

To provide and promote alternatives to individual car ownership, thereby reducing the environmental and social impacts associated with motor vehicle use.

Environment
3
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

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4
Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra

The mission of the boulder philharmonic orchestra is to enrich connections and communities through the power of orchestral music. the boulder philharmonic orchestra presents performances that reflect our community's values, creativity, and…

Arts & Culture
5
Boulder Bike Sharing

Promote health, quality of life and preservation of the environment in boulder, colorado by building and operating a comprehensive city-wide bike sharing

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6
Boulder Chamber of Commerce

The nonprofit boulder chamber is the region's flagship business advocacy and support organization. with almost 120 years of dedicated service to our members and the boulder community, the boulder chamber's innovative programs help local…

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7
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

—
8
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
9
Boulder County Aids Project

Bcap's mission is to provide support, advocacy and education to those in our community who are living with or affected by hiv, and to serve as an outreach and information center to prevent the further transmission of hiv.

Health
10
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
11
Boulder Valley Women's Health Center Inc

Our mission is to provide high quality and equitable reproductive and sexual health services, abortion, and education to all people, regardless of any barriers to healthcare that they may face.

—
12
Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

The Boulder Mountainbike Alliance exists to serve as a positive voice for mountain biking in the greater Boulder County, Colorado area by improving the trail experience for all users through social rides and events, advocacy, and trail…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Seattle University. 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

44 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. 44 of the 50 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
33/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bridge House: $90,750 · Human ServicesBridge HouseEARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY: $52,000 · Human ServicesEARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF…THE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $30,300 · Human ServicesTHE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNI…+4 more: $13,500 · Human Services+4 moreALEXANDER DAWSON SCHOOL: $51,000 · OtherALEXANDER DAWSON SCHOOLEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $29,500 · OtherEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADOE TOWN: $17,250 · OtherE TOWNBeanstalk Foundation: $15,000 · OtherBeanstalk FoundationNew Era Colorado Foundation: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $13,750 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INCSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS BOULDER COUNTY INC: $10,000 · OtherBOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $10,000 · Other+21 more: $62,500 · Other+21 moreThe Rand Corporation: $150,000 · Public BenefitThe Rand CorporationCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $94,800 · Crime & LegalCHILD AND FAMIL…Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc: $15,000 · Crime & LegalBreakthrough Al…BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $44,500 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $5,000 · HealthBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH: $2,500 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationExecutives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC): $10,400 · EducationGLOBAL LIVINGSTON INSTITUTE: $12,000 · Arts & CulturePARLANDO INCORPORATED: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DAIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureCommunities Create: $3,000 · Arts & CultureThreshold Choir: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$186,550Other$219,000Public Benefit$150,000Crime & Legal$109,800Health$52,000Education$40,400Arts & Culture$31,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Rand Corporation: $150,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $94,800 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetBridge House: $90,750 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF BOULDER COUNTY: $52,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $44,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $30,300 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $29,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetE TOWN: $17,250 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBreakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBeanstalk Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $13,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL LIVINGSTON INSTITUTE: $12,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetExecutives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC): $10,400 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetNew Era Colorado Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS BOULDER COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARLANDO INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DAIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOULDER VALLEY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILD BEAR NATURE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOULDER COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWONDERHAVEN: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCommunities Create: $3,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirds of Prey Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNaropa University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVEST OF HOPE PANTRY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS PATH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThreshold Choir: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMAJI SAFI GROUP: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Marine Mammal Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARLY MILESTONES COLORADO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN WITH A CAUSE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION: $500 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.

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Community Foundation …The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…Emsa Fund IncThe Longmont Communit…AEC TrustMile High United Way …Louis P Singer Fund I…Kissinger Family Foun…Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…Impactassetsinc
Colorado Gives FoundationCO49.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Emsa Fund Inc · The Longmont Community Foundation · AEC Trust · Mile High United Way Inc · Louis P Singer Fund Inc · Kissinger Family Foundation Inc · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Impactassetsinc

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 Wolf Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wolf Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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