South Carolina · Private foundation
The Wolfe 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.
- $69k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $230k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Wolfe Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $44k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $86k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $225k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $336k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $486k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $112k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $100k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $91k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeless No More Inc | $103,000 | 2 | 6% |
| United Way of the Midlands | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Cooperative Ministry | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jubilee Academy Inc | $46,750 | 6 | 3% |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Crossover Communications Intl | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Epworth Children's Home | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Neighbors Together Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carolina Therapeutic Riding Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Midlands Housing Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeless No More Inc | $103,000 | 2 | 6% |
| United Way of the Midlands | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Cooperative Ministry | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jubilee Academy Inc | $46,750 | 6 | 3% |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Crossover Communications Intl | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Epworth Children's Home | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Neighbors Together Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carolina Therapeutic Riding Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Midlands Housing Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Providence Day School Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Meet The Needs Charleston | $17,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Oliver Gospel Mission | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Providence Home | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbia Museum of Art | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Shelter Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Salute From the Shore Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($963k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wolfe Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Michael J Mungo Foundation · The Toby Cassels Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · LPL Financial Foundation Inc · Cassels Family Foundation · Dorothy D Smith Charitable Foundation · Lipscomb Family Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · The Chapman Family Charitable Trust · Bonner Family Private Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Wolfe Family Foundation
- How much does The Wolfe Family Foundation give?
- The Wolfe Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $68,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wolfe Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Education (13%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are The Wolfe Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Homeless No More Inc ($103k), United Way of the Midlands ($70k), The Cooperative Ministry ($50k).
- Does The Wolfe Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wolfe Family 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Wolfe Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Michael J Mungo Foundation.
- Where is The Wolfe Family Foundation based?
- The Wolfe Family Foundation is based in SC.
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