California · Private foundation
The Wolfe 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $265k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Wolfe Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $26k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $30k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $28k | 4% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Library Project | $18,100 | 9 | 1% |
| Ultimate Impact Inc | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $15,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Marfan Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $13,000 | 9 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $9,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Nine Lives Foundation | $9,010 | 9 | 0% |
| Hope Services | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Library Project | $18,100 | 9 | 1% |
| Ultimate Impact Inc | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $15,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Marfan Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $13,000 | 9 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $9,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Nine Lives Foundation | $9,010 | 9 | 0% |
| Hope Services | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Levy Family Campus | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | $6,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Mono Lake Foundation | $6,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Jewish Home and Senior Living Foundation | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Umunhum Conservancy Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Verismo Opera Company | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wolfe 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Wolfe Foundation
- How much does The Wolfe Foundation give?
- The Wolfe Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $28,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wolfe Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (15%), Human Services (13%), International (12%).
- Who are The Wolfe Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: African Library Project ($18k), Ultimate Impact Inc ($17k), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($15k).
- Does The Wolfe Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wolfe 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Wolfe Foundation based?
- The Wolfe Foundation is based in CA.
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