· Private foundation
The Wolfe Foundation of Edwards County Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $61k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE PROPANE POWER RELIEF FUND | $50,000 |
| EDWARDS CO COMM UNIT SCH DIST 1 | $21,437 |
| FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SW IN INC | $10,000 |
| OLNEY CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| LITTLE PRAIRIE CHRISTIAN CHURCH | $3,790 |
| MT CARMEL AREA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPME | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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 +68% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JAJunior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc7× · 2018–2024 · $54k · revenue +387%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION4× · 2018–2023 · $27k · revenue +68%
- MCMOUNT CARMEL AREA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE6× · 2018–2023 · $9k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- ECEdwards County Community Unit School Districtone grant, 2019 · $248k
University of Illinois Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $80k · revenue +49%- ECEDWARDS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYone grant, 2018 · $52k
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 provide ambulance service to eastern marshall county, illinois
Central illinois agency on aging believes in the independence and dignity of older persons, and that each older person should be empowered to exert control over their own life & have access to needed services. we do planning, program…
Promote the health and independence of lake county, il, older adults
Edward foundation follows the mission of endeavor health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."
To promote the economic health of mchenry county, il through retention, expansion and attraction of commerce and industry which is conducive to an optimal quality of life for its citizen
The elmhurst memorial healthcare group follows the mission of endeavor health (f/k/a ns-ee holdings). the mission of endeavor health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." central to this mission is a commitment to…
Edward Hospital follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."
Eastern McLean County Ambulance Association provides Advanced Life Support ambulance service to the residents of the community area and provides emergency service in connection with both the local police and fire services.
To provide nutritional services to the elderly residents of madison county, iowa and southern dallas county, iowa.
To ensure a strong, talented, and diverse cpa profession in illinois by encouraging individuals to choose accounting as a career choice and become a cpa, and by supporting students, particularly those in need, in achieving the cpa.
Title iii older americans act
Enhancing the health and wellness of our communities through charitable giving.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 24 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.
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- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OLNEY CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MOUNT CARMEL AREA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds EDWARDS COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds EDWARDS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Wolfe Foundation of Edwards County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wolfe Foundation of Edwards County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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