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Tom W Olofson Family Foundation at a glance

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Tom W Olofson 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.

$162k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.5MHealth$1.5MCrime & Legal$170kHuman Services$55kAnimals$48kArts & Culture$29kHousing & Shelter$10kFood & Nutrition$3k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Midwest Innocence Project$60,000
Pasadena Humane Society$30,000
Cradles to Crayons$10,000
Van Cliburn Foundation Inc$10,000
Home for Our Troops$10,000
California Veterinary Medical Foundation$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation$10,000
Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles$8,005
Chopin Foundation of the United States$6,148
Stecher and Horowitz Foundation$3,000
ETM-LA Inc$2,500
Hamilton Interchurch Council Food Cupboard$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Cradles to Crayons: $10k → 8%Hamilton Interchurch Council Food Cupboard: $3k → 11%Wounded Warrior Project: $45k → 14%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

NY
MA
PA
CA
MO
VA
KS
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 4 repeat orgs$192k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
2

Total granted

$2.9M
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+12%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    3× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +44%
  • SM
    SHAWNEE MISSION MEDICAL CENTER INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $986k · revenue +41%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE
    3× · 2018–2020 · $516k

Funded once

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $45k · revenue 0%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $45k · revenue +12%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
3
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc

Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…

Education
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
10
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
11
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
12
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hamilton Interchurch Council Food Cupboard Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 18 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
7/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $1,258,274 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHUCLA FOUNDATION: $209,317 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION+1 more: $45,000 · EducationSHAWNEE MISSION MEDICAL CENTER INC: $985,597 · HealthSHAWNEE MISSION MEDICAL CENTER IN…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE: $516,474 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PIT…+1 more: $2,500 · OtherMIDWEST INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $170,000 · Crime & LegalWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHamilton Interchurch Council Food Cupboard Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesPASADENA HUMANE: $30,000 · AnimalsCalifornia Veterinary Medical Foundation: $10,000 · AnimalsMARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES: $8,005 · AnimalsVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $6,148 · Arts & CultureTHE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$1,512,591Health$985,597Other$518,974Crime & Legal$170,000Human Services$57,500Animals$48,005Arts & Culture$29,148Housing & Shelter$10,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $1,258,274 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHAWNEE MISSION MEDICAL CENTER INC: $985,597 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $209,317 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $170,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Veterinary Medical Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetVan Cliburn Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $6,148 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetETM-LA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Tom W Olofson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tom W Olofson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 18 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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