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Wolf Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Wolf Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$88k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$15k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$157kEducation$69kHealth$17kHousing & Shelter$14kFood & Nutrition$13kEnvironment$11kInternational$8kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $38k
$2,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FREEDOM IN EDUCATION CORPORATION$15,000
HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH$13,100
ROPER ST FRANCIS FOUNDATION$10,000
DON BOSCO COMMUNITY CENTER OF PORT CHESTER$6,000
TEACHING LAB$6,000
KIAWAH HEART$5,000
THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE INC$4,000
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$3,500
HOLY GHOST CHURCH ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF TULSA$3,000
ST JOSEPHS PERUVIAN MISSION FUND$2,500
STAR GOSPEL MISSION$2,500
HOLY GHOST CHURCH ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF TULSA$2,500
THE FOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH & TREATMENT OF$2,000
SHEPHERDS TABLE SOUP KITCHEN INC$2,000
INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE$2,000
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 (FY24–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $2k → 8%THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE INC: $4k → 8%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

ME
MT
NY
IA
IN
CT
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$230k · 16 repeat orgs$73k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
12

Total granted

$230k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+19%

Still filing today

69%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TL
    TEACHING LAB
    2× · 2023–2024 · $16k · revenue +79%
  • SG
    STAR GOSPEL MISSION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $14k · revenue +616%
  • TK
    The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $11k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • HG
    HOLY GHOST CHURCH ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF TULSA
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
  • AE
    ARTS ETCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +103%
  • CC
    Catholic Charities of South Carolina
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -4%
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
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital Inc

Healing all people with compassion, faith, and excellence.

Health
2
Roper St Francis Healthcare

Healing all people with compassion, faith, and excellence.

Health
3
Roper St Francis Physicians Network

Healing all people with compassion, faith and excellence.

Health
4
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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5
Mcleod Physician Associates Ii

Mcleod physician associates ii operates as a part of the mcleod health system. the mission of mcleod health is to improve the overall health and well being of people living within south carolina and eastern north carolina by providing…

Health
6
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
9
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
10
Roper Hospital Inc

Healing all people with compassion, faith, and excellence.

Health
11
Mcleod Health

To operate a health care system providing medical excellence to the eastern region of south carolina and the extreme southeastern region of north carolina.

Health
12
Augusta Health Care Inc

The mission of augusta health is to strengthen the health and well-being of all people in our communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

29 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. 29 of the 45 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
15/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH: $132,600 · OtherHOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCHBISHOP MCGUINNESS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $25,500 · OtherBISHOP MCGUINNESS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLSTAR GOSPEL MISSION: $13,500 · OtherSTAR GOSPEL MISSIONHOLY GHOST CHURCH ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF TULSA: $9,000 · OtherHOLY GHOST CHURCH ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF TULSA: $8,500 · Other+23 more: $38,255 · Other+23 moreTEACHING LAB: $16,000 · EducationTEACHING LABFreedom in Education Corporation: $15,000 · EducationFreedom in Ed…University of Notre Dame du Lac: $5,000 · EducationUniversity of…+1 more: $500 · EducationRoper St Francis Foundation: $10,000 · HealthBARRIER ISLANDS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $1,500 · HealthARA PARSEGHIAN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $550 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 · Health+2 more: $550 · HealthThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $11,000 · Environment+1 more: $50 · EnvironmentST JOSEPH'S PERUVIAN MISSION: $8,000 · InternationalTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE: $4,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $2,000 · Human ServicesARTS ETC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$227,355Education$36,500Health$14,100Environment$11,050International$8,000Human Services$6,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetTEACHING LAB: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFreedom in Education Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSTAR GOSPEL MISSION: $13,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRoper St Francis Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOSEPH'S PERUVIAN MISSION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetARTS ETC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA ADAPTIVE SPORTS ASSOCIATION: $4,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of South Carolina: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHEPHERD'S TABLE SOUP KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRIER ISLANDS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUR LADY OF MERCY COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Preservation Society of Charleston Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT OF CHARLESTON: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $50 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.

Coastal Community Fou…The Leon Levine Found…The Ayco Charitable F…Renaissance Charitabl…Therblig FoundationGeorge R & Janet E De…Bell Koonce Burnette …Henry & Sylvia Yaschi…Trident United WayTriangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Therblig Foundation · George R & Janet E Desko Charitable Foundation · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Trident United Way · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Ge Aerospace 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 Wolf Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wolf Family Charitable 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 45 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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