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Wolf Family Foundation

Further the charitable, educational and religious purposes of the jewish federation of cleveland ("federation").

$538k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
10
Itemized grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$464k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$305,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 12
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$7.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Wolf Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving9$444k22%
FY202411$194k18%
FY202310$999k20%
FY202212$437k0%
FY202110$182k50%
FY20207$187k29%
FY20197$211k29%
FY20187$241kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$2.0MPhilanthropy$278kFood & Nutrition$270kRecreation & Sports$213kArts & Culture$136kEducation$103kHuman Services$44kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University Hospitals Health System Inc$1,480,00060%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$208,31250%
Menorah Park Foundation$182,00453%
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center$175,00082%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$170,00030%
Food Gatherers$100,00050%
Case Western Reserve University$81,00030%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$80,00060%
Playhouse Square Foundation$75,70080%
Urban Squash Cleveland$72,50062%
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All grantees of Wolf Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University Hospitals Health System Inc$1,480,00060%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$208,31250%
Menorah Park Foundation$182,00453%
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center$175,00082%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$170,00030%
Food Gatherers$100,00050%
Case Western Reserve University$81,00030%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$80,00060%
Playhouse Square Foundation$75,70080%
Urban Squash Cleveland$72,50062%
Literary Cleveland$60,00027%
Save a Warrior Inc$55,00040%
Menorah Park Center for Senior Living$35,00020%
Chagrin Falls Firefighters Charitable Foundation$25,000114%
Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor$20,00022%
The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland$14,00010%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$12,00010%
Chagrin Valley Pha Horse Shows Inc$10,00012%
Laurel School$10,00010%
Congregation of Temple Sinai Inc$10,0001n/a
University School$10,00010%
Cleveland Society for the Blind$8,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wolf Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity Hospitals Health System Inc: $1,480,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation: $208,312 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMenorah Park Foundation: $182,004 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetFieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center: $175,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $170,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFood Gatherers: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $81,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cleveland: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $75,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Squash Cleveland: $72,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetLiterary Cleveland: $60,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetSave a Warrior Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMenorah Park Center for Senior Living: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChagrin Falls Firefighters Charitable Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor: $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetThe Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChagrin Valley Pha Horse Shows Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLaurel School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Society for the Blind: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 21.

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.

The Cleveland Foundat…The Miller Family Fou…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Cleveland FoundationOH19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Miller Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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.

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About Wolf Family Foundation

How much does Wolf Family Foundation give?
Wolf Family Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $463,660, out of $537,660 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Wolf Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (65%), Philanthropy (9%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
Who are Wolf Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University Hospitals Health System Inc ($1.5M), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation ($208k), Menorah Park Foundation ($182k).
Does Wolf Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wolf Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Miller Family Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is Wolf Family Foundation based?
Wolf Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 23 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 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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