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Wolf Family Foundation at a glance

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Wolf Family 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.

$262k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$62k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Human Services$275kHousing & Shelter$163kArts & Culture$111kCivil Rights$92kFood & Nutrition$81kCommunity Improvement$66kEducation$62kPhilanthropy$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $62k
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT$62,000
URBAN PEAK$30,000
REDLINE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER$30,000
EAST COLFAX COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE$30,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$30,000
COLORADO GIVES$25,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$25,000
THE GROWHAUS$20,000
COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%WESTERN REGIONAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $62k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $35k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 12%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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$748k · 13 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$748k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+12%

Still filing today

69%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k 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
Community ImprovementHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • HA
    Housekeys Action Network Denver
    2× · 2022–2023 · $80k · revenue +38%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +2%
  • BC
    BIRDSEED COLLECTIVE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $53k · revenue +125%

Funded once

  • RC
    ROSE COMMUNITY FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +1%
  • CS
    COLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue +10%
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
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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2
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
3
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
4
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
5
Colorado Press Association

Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…

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6
Colorado Fiscal Institute

To provide timely, credible and accessible analyses of fiscal and economic issues facing colorado to inform public policy debates and promote economic prosperity

Community Improvement
7
Colorado Jobs With Justice Inc

Advance workers rights & social justice through building sustained relationships and taking direct action to create concrete change in the lives of working families

Employment
8
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
9
Colorado Democracy Alliance

The Colorado Democracy Alliance is an organization committed to protecting democracy and expanding Colorados civic engagement ecosystem.

Civil Rights
10
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
11
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
12
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Western Regional Advocacy Project. 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

23 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. 23 of the 30 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $250,000 · OtherCHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INCHousekeys Action Network Denver: $80,000 · OtherHousekeys Action Network DenverURBAN PEAK: $60,000 · OtherURBAN PEAKREDLINE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER: $60,000 · OtherREDLINE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTERTHE GROWHAUS: $52,772 · OtherTHE GROWHAUSROSE COMMUNITY FUND: $30,000 · OtherDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherCOLORADO VILLAGE COLLABORATIVE: $22,772 · Other+11 more: $44,871 · Other+11 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY S…Western Regional Advocacy Project: $62,000 · Human ServicesWestern Regiona…BIRDSEED COLLECTIVE: $52,772 · Community ImprovementBIRDSEED C…East Colfax Community Collective: $30,000 · Community ImprovementEast Colfa…THE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $12,772 · Community ImprovementTHE COLORA…Project VOYCE: $45,544 · Youth DevelopmentPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $29,303 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $13,300 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · PhilanthropyFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$625,415Human Services$137,000Community Improvement$95,544Youth Development$45,544Arts & Culture$42,603Philanthropy$31,000Food & Nutrition$25,000

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 budgetHousekeys Action Network Denver: $80,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWestern Regional Advocacy Project: $62,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetBIRDSEED COLLECTIVE: $52,772 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE GROWHAUS: $52,772 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetProject VOYCE: $45,544 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetEast Colfax Community Collective: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $29,303 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO VILLAGE COLLABORATIVE: $22,772 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $13,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $12,772 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON SENSE INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetImagination Library of Denver: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL FX DEVELOPMENTAL & FRAGILE X RESOURCE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT: $2,772 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $2,772 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $2,772 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER URBAN GARDENS: $2,753 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWyatt Academy: $1,000 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.

The Denver FoundationColorado Gives Founda…Rose Community Founda…El Pomar FoundationThe Colorado Health F…Mile High United Way …Buck FoundationThe Marigold ProjectThe Colorado TrustWestern Union Foundat…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …
The Denver FoundationCO26.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Buck Foundation · The Marigold Project · The Colorado Trust · Western Union Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wolf Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Wolf Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wolf Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 30 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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