· Private foundation
Wolfen 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $265k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $306k
- $250k+4 grants · $1.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UCLA FOUNDATION | $600,000 |
| JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK | $250,000 |
| UCSF FOUNDATION | $250,000 |
| WILSHIRE BLVD TEMPLE | $156,000 |
| BIG SUNDAY | $100,000 |
| UCLA HILLEL | $50,000 |
| GO CAMPAIGN | $40,000 |
| VENICE FAMILY CLINIC | $25,000 |
| LA GOAL | $25,000 |
| GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE | $25,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LA | $25,000 |
| COLUMBIABARNARD HILLEL | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| PENN HILLEL | $20,000 |
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 (FY19–24, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +41% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TJTHE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +50%
- BSBig Sunday7× · 2017–2024 · $496k · revenue +69%
- BTBET TZEDEK4× · 2017–2024 · $415k · revenue +123%
Funded once
- BLBERKELEY LAW OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPone grant, 2019 · $250k
- CICALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -2%
- TBTEMPLE BETH ELone grant, 2018 · $15k
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.
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…
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.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…
Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.
How this is measured
55 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 55 of the 101 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.
- Who funds THE JONSSON CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Big Sunday ↗
- Who funds BET TZEDEK ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION COUNCIL OF GREATER LA ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LA GOAL ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds HILLEL AT UCLA ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds Go Campaign ↗
- Who funds GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIABARNARD HILLEL INC ↗
- Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds One Voice ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES MUSIC AND ART SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Harry and Barbara Goldman Foundation Co Lynne G Silbert President · Shapiro Family Charitable Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wolfen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wolfen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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