Illinois · Private foundation
Wolff 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.
- $156k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Wolff Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $156k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $150k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $142k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $160k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $120k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $135k | 52% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $144k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $138k | 61% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Service of the Desert | $95,000 | 6 | 1% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $73,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $71,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $68,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $57,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Citizens of the World Charter School-Kansas City | $44,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Inc | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $39,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $33,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $29,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 56 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($314k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wolff Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Wolff Family Foundation
- How much does Wolff Family Foundation give?
- Wolff Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $156,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wolff Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (22%), Health (18%), Environment (13%).
- Who are Wolff Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish Family Service of the Desert ($95k), United States Association for UNHCR ($74k), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($71k).
- Does Wolff Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wolff Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wolff Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Wolff Family Foundation based?
- Wolff Family Foundation is based in IL.
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