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Wolfort Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$292k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$503kEducation$455kHealth$240kRecreation & Sports$147kReligion$40kHuman Services$24kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $72k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $205k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLEVELAND$100,000
OHIO UNIVERSITY$55,000
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA$50,000
Individual grant recipient$26,400
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$25,000
HIRAM HOUSE CAMP$11,000
THE SHUL$10,000
MALTZ MUSEUM$5,000
IBU FOUNDATION$5,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR COLLIER CO$1,100
NAPLES SHELTER FOR WOMEN$1,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$750
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$500
MORELAND HILLS POLICE & EMPLOYEE FOUNDATION$250
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE CLEVELAND$250
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 (FY17–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Blessings in a Backpack: $100 → 15%Valerie's House: $200 → 11%Shelter for Abused Women & Children: $1k → 10%The Shelter for Abused Women and Children: $1k → 10%The Shelter for Abused Women and Children: $1k → 10%Shelter for Abused Women & Children: $650 → 10%NAPLES SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $400 → 10%Shelter for Abused Women & Children: $400 → 10%The Gathering Place: $2k → 17%The gathering place: $1k → 17%The Gathering Place: $100 → 17%Fostering Hope: $100 → 17%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
OH
NJ
CT
CA
KY
TN
NC
SC
MS
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 29 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
61

Total granted

$1.6M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+45%

Still filing today

52%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCivil RightsOther
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

  • TM
    The Musical Arts Association
    8× · 2017–2024 · $480k · revenue +45%
  • HS
    HAWKEN SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $200k · revenue +76%
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $131k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • CC
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • AC
    AUGUSTA CHIWY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +210%
  • THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -14%
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
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
2
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
3
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
4
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

The mission of the akron-canton regional foodbank is to lead a collaborative network that empowers people to experience healthy and hunger-free lives. we distribute food to feed people and we advocate, engage and convene our community in…

Food & Nutrition
5
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater cincinnati offers a community of compassion, support and the comforts of home to families with critically ill children, steps away from the medical care they need.

Human Services
6
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
7
Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio Inc

We empower people on their journey to independence through the sale of donated goods, which supports employment programs and family services.

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8
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
9
Tiffin University

Educate students by linking knowledge to professional practice.

Education
10
Ohio Justice and Policy Center

To create fair, intelligent, redemptive criminal justice systems through zealous client-centered advocacy, innovative policy reform and cross-sector community education.

Civil Rights
11
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
12
Lupus Foundation of America Greater Ohio Chapter

Dedicated to improving the quality of life for all people affected by lupus through programs of research, education and advocacy. our vision is a world without lupus.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Aronson Cello Festival. 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

53 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. 53 of the 102 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
38/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $220,650 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUniversity Hospital of Cleveland: $200,000 · OtherUniversity Hospital of ClevelandOHIO UNIVERSITY: $190,650 · OtherOHIO UNIVERSITYTHE SHUL: $40,000 · OtherNATIONAL RUNAWAY SAFELINE: $27,000 · Other+60 more: $82,110 · Other+60 moreThe Musical Arts Association: $480,300 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Association+5 more: $3,270 · Arts & CultureHAWKEN SCHOOL: $200,000 · EducationHAWKEN SCHOOLCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $131,100 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVE…FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $60,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SC…+5 more: $5,550 · EducationTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC: $2,500 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $2,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthHOPEWELL: $1,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $750 · Health+8 more: $1,650 · HealthIBU Foundation: $10,000 · International+1 more: $150 · InternationalTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $4,850 · Human ServicesTHE GATHERING PLACE: $3,200 · Human Services+3 more: $400 · Human ServicesAUGUSTA CHIWY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $100 · Civil Rights
Other$760,410Arts & Culture$483,570Education$396,650Health$14,400International$10,150Human Services$8,450Civil Rights$5,100

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 budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $480,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHAWKEN SCHOOL: $200,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $131,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIBU Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMutt Madness of the MS Delta: $5,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $4,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE: $3,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPIANO INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF NORTHERN OH: $2,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMORELAND HILLS POLICE & EMPLOYEES FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $670 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBONITA WONDER GARDENS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARONSON CELLO FESTIVAL: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNaples Therapeutic Riding Center Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDEASTREAM: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF CLEVELAND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR KIDS GEAUGA: $200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRANSPLANT HOUSE OF CLEVELAND: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEACT: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HIRAM HOUSE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER ALLIANCE NETWORK INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Waters Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THY NEIGHBOR: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUL TO SOLE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDWINS LEADERSHIP & RESTAURANT INSTITUTE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLACES OF LOVE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREVER R CHILDREN: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOVEMENT PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HAVEN HOME LLC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF CLEVELAND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShelter The People Cleveland: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds HAWKEN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds IBU Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA CHIWY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Ohio University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Mutt Madness of the MS Delta ↗
  • Who funds THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
  • Who funds PIANO INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF NORTHERN OH ↗
  • Who funds KEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MORELAND HILLS POLICE & EMPLOYEES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗

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…Jewish Federation of …The Richard M Schulze…The Char and Chuck Fo…Collier Community Fou…Robert & Paula Boykin…Richard Horvitz and E…The Albert B & Audrey…The Lozick Family Fou…Rdm FoundationSullivan Family FundMt Sinai Health Care …
The Cleveland FoundationOH25.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Robert & Paula Boykin Family Foundation · Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · Rdm Foundation · Sullivan Family Fund · Mt Sinai Health Care 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 Wolfort Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wolfort Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
17report 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 102 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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