Skip to content
Wolfson Gordon Private Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Wolfson Gordon Private Family Foundation Inc

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.

$76k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$1.0MFood & Nutrition$184kHuman Services$158kInternational$59kEducation$18kPhilanthropy$12kRecreation & Sports$9kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$7,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FED OF PALM BEACH$25,000
BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL POPS GOLF$20,000
SAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC$10,000
THE POLO CLUB FOUNDATION$7,000
BICOL CLINIC FOUNDATION$6,000
THE SHARING SHELF INC$5,000
OPEN DOOR MEDIA$1,800
PLAY FOR PINK INC$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $533 → 6%SCOTT J BIEGEL MEMORIAL FUND: $3k → 7%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

NY
NJ
CO
MD
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 11 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
24

Total granted

$1.4M
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+5%

Still filing today

55%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementInternationalRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
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

  • TS
    THE SHARING SHELF INC
    2× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +178%
  • RF
    RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $2k · revenue +279%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2020–2023 · $2k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • BR
    BOCA RATON REGIONA HOSP FDN
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • HI
    Herizon Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +217%
  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
3
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

—
4
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc

The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
6
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
7
The Shriners' Hospital for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
8
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
9
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
10
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
11
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Starlight Children's Foundation

Since 1983, starlight has been delivering happiness to seriously ill children and their families.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $958,200 · Community ImprovementBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation IncCHAI CENTER: $146,000 · OtherCHAI CENTERJEWISH FED OF PALM BEACH: $106,025 · OtherJEWISH FED OF PALM BEACHJEWISH FED OF SOUTH PALM BEACH: $77,185 · OtherJEWISH FED OF SOUTH PALM BEACHTHE PAP CORPS: $43,209 · OtherTHE PAP CORPSIndividual grant recipient: $35,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL POPS GOLF: $20,000 · Other+24 more: $69,066 · Other+24 moreTHE BICOL CLINIC FOUNDATION INC: $47,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,250 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,750 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthSCOTT J BEIGEL MEMORIAL FUND INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $533 · Human ServicesRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,400 · Arts & CultureTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,545 · International
Community Improvement$958,200Other$496,585Health$51,100Human Services$3,533Arts & Culture$2,400Education$2,000International$1,545

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 budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $958,200 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BICOL CLINIC FOUNDATION INC: $47,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetTHE SHARING SHELF INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHerizon Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSCOTT J BEIGEL MEMORIAL FUND INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,545 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $533 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Unicorn Childrens Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA5.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wolfson Gordon Private Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wolfson Gordon Private Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Wolfson Gordon Private Family’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home