· Private foundation
Wollman Scholarship Fund
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF TN AT KNOXVILLE | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI | $1,000 |
| TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA | $1,000 |
| MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +14% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2026, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY3× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue +14%
- LULIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +20%
- LULEE UNIVERSITY2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- MTMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2024 · $2k
- LULIFE UNIVERSITY INCone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +4%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAone grant, 2022 · $1k
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 university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Lourdes university, rooted in catholic and franciscan traditions, provides a values-centered education that enriches lives and advances academic excellence through the integration of the liberal arts and professional studies.
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 32 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 Vanderbilt University ↗
- Who funds TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LEE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LIFE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds MARYVILLE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH ↗
- Who funds Nova Southeastern University 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: Folds of Honor Foundation · Cv Maybelle and John I Holland Scholarship · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Lilly Endowment Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wollman Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wollman Scholarship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
- Southeastern University Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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