· Private foundation
Wooley 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, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $71k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LSU FOUNDATION | $70,900 |
| MEMORIAL DRIVE UNITED METHODIST | $29,900 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $6,100 |
| NANTZ NATIONAL AIZHEIMER CENTER | $6,000 |
| PUPPIES BEHIND BARS | $6,000 |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| BRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUND | $6,000 |
| LSU TIGER ALTHETIC FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| YMCA OF THE ROCKIES | $2,000 |
| W HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES | $1,000 |
| MEMORIAL ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES | $1,000 |
| ST ANGELA MORICI CHURCH | $100 |
| WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER | $100 |
| CATHERDRAL HIGH SCHOOL | $100 |
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 (FY18–24, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 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
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 +71% since the first grant, against -27% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 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, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LFLSU FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $249k · revenue +87%
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE7× · 2018–2024 · $34k · revenue +163%
- PBPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC7× · 2018–2024 · $34k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- TCTHE CAJUN NAVY RELIEF INCone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -27%
- MDM D ANDERSON CANCER CENTERone grant, 2018 · $2k
- UBUNAPOLOGETICALLY BEING INCone grant, 2023 · $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.
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.
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…
Organizations mission: the organization is dedicated to the advancement of the engineering profession by pursuing an active leadership role through: (1) providing avenues for members to evaluate their skills, competencies,and ethics. (2)…
The mission of the louisiana state bar association is to assist its members in the practice of law, assure access to and aid in the administration of justice, assist the supreme court in the regulation of the practice of law, uphold the…
The mission of nacs is to represent the convenience and petroleum retailing industry and to provide the knowledge, connections, and advocacy necessary to assist our members in maximizing their effectiveness and profitability.
Louisiana realtors (lr) is a member-based trade association established to assist its members in the business of real estate in louisiana. lr represents its membership on important real estate-related issues to state and federal…
Mission: this organization is part of the methodist hospital, doing business as houston methodist hospital, whose mission is: to provide high quality, cost-effective health care that delivers the best value to the people we serve in a…
West Street Recovery's mission is to connect communities to the resources they need to rebuild after climate disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and build resilient, secure, and stronger communities.
To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…
As an active partner, leader and catalyst, we will assist african americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability through direct services and advocacy.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
To strengthen the association of former students, promote the interests and welfare of texas a&m university, perpetuate ties of affection and esteem formed in university or college days, and serve the student body.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 26 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 LSU FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF THE ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Memorial Assistance Ministries ↗
- Who funds THE CAJUN NAVY RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER INC OF HOUSTON TEXAS ↗
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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wooley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wooley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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