Rhode Island · Nonprofit
THE WOLF SCHOOL INC
THE WOLF SCHOOL INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,788,525 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($650,558). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $15M
What The Wolf School Inc does
Mission
The wolf school inspires complex learners to discover confidence, compassion and a love of learning to reach their true potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
A private school for children with learning differences in grades k through 8. The school follows the standards of core grade-level skills for languages, arts, math, social studies and science. The school's team of teachers, teaching assistants, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists work with each student to develop individualized strategies according to his or her needs. The curriculum encompasses a rigorous blend of academic subjects and intensive therapeutic support. The teacher to student ratio is no more than 1:4 which allows for small instructional groups. The teaching model addresses three major learning challenges: language processing and production, sensory regulation and socially effective communication.
$3,458,760 spent$4,601,351 earned by the program95% of program spendingAfter-school programs - the wolf school offered several after-school programs, each program met one day per week for several weeks. This year the school offered a homework club for middle schoolers, a breakfast club, science and lego themed clubs, clay art, and 3 movement programs. In addition, the school offers 3 seasonal after-school sports which meet two days each week: cross country, track, and basketball.
$24,566 spent$29,547 earned by the program1% of program spendingSummer program - the wolf school offered a five week, four day a week summer program called camp confidence. The program combines a traditional summer camp approach with the wolf school's immersion model classroom. Each week featured a different theme and special education teachers, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and teacher assistants incorporated academic goals in reading, math and writing that relate back to each theme. In addition to the academic blocks, there was a morning meeting, a snack and movement break and a special enrichment activity each day.
$161,933 spent$287,271 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,645,259.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $9.5M to $12M (+30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of THE WOLF SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $193k → $396k.
11 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE WOLF SCHOOL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE WOLF SCHOOL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
66% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE WOLF SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 34% · 2019 28% · 2020 42% · 2021 32% · 2022 35% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
59% of THE WOLF SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
56% of THE WOLF SCHOOL INC's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE WOLF SCHOOL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE WOLF SCHOOL INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Achievement for Children With Challenges Empowered by School Scholarships · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WOLF SCHOOL INC?
- THE WOLF SCHOOL INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,788,525 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($650,558). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WOLF SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $2,788,525 in grants to THE WOLF SCHOOL INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WOLF SCHOOL INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $650,558 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WOLF SCHOOL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing