Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation

• Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation funds work in bird and wildlife research and conservation, land protection, health and medical care, and local cultural, educational, community-service and emergency-service activities, chiefly through unrestricted support with some project-specific gifts.
• It operates strictly by invitation and does not accept unsolicited requests, so there is no application process for a nonprofit to follow; it only gives to organisations it has preselected.
• Typical grants to organisations run from $5,000 to $150,000, with a median of $10,000 and about half of its grants at $10,000 or less, so a modest request size is the norm even though the largest grant recorded was $2,000,000.
• A high share of its giving, 84% of grant dollars, went to organisations it had already funded in the two previous filings, suggesting its support is relationship-led and weighted toward existing partners rather than new, cold approaches.
• Given it does not accept unsolicited requests, small charities without an existing connection should not attempt to apply directly.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• CLL Global Research Foundation · Unrestricted
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology · Unrestricted
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Gary Sinise Foundation · Unrestricted
  $500,0002024 tax year
• St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Unrestricted
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Archives of Falconry · Unrestricted
  $400,0002024 tax year
• American Bird Conservancy · Unrestricted
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Shriners Hospitals for Children · Unrestricted
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Fares · Incubator basin
  $200,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.