Wolfen Family Foundation

• The foundation accepts requests by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; the route in is an invitation, which makes this a relationship-led approach.
• Its filings show grants mainly in California, but no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern is not a rule about who may apply.
• About 8 in 10 of its 48 grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $250,000, with a median of $10,000, so a modest request fits, though its largest grant was $650,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• 70% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had already funded, so a new applicant should not expect easy repeat funding.
• Its recorded recipients include universities, medical and cancer institutions, Jewish organisations, food banks, arts bodies, clinics and community organisations, but the filing gives no formal subject focus, so fit depends on the type of work rather than an established priority.

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

• Ucla Foundation · Charitable
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation · Charitable
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Ucsf Foundation · Charitable
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Charitable
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Wilshire Boulevard Temple · Charitable
  $156,0002024 tax year
• Big Sunday · Charitable
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Ucla Hillel · Charitable
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Go Campaign · Charitable
  $40,0002024 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.