Funding search · EIN 466728773 · Chicago, IL

Lynn & Louis Wolfson Ii Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

51
grants reported
$3.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • University of Southern California2 grants · $600,000
  • Miami Dade College Foundation2 grants · $385,000
  • The Cleo Institute2 grants · $300,000
  • Miami Foundation1 grant · $235,000
  • The Education Fund4 grants · $228,275
  • Armour Dance Theatre3 grants · $225,000
  • Playing for Change Foundation3 grants · $220,000
  • Um School of Communication1 grant · $167,000
  • National Audubon Society3 grants · $150,000
  • Everglades Foundation2 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$995,000
2022
$903,275
2023
$960,000
2024
$957,000
2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

  • $400,000

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General

  • $235,000

    Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    General

  • $200,000

    Miami Dade College Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $200,000

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General

  • $185,000

    Miami Dade College Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $185,000

    The Cleo Institute · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $167,000

    Um School of Communication · Coral Gables, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $115,000

    The Cleo Institute · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $100,000

    National Foundation for · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Playing for Change Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $100,000

    Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Youngarts · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $75,000

    Armour Dance Theatre · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $75,000

    Armour Dance Theatre · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Playing for Change Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    The Education Fund · Miami Lakes, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Armour Dance Theatre · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $70,000

    Oolite Arts · Miami Beach, FL · 2022

    General

  • $63,275

    The Education Fund · Miami Lakes, FL · 2023

    General

  • $60,000

    Friends of the Underline · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Journalism Funding Partners · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $50,000

    Adrienne Arsht Center Trust · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Adrienne Arsht Center Trust · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Guitars Over Guns Organization · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023

    General

  • $50,000

    Everglades Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Miami Children'S Museum · Miami, FL · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    Miami City Ballet · Miami Beach, FL · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022

    General

  • $50,000

    The Education Fund · Miami Lakes, FL · 2022

    General

  • $45,000

    Miami Children'S Museum · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $45,000

    Playing for Change Foundation · Marina Del Rey, CA · 2023

    General

  • $40,000

    Bakehouse Art Complex · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $40,000

    The Education Fund · Miami Lakes, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $40,000

    Conecta Miami Arts · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $35,000

    Miami Children'S Museum · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $35,000

    Miami Children'S Museum · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $30,000

    Dade Heritage Trust · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $30,000

    Bakehouse Art Complex · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Young Musicians Unite · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    De Lamarondiere Rock Productions · Ojai, CA · 2023

    Production of documentary;

  • $28,000

    Guitars Over Guns Organization · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $27,000

    Guitars Over Guns Organization · Miami, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Nu Deco Ensemble · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Tropical Audubon Society · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $25,000

    Children'S Burn Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022

    General

  • $20,000

    Wolfsonian · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Dade Heritage Trust · Miami, FL · 2023

    General

  • $15,000

    Bakehouse Art Complex · Miami, FL · 2022

    General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.