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Wf Foundation

Name: Wf Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

97
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

donee further

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Ucsf Foundation3 grants · $225,000
626 Landmark Foundation4 grants · $80,000
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy4 grants · $71,500
Meadow Club Foundation3 grants · $70,000
Folds of Honor Foundation2 grants · $70,000
Pacific Legal Foundation4 grants · $58,500
Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation2 grants · $55,000
University of Iowa for Advancement2 grants · $50,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago2 grants · $42,500
The Chicago Community Foundation3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$186,500

2022

$323,000

2023

$317,000

2024

$345,000

2025

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$75,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$50,000
Ucsf Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$50,000
626 Landmark Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$50,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$40,000
Meadow Club Foundation · Fairfax, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$40,000
University of Iowa for Advancement · Iowa City, IA · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$35,000
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy · Washington, DC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$30,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$25,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$25,000
Musc Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$25,000
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy · Washington, DC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$22,500
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$20,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Owasso, OK · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$20,000
Meadow Club Foundation · Fairfax, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$20,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$20,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$20,000
Robert Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Nu · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$18,500
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$15,000
Nc Disaster Relief Fund · Raleigh, NC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$12,000
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$12,000
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
626 Landmark Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Adopt a Family of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Charleston Literary Festival · Charleston, SC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Gibbs Museum of Art · Charleston, SC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation · Incline Village, NV · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Preservation Society of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Visitation Annual Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
626 Landmark Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Musu Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Preservation Society of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
University of Iowa for Advancement · Iowa City, IA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Visitation Annual Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
626 Landmark Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Georgetown Visitation · Washington, DC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Meadow Club Foundation · Fairfax, CA · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$10,000
The Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$9,000
Adopt a Family of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$7,500
Historic Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$6,500
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy · Washington, DC · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy · Washington, DC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Charleston Library Society · Charleston, SC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Make a Wish Greater Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Charleston Literary Festival · Charleston, SC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Charleston Literary Society · Charleston, SC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation · Incline Village, NV · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Adopt a Family of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Charleston Literary Festival · Charleston, SC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Musu Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation · Incline Village, NV · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Preservation Society of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
The Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation · Incline Village, NV · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$5,000
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$4,500
Charleston Giallard Center · Charleston, SC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$4,500
Charleston Giallard Center · Charleston, SC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$4,500
Rivers Performance Hall Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$4,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Washington, DC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$3,500
Adopt a Family of Marin · San Rafael, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$3,500
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2022
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Catholic Charities of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Raphael House of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Sf Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Youth in Arts · San Rafael, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Gibbs Museum of Art · Charleston, SC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Raphael House of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
The Kern Project · Corte Madera, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Youth in Arts · San Rafael, CA · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Charleston Literary Society · Charleston, SC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Gibbs Museum of Art · Charleston, SC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$2,500
The Drayton Hall Fund · Charleston, SC · 2023
To further the mission of the donee
$2,000
Lincoln Park Zoo · Chicago, IL · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$2,000
The Drayton Hall Fund · Charleston, SC · 2025
To further the mission of the donee
$1,500
The Drayton Hall Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
To further the mission of the donee
$1,000
Larkspur Community Foundation · Larkspur, CA · 2025
To further the mission of the donee

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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.