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E Wachs Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$145k
Granted FY2018
8
Grants FY2018
6
Organizations funded FY2018
100%
First-time grantees FY2018
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76% of E Wachs Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year E Wachs Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $145k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’17
5
’18
4
’19
3
’20
1
’21
1
’22
4
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2018
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2018
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 6
FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2018
3
Total assets, FY2018
$600k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 100% of the organizations E Wachs Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20186$145k100%
FY20172$55kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$721kEducation$342kCivil Rights$110kCommunity Improvement$55kHealth$35kYouth Development$25kInternational$25kCrime & Legal$15kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 15 grantees
All grantees of E Wachs Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sarah Lawrence College$200,00010%
Bard College$91,72020%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$70,00010%
Hispanic Federation Inc$55,00020%
United We Dream Network Inc$40,00010%
Brooklyn Public Library$30,00020%
Red Hook Initiative$25,00020%
Team Rubicon Inc$25,00010%
Montefiore Medical Center$20,00010%
Georgetown Day School$16,00010%
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc$15,00011%
West Side Center for Community Life$15,00020%
Head Strong Project Inc$15,00010%
Brooklyn Aikikai$8,96913%
Poly Prep Country Day School$4,50010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget E Wachs Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSarah Lawrence College: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBard College: $91,720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHispanic Federation Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited We Dream Network Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBrooklyn Public Library: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRed Hook Initiative: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontefiore Medical Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown Day School: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWest Side Center for Community Life: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHead Strong Project Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBrooklyn Aikikai: $8,969 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPoly Prep Country Day School: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 15.

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About E Wachs Family Foundation

How much does E Wachs Family Foundation give?
E Wachs Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $145,000 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does E Wachs Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (53%), Education (25%), Civil Rights (8%).
Who are E Wachs Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sarah Lawrence College ($200k), Bard College ($92k), Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services ($70k).
Does E Wachs Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2018, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does E Wachs Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where is E Wachs Family Foundation based?
E Wachs Family Foundation is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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