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E Wachs Family Foundation at a glance

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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
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

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.

01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2018 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$600k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAICES$40,000
HISPANIC FEDERATION$30,000
RAICES$30,000
HEADSTRONG PROJECT$10,000
RED HOOK INITIATIVE$10,000
YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN$10,000
WESTSIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER$10,000
HEADSTRONG PROJECT$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $15k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $10k → 20%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$217k · 5 repeat orgs$424k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +151% since the first grant, against -42% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2018, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
2

Total granted

$217k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+151%
-42%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $229k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
EducationCivil RightsHealthRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BARD COLLEGE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $92k · revenue +151%
  • HISPANIC FEDERATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $55k · revenue +291%
  • BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
    2× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • UNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue -42%
  • BC
    BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND INC
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -48%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
10
Brooklyn Law School

To provide students with the knowledge, skills, ethical values needed for a career in law.

Education
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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12
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Side Center for Community Life; the most unlike its peers is Head Strong Project Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $620,611 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INCROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INCSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $200,000 · EducationSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGEBARD COLLEGE: $91,720 · EducationBARD COLLEGEBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $30,000 · EducationBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARYGEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL: $16,000 · Education+1 more: $4,500 · EducationREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $70,000 · Civil RightsREFUGEE &…UNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC: $40,000 · Civil RightsUNITED WE…HISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $55,000 · Community ImprovementMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $20,000 · HealthHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $15,000 · HealthRED HOOK INITIATIVE: $25,000 · Human ServicesTEAM RUBICON INC: $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND INC: $15,000 · OtherWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $15,000 · OtherYOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN: $10,000 · OtherBROOKLYN AIKIKAI: $8,969 · Other
Philanthropy$720,611Education$342,220Civil Rights$110,000Community Improvement$55,000Health$35,000Human Services$25,000Public Safety & Disaster$25,000Other$48,969

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $620,611 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization E Wachs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from E Wachs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to E Wachs Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to E Wachs Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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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