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George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$619k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
69
Grants FY2025
59
Organizations funded FY2024
3%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
59 to 68
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$8.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 3% of the organizations George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationHealthAnimalsRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving68$619k16%
FY202459$496k3%
FY202359$364k10%
FY202268$466k15%
FY202166$450k17%
FY202065$441k8%
FY201966$494kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$493kHuman Services$366kArts & Culture$358kFood & Nutrition$310kEducation$256kInternational$204kHousing & Shelter$195kHealth$177kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
VA
MD
AR
DC
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington$315,00061%
New America Foundation$160,00070%
Some Inc$120,00070%
Martha's Table Inc$115,00070%
Bread for the City Inc$105,00070%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$90,00070%
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc$75,00070%
Georgetown Day School$75,00070%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$62,00070%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$61,00030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$55,00070%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$55,00070%
The Studio Theatre Inc$55,00070%
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$50,00060%
Peaceplayers International$50,00070%
Levine Music Inc$40,00040%
After-School All-Stars$40,00070%
The Diener School Inc$35,00070%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$35,00070%
Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc$35,00070%
Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc$35,00070%
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington$35,00070%
Main Street Connect Inc$35,00070%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$35,00070%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$34,00070%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$33,00070%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc$33,00070%
The Phillips Collection$32,50070%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$32,00070%
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Projects$32,00070%
Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Endowment Inc$30,00033%
Heifer Project International$30,00060%
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$27,50070%
Sixth & I Synagogue Inc$27,50070%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$27,50070%
Washington Performing Arts Society$27,50070%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25,00040%
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$23,00070%
Iona Senior Services$23,00070%
University of Chicago$20,00030%
Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin$20,00020%
DC Scores$20,00040%
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc$20,00040%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra$20,00040%
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc$20,00020%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$19,00070%
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary$18,50070%
The Asia Society$15,00030%
Marin Horizon School Inc$15,00010%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$15,00030%
Moco Kidsco Inc$14,00070%
Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County Inc$10,00041%
Congregation Kol Shofar$10,0002n/a
Bright Beginnings Inc$10,00010%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$10,00030%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$5,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$5,0001n/a
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$5,00010%
Camp del Corazon Inc$5,00050%
Wings of Rescue Inc$5,0001n/a
Animal Cancer Foundation$4,50021%
Coalition for DC Representation in Congress Education Fund$4,00040%
Most Valuable Kids Inc$2,000222%
Dance Place$2,00010%
Upstart Bay Area$1,00010%
Recovery Cafe DC$1,00010%
Great and Small$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($805k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBender Jcc of Greater Washington: $315,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNew America Foundation: $160,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSome Inc: $120,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $105,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $90,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEdlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc: $75,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGeorgetown Day School: $75,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $62,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $61,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Studio Theatre Inc: $55,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area: $50,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPeaceplayers International: $50,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLevine Music Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAfter-School All-Stars: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Diener School Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSasha Bruce Youthwork Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington: $35,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMain Street Connect Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $34,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $33,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc: $33,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetThe Phillips Collection: $32,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $32,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetDuke Ellington School of the Arts Projects: $32,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Foundation for Group Homes Endowment Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetHeifer Project International: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Urban Alliance Foundation Inc: $27,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSixth & I Synagogue Inc: $27,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $27,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Performing Arts Society: $27,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Potomac Conservancy Inc: $23,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetIona Senior Services: $23,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBrandeis Hillel Day School - Marin: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDC Scores: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerica-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPoplar Spring Animal Sanctuary: $18,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetThe Asia Society: $15,000 over 3y, 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 66.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC35.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · Posner-Wallace Foundation · The Annette M Lerner and Theodore N Lerner Family Foundation Inc · England Family Foundation · The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc

How much does George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc give?
George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc reported 69 grants totaling $618,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 68 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (15%), Human Services (11%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Bender Jcc of Greater Washington ($315k), New America Foundation ($160k), Some Inc ($120k).
Does George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, Galena-Yorktown Foundation.
Where is George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc based?
George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 111 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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