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Judith & David Wachs Family Foundation at a glance

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Judith & David Wachs Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$299k
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$464kReligion$87kHuman Services$79kHealth$61kInternational$56kPhilanthropy$25kFood & Nutrition$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 39 grants below total $238,051, the rows itemized in this filing. The $299,250 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $61,199 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k30 grants · $93k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,600
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Perelman Jewish Day School$50,000
Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$25,000
Pennsylvania Education Partnership LLC$10,000
Vandiver-Moylan American Legion Post 355$10,000
Jewish Fed of Greater Phila$10,000
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East$10,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$10,000
Friends of the Lone Soldier$10,000
The Hebron Fund$10,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$7,200
The Giving Back Fund$5,000
Dr. Paty's Research (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ce$5,000
Lubavitch House at Penn$5,000
Chabad Center at University of Colorado$5,000
Breakthrough T1D$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$631k · 9 repeat orgs$230k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
10

Total granted

$631k
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+59%

Still filing today

56%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $159k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • RA
    RAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL
    4× · 2020–2024 · $467k · revenue +50%
  • FF
    Foundation for Cognitive Therapy and Research
    2× · 2020–2021 · $40k · revenue +31%
  • MU
    MOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • YS
    YOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +39%
  • BI
    Beck Institutefor Cognitive Behavior
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • TO
    Trustee of the Univ of Penn
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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.

03Its 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
Sherit Isroel
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2
Idf Memorial Foundation
Philanthropy
3
University of Judaism Foundation
—
4
Belev Echad Inc

Belev echad is an international nonprofit dedicated to restoring the wounded men and women of the idf back to life through physical, medical, legal, emotional, and financial support. our extensive therapies and programs help the soldiers…

Human Services
5
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
6
Voices United for Israel

Educational information regarding Israel and the Middle East.

International
7
Boundless Israel Inc

The organization is a think-action tank partnering with community leaders to revitalize israel education and take bold collective action to combat jew-hatred.

Education
8
Israel Initiative 2020 Inc
International
9
Ohr Meir Ubracha

The organization provides financial assistance to victims of acts of terrorism in the state of israel.

Philanthropy
10
The Shalem Foundation

To promote and foster the creation of a zionist intellectual infrastructure for the state of israel, the development of a jewish national culture, and the establishment and promotion of intellectual and economic liberty.

Crime & Legal
11
Connect Israel

Connect israel is a life-long program that aims to strengthen the gap between american jews and israelis through business, creative teamwork, and developing personal relationships.

International
12
Bronfman Youth Fellowships to Israel in Inc
Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 44 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
10/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $467,000 · OtherRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOLFoundation for Cognitive Therapy and Research: $40,000 · OtherFoundation for Cognitive Therapy and ResearchCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE MAIN LINE INC: $24,000 · Other+25 more: $147,429 · Other+25 moreTHE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA: $25,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $19,622 · InternationalSCHOLARS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: $11,800 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $4,000 · InternationalMICHAEL LEVIN LONE SOLDIER FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,500 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalLUBAVITCH HOUSE AT PENN INC: $44,800 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesHEBRON FUND INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE LONE SOLDIER INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $20,000 · ReligionYOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationOrot: $7,500 · EducationIndian Valley Veterans Fund: $16,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$678,429International$66,422Human Services$45,800Philanthropy$25,000Religion$20,000Education$17,500Recreation & Sports$16,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRAYMOND AND RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $467,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetLUBAVITCH HOUSE AT PENN INC: $44,800 over 4y, 12% of budgetFoundation for Cognitive Therapy and Research: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOMENTUM UNLIMITED INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $19,622 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndian Valley Veterans Fund: $16,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetSCHOLARS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: $11,800 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEBRON FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LONE SOLDIER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE GIVING BACK FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans Multi-Service Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RELIEF FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $2,554 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL LEVIN LONE SOLDIER FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 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.

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.

Katz Family Charitabl…The Specter FoundationSeed the Dream Founda…Erlbaum Family Founda…Jewish Federation of …National Philanthropi…Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…
Katz Family Charitable TrustPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Katz Family Charitable Trust · The Specter Foundation · Seed the Dream Foundation · Erlbaum Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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.

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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $301k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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