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Rodger and Loree Wasserman 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.

$76k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$271kHealth$86kArts & Culture$59kReligion$48kEducation$31kFood & Nutrition$500Animals$450Human Services$360Other$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $71k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$606k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER 5000$26,302
UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION PHIL FUND$25,000
TRINITY HEALTH$10,000
JOHNS HOKINS UNIVERSITY$10,000
MAYO CLINIC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $250 → 6%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
PA
MD
AZ
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$446k · 9 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +140% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$446k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+140%
+36%

Still filing today

56%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $52k · revenue +350%
  • TH
    TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue +15%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $11k · revenue +392%

Funded once

  • AM
    AMERICAN MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $48k
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH TRINITY HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • BH
    BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION SOUTHFIE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida Inc

To provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching, research, charity care and financial responsibility.

Health
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
4
University of Miami
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5
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
6
Dominican Hospital Foundation

The mission of the dominican hospital foundation is to ensure that philanthropic resources are available to respond to and support the changing health care needs of the people within the area served by dignity health dba dominican…

Health
7
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
Miami Valley Hospital Foundation

Enhance the patient and family experience at miami valley hospital by raising community support for cutting-edge programs and services which help build healthy communities.

Health
10
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
11
Beth Israel Medical Center

Since its founding, over 120 years ago, as a medical dispensary to meet the needs of the impoverished and underserved jewish community of the lower east side, beth israel medical center has been committed to the care of persons of all…

Health
12
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

14 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. 14 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER 5000: $147,910 · OtherVARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER 5000JEWISH FEDERATION: $105,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATIONAMERICAN MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $48,350 · OtherAMERICAN MAGEN DAVID ADOMUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION PHIL FUND: $45,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION PHIL FUNDJOHNS HOKINS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · Other+9 more: $13,800 · OtherUNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION: $59,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH FOUNDAT…ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyARIZONA COMMUNITY FOU…GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER MIAMI JEWISH …BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $40,100 · HealthBEAUMONT HEAL…TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION: $15,000 · HealthTRINITY HEALT…MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthMOUNT SINAI M…MAYO CLINIC: $10,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC: $52,300 · Arts & CultureMOTOWN HI…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,850 · Arts & CultureSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $11,000 · EducationFeeding America: $500 · Food & NutritionISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $250 · Human ServicesCAVALIER RESCUE OF FLORIDA INC: $100 · Animals
Other$380,060Philanthropy$121,000Health$75,100Arts & Culture$56,650Education$11,000Food & Nutrition$500Human Services$250Animals$100

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION: $59,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC: $52,300 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $40,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC: $1,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAVALIER RESCUE OF FLORIDA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds CAVALIER RESCUE OF FLORIDA INC ↗

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rodger and Loree Wasserman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rodger and Loree Wasserman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    3report 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.

    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 28 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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