Maryland · Private foundation
The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2026
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $15,240
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,000,753
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $23M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 17 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2025 | 17 | $3.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $2.1M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.5M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc | $5,931,380 | 5 | 0% |
| Patient Airlift Services Inc | $1,110,999 | 6 | 14% |
| University at Albany Foundation | $1,039,708 | 6 | 1% |
| Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor | $1,011,654 | 3 | 21% |
| Center for Hope Inc | $971,697 | 6 | 3% |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | $475,345 | 6 | 0% |
| Dyslexia Tutoring Program | $277,815 | 6 | 9% |
| Temple Oheb Shalom | $91,128 | 6 | n/a |
| LA Public Theatre Inc | $90,138 | 6 | 3% |
| The Arc Baltimore Inc | $60,988 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc | $5,931,380 | 5 | 0% |
| Patient Airlift Services Inc | $1,110,999 | 6 | 14% |
| University at Albany Foundation | $1,039,708 | 6 | 1% |
| Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor | $1,011,654 | 3 | 21% |
| Center for Hope Inc | $971,697 | 6 | 3% |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | $475,345 | 6 | 0% |
| Dyslexia Tutoring Program | $277,815 | 6 | 9% |
| Temple Oheb Shalom | $91,128 | 6 | n/a |
| LA Public Theatre Inc | $90,138 | 6 | 3% |
| The Arc Baltimore Inc | $60,988 | 6 | 0% |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | $50,083 | 5 | 0% |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute Inc | $30,385 | 6 | n/a |
| Bais Yaakov School for Girls Inc | $30,278 | 6 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation
- How much does The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation give?
- The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $3,182,409 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (53%), Philanthropy (18%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc ($5.9M), Patient Airlift Services Inc ($1.1M), University at Albany Foundation ($1.0M).
- Does The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation based?
- The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation is based in MD.
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