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The Wisch Family Foundation at a glance

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The Wisch Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$423k
Granted FY2026still arriving
18
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$109k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$506kCivil Rights$356kEducation$224kReligion$39kInternational$27kHealth$9kHuman Services$5kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2026 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k9 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $178k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $209k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$26k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS$109,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$100,000
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER$48,400
STANFORD UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES$25,000
BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS & SCIENCES DBA BROOKLYN MUSEUM$25,000
PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE$25,000
THE MIRYAM INSTITUTE$25,000
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION$19,743
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SERPENTINE AMERICAS FOUNDATION$9,470
BARD COLLEGE$7,000
THE KEW FOREST SCHOOL$5,000
ISRAEL POLICY FORUM$5,000
PARRISH ART MUSEUM$2,500
THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM$2,435
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 (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RX ART INC: $2k → 17%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 13 repeat orgs$267k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
25

Total granted

$1.2M
$211k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

85%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitInternationalCivil RightsReligionOther
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

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    4× · 2023–2026 · $450k · revenue +44%
  • FA
    FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
    5× · 2022–2026 · $317k · revenue +12%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC
    2× · 2024–2026 · $147k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • CT
    CREATIVE TIME INC
    one grant, 2023 · $58k · revenue -49%
  • SU
    stndford university
    one grant, 2022 · $45k
  • FA
    Film At Lincoln Center
    one grant, 2022 · $27k
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
Berggruen Institute
Education
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
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
4
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
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
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.

Arts & Culture
9
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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10
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
11
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
12
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation. 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 48 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
21/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $317,450 · Arts & CultureFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INCNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC: $147,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS …CREATIVE TIME INC: $57,650 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE TIME INCTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $39,743 · Arts & CultureTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATIONTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $34,275 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $78,812 · Arts & Culture+11 moreAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $450,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEETHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $170,418 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TR…THE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationTHE HUNTER COLL…+4 more: $15,500 · Education+4 morePARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INC: $60,200 · OtherPARK AVENUE SYN…stndford university: $45,000 · Otherstndford univer…Film At Lincoln Center: $26,500 · OtherFilm At Lincoln…SERPENTINE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $18,980 · OtherSERPENTINE AMER…Jewish Women International: $16,500 · OtherJewish Women In…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+13 more: $37,525 · Other+13 moreTHE MIRYAM INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $1,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $760 · Public BenefitISRAEL POLICY FORUM INC: $5,000 · InternationalCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $1,000 · InternationalTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE INC: $5,000 · Religion
Arts & Culture$674,930Civil Rights$450,000Education$215,918Other$214,705Public Benefit$26,760International$6,000Religion$5,000

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 budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $450,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $317,450 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $170,418 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC: $147,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCREATIVE TIME INC: $57,650 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $39,743 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $34,275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $20,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $17,435 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Women International: $16,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPS 1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART21 INC: $2,325 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $2,052 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRX ART INC: $2,025 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTTABLE INC: $760 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Arison Arts FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…The Cowles Charitable…The Horace W Goldsmit…Arnhold Foundation IncThe Ford FoundationThe Lawrence and Caro…Ag FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…National Philanthropi…Tides FoundationJewish Communal Fund
Arison Arts FoundationFL19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arison Arts Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Cowles Charitable Trust · The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation · Arnhold Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The Lawrence and Carol Saper Foundation · Ag Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Tides Foundation · Jewish Communal 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 The Wisch Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wisch 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc: 0% of 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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

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How do I get to The Wisch Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Wisch 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 48 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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