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Wachs-Weingarten Charitable Trust at a glance

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Wachs-Weingarten Charitable Trust

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.

$193k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$67k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$318kEducation$254kPhilanthropy$151kHealth$97kReligion$88kInternational$32kYouth Development$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $52k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $118k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$672k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$66,666
ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$51,425
THEATRE ASPEN$23,500
JOIN ISRAEL$15,946
JAZZ AT ASPEN SNOWMASS$12,500
CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION$6,500
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
THE PUBLIC THEATER$3,000
TEMPLE EMANU-EL$1,000
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC$1,000
MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEMS$500
MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$250
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH$100
Individual grant recipient$100
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 (FY24–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JOIN ISRAEL: $16k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEMS: $500 → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEMS: $500 → 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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$683k · 12 repeat orgs$255k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
22

Total granted

$683k
$185k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+18%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    THEATRE ASPEN
    5× · 2021–2025 · $80k · revenue +50%
  • NY
    NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
    4× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +29%
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +203%

Funded once

  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $80k
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +18%
  • WT
    WP THEATER
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
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
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
3
Park Square Theatre

To enrich the community by producing and presenting exceptional live theatre that touches the heart, engages the mind and delights the spirit.

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4
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
5
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
6
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
7
New York City Ballet Inc

Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
8
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
9
Miami New Drama

Miami new drama is a nonprofit professional theater company based in miami beach, florida, dedicated to the development and production of new theatrical work and to theater-making as a means of social engagement, cultural conversation, and…

Arts & Culture
10
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc

The mission of the princeton symphony orchestra is to leverage the power of live music to uplift the human experience.

Arts & Culture
11
Titan Productions Incorporated

Titan theatre company is committed to breathing new life and clarity into classical works of theatre, exploring new and contemporary language plays, and delivering adventurous and visceral theatrical experiences for our audiences and…

Arts & Culture
12
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

Philadelphia jewish film and media (pjfm) creates connection and community through jewish cinema and digital storytelling. pjfm welcomes everyone to engage with jewish culture and values through its educational and entertaining year-round…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mann Center for the Performing Arts; the most unlike its peers is Thomas Jefferson University. 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

25 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. 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAVH FOUNDATION: $150,700 · OtherAVH FOUNDATIONTHOMAS JEFFERSON HOSPITAL: $80,000 · OtherTHOMAS JEFFERSON HOSPITALJOIN ISRAEL (FORMERLY JOI): $70,995 · OtherJOIN ISRAEL (FORMERLY JOI)Individual grant recipient: $19,650 · Other+15 more: $40,478 · Other+15 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $212,700 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSIT…THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSI…+2 more: $2,200 · EducationTHEATRE ASPEN: $80,267 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE ASPENNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $59,860 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE…JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $25,200 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMA…ASPEN FILM: $20,650 · Arts & CultureASPEN FILMTHE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $10,550 · Arts & CultureASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $51,425 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $12,200 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $32,380 · InternationalFRIENDS OF OFANIM INC: $4,200 · InternationalJOIN ISRAEL INC: $15,946 · Human ServicesMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$561,823Education$254,900Arts & Culture$206,527Health$73,725International$36,580Human Services$16,946Philanthropy$500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $212,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $80,267 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $59,860 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $32,380 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $25,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN FILM: $20,650 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $12,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF OFANIM INC: $4,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH RENEWAL FUND: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMIT54: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100 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.

National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wachs-Weingarten Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wachs-Weingarten Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
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    How do I get to Wachs-Weingarten Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Wachs-Weingarten Charitable Trust 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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