· Private foundation
Waldfogel 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
85% of Waldfogel Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Waldfogel Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $15k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRABHORN INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| NEXLEAF ANALYTICS | $5,000 |
| BLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND | $1,000 |
| PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF SILICON VALLEY | $1,000 |
| BEST FRIENDS | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 30% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SFSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART4× · 2017–2021 · $40k · revenue +37%
- NANEXLEAF ANALYTICS5× · 2017–2023 · $30k · revenue +110%
- GIGRABHORN INSTITUTE5× · 2017–2025 · $27k · revenue +289%
Funded once
- CCCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTSone grant, 2017 · $30k
- WMWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +161%
- HRHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INCone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -66%
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.
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.
Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art
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."
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
*increase and diffusion of knowledge* is the mission set forth by james smithson. the smithsonian endeavors to shape the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.
The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…
Chm decodes technology - its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity.
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.
The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.
Warnecke architectural archives mission:the warnecke archives welcomes and encourages the study of its architectural collection. a wealth of material exists for historians, students, and other researchers to use at warnecke archives. the…
The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 26 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds EMBARCADERO INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
- Who funds NEXLEAF ANALYTICS ↗
- Who funds GRABHORN INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUND EQUINE OPTIONS ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds ELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN ↗
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Waldfogel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Waldfogel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
How this is measured
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