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Waldman Family 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.

$282k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
91
Grants FY2025
89
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
67 to 91
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$5.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Waldman Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving91$282k15%
FY202489$334k6%
FY202389$367k7%
FY202291$401k11%
FY202189$269k16%
FY202083$261k27%
FY201868$233k15%
FY201767$236kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$802kEducation$529kHealth$475kCommunity Improvement$104kFood & Nutrition$84kHuman Services$76kPhilanthropy$57kHousing & Shelter$49kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Allentown Art Museum$382,00084%
Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc$80,00080%
Lehigh Valley Hospital$75,00070%
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends$62,0007n/a
Jazz Foundation of America Inc$57,00081%
Samaritans of New York Inc$44,50061%
Perkiomen School$42,50080%
The Copper Bridge Foundation Inc$42,000815%
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center$40,00081%
The Children's Home of Easton Inc$36,50080%
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All grantees of Waldman Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Allentown Art Museum$382,00084%
Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc$80,00080%
Lehigh Valley Hospital$75,00070%
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends$62,0007n/a
Jazz Foundation of America Inc$57,00081%
Samaritans of New York Inc$44,50061%
Perkiomen School$42,50080%
The Copper Bridge Foundation Inc$42,000815%
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center$40,00081%
The Children's Home of Easton Inc$36,50080%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$30,00080%
Axys Assoc for X and y Chromosome Variations$30,00083%
Concordia Chamber Players$30,000837%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$29,00080%
George School$26,0008n/a
Thomas Jefferson University$25,00010%
Doylestown Health Foundation$25,00070%
The Hillside School$23,00080%
Center for Cuban Studiesinc$20,00044%
Bixby & Associates$20,00080%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$19,00080%
The Easton Cemetery$17,50062%
Seven Stories Institute$16,00082%
Rolling Harvest Food Rescue$16,00081%
Global Poverty Project Inc$16,00060%
Chabad of Hunterdon County Inc$15,0004n/a
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (Lvedc)$15,00030%
Beverly Hall Corporation$15,0001n/a
Harvest of Hope Pantry$15,00060%
The Underfashion Club Inc$14,80022%
Moravian Academy$14,50080%
Boulder Community Health Foundation$14,00080%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$13,00080%
Institute for Bladder & Prostate$12,50057%
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc$11,50050%
Lehigh Valley Justice Institute$11,00052%
Heritage Conservancy Inc$9,50040%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$9,00070%
Project of Easton Inc$9,00080%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$8,00040%
State Theatre Inc$8,00080%
A Woman's Place$8,00080%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$8,00060%
New Jersey Seeds Inc$8,00080%
Safe Harbor Easton Inc$7,50080%
American Heart Association Inc$7,00020%
Drama Club Inc$6,50050%
Moravian Village of Bethlehem$6,50070%
Wide Rainbow Corporation$6,00022%
United Negro College Fund Inc$6,00060%
Northwestern University$6,00060%
Fishermans Mark$6,00060%
Bucks County Opportunity Council Inc$5,52060%
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Inc$5,50060%
The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential$5,00030%
Fractured Atlas Inc$5,00040%
Animal Outlook Inc$5,00050%
Camelot for Children$4,50060%
Bucks County Center for the Performing Arts Inc$4,25050%
New Bethany Inc$4,00070%
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$4,00070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,00040%
Roadworks Collective$3,0001n/a
Family Connection of Easton Inc$3,00060%
Moishe House$3,00040%
Doylestown Hospital$3,00010%
Doman International Institute$3,0001n/a
Camp Rainbow Foundation$3,00020%
Spotlight Pa$2,50010%
Dannys Ride$2,50041%
Philabundance$2,00010%
West Side Center for Community Life$2,00010%
Lehigh Valley Zoological Society$2,00030%
Bucks County Housing Group Inc$2,00010%
Artyard (Formerly Sprocket Arts)$2,0001n/a
Earth School$1,5003n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$1,00010%
From The Heart Productions$1,0001n/a
Border Angels$1,00010%
Cair-Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Wisconsin Dells Education Foundation In$1,0001n/a
Participatory Safety Inc$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Inc$1,0001n/a
Bucks County Herald Foundation$5001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
Aquetong Watershed Association Inc$5001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$50010%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$40020%
Paper Mill Playhouse$30010%
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($816k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Waldman Family Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 78 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAllentown Art Museum: $382,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetNorthwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLehigh Valley Hospital: $75,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJazz Foundation of America Inc: $57,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSamaritans of New York Inc: $44,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPerkiomen School: $42,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Copper Bridge Foundation Inc: $42,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetColorado Therapeutic Riding Center: $40,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetThe Children's Home of Easton Inc: $36,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAxys Assoc for X and y Chromosome Variations: $30,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetConcordia Chamber Players: $30,000 over 8y, 37% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $29,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDoylestown Health Foundation: $25,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hillside School: $23,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Cuban Studiesinc: $20,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetBixby & Associates: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $19,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Easton Cemetery: $17,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetSeven Stories Institute: $16,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetRolling Harvest Food Rescue: $16,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetGlobal Poverty Project Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (Lvedc): $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHarvest of Hope Pantry: $15,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Underfashion Club Inc: $14,800 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMoravian Academy: $14,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBoulder Community Health Foundation: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHealthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Bladder & Prostate: $12,500 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetDiabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh Valley Justice Institute: $11,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetHeritage Conservancy Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetProject of Easton Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetState Theatre Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetA Woman's Place: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service of Colorado Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew Jersey Seeds Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Harbor Easton Inc: $7,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDrama Club Inc: $6,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMoravian Village of Bethlehem: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWide Rainbow Corporation: $6,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFishermans Mark: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 78.

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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.

Lehigh Valley Community FoundationPA33.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Bbla Foundation Inc · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Sylvia Perkin Perpetual Charitable Trust · Martin D Cohen Family Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Foundations Community Partnership · Leona Gruber Charitable Trust

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.

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About Waldman Family Charitable Trust

How much does Waldman Family Charitable Trust give?
Waldman Family Charitable Trust reported 91 grants totaling $281,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 67 and 91 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Waldman Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (22%), Health (20%).
Who are Waldman Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Allentown Art Museum ($382k), Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program Inc ($80k), Lehigh Valley Hospital ($75k).
Does Waldman Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Waldman Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Waldman Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Bbla Foundation Inc.
Where is Waldman Family Charitable Trust based?
Waldman Family Charitable Trust is based in PA.

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 148 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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