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Wasserman Family Foundation Inc

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.

$32k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2026
14
Organizations funded FY2025
14%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$500
Largest grant, FY2026
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 23
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
11
Total assets, FY2026
$185k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 14% of the organizations Wasserman Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthFood & NutritionCivil RightsInternationalHuman ServicesReligionOther
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
FY2026still arriving28$32k25%
FY202514$29k14%
FY202423$26k48%
FY202320$25k30%
FY202217$35k24%
FY202123$25k57%
FY20204$16k25%
FY201916$24k38%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.

Religion$89kArts & Culture$64kHealth$38kFood & Nutrition$18kCivil Rights$10kHuman Services$8kEnvironment$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
HI
MS
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lake Success Jewish Center$12,5006n/a
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$10,00090%
Forest Hills Jewish Center$6,8433n/a
Food Bank for New York City$6,75070%
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Inc$5,50060%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,50060%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$5,50050%
Melanoma Research Foundation$5,00050%
Feeding America$5,00040%
City Harvest Inc$4,25060%
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Wasserman Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lake Success Jewish Center$12,5006n/a
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$10,00090%
Forest Hills Jewish Center$6,8433n/a
Food Bank for New York City$6,75070%
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Inc$5,50060%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,50060%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$5,50050%
Melanoma Research Foundation$5,00050%
Feeding America$5,00040%
City Harvest Inc$4,25060%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$4,00060%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$4,00030%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$3,00030%
American Diabetes Association$3,00030%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,75050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,50010%
Mill River Collaborative Inc$2,25020%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$2,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,00020%
Anti-Defamation League$2,00020%
New York Historical Society$1,75030%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$1,50030%
National Scleroderma Foundation Inc$1,50030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,00020%
American Battlefield Trust$1,00020%
Fresh Air Fund$1,00010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$50010%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$50010%
EastWest Food Rescue$50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$50010%
Institute of Southern Jewish Life$50010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$50010%
Robin Hood Foundation$50010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$50010%
The Solomon Schechter School of Queens Inc$50010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$5001n/a
The Creative Place International Inc$2501n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$25010%
AARP Foundation$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($143k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wasserman Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMuseum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $10,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $6,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBladder Cancer Advocacy Network Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMelanoma Research Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $4,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMill River Collaborative Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMultiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Scleroderma Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEastWest Food Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute of Southern Jewish Life: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Solomon Schechter School of Queens Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 36.

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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.

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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 Wasserman Family Foundation Inc

How much does Wasserman Family Foundation Inc give?
Wasserman Family Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $31,750 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Wasserman Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Arts & Culture (25%), Health (15%).
Who are Wasserman Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Lake Success Jewish Center ($13k), Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust ($10k), Forest Hills Jewish Center ($7k).
Does Wasserman Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wasserman Family Foundation Inc 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 Wasserman Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Wasserman Family Foundation Inc based?
Wasserman Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 77 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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