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Wasserman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
197
Grants FY2024
160
Organizations funded FY2023
49%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,000,000
Organizations funded a year
92 to 160
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
30
Total assets, FY2024
$114M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 49% of the organizations Wasserman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving163$8.4M44%
FY2023160$7.6M49%
FY2022124$6.9M47%
FY202196$7.7M44%
FY202092$6.5M45%
FY2019147$8.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$39MArts & Culture$12MHealth$5.2MRecreation & Sports$4.2MHuman Services$3.9MPhilanthropy$2.1MHousing & Shelter$1.8MInternational$1.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$3,335,00062%
Motion Picture and Television Fund$2,900,00042%
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools$2,631,76467%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles$1,625,000421%
Shed NYC Inc$1,600,00061%
Brentwood School$1,500,00060%
Museum Associates$1,300,0002n/a
Los Angeles Police Foundation$1,250,00064%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$1,142,00020%
Choose Chicago Foundation$1,000,000111%
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All grantees of Wasserman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$3,335,00062%
Motion Picture and Television Fund$2,900,00042%
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools$2,631,76467%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles$1,625,000421%
Shed NYC Inc$1,600,00061%
Brentwood School$1,500,00060%
Museum Associates$1,300,0002n/a
Los Angeles Police Foundation$1,250,00064%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$1,142,00020%
Choose Chicago Foundation$1,000,000111%
Academy Museum Foundation$1,000,00040%
Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission$1,000,00019%
Academy Foundation$750,00021%
Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc$750,00031%
Edward Charles Foundation$648,50051%
Feminist Majority Foundation$625,00043%
Campbell Hall -Episcopal-$600,0003n/a
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$525,00011%
Champions of the Community Inc$520,00062%
Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative -Us D/B/A Tony Blair Foundation$500,00139%
Qualia The School for Deeper Learning$500,000215%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$400,00020%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$400,00043%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$400,00041%
The Mission Continues$385,00062%
College Track$370,00050%
Women in Sports and Events Inc$345,900419%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$300,00040%
Criminal Justice Reform Foundation$250,00011%
La-Aretz$250,00014%
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences$250,00010%
Life Skills Fore the Youth of Colorado Springs$250,000170%
March of Dimes Inc$246,00060%
Musicares Foundation Inc$225,00031%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles$184,25061%
United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc$180,00031%
Project Scientist Inc$165,00035%
Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association$160,00030%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$125,00060%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$125,00040%
Equal Justice Initiative$125,00040%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$125,00030%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$125,00040%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$120,00041%
Utah Sports Commission Foundation$120,00062%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$108,00050%
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice$107,50061%
School on Wheels Inc$105,00041%
Womens Sports Foundation$100,00050%
Ciclavia Inc$100,00015%
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation$100,00020%
Support and Feed Inc$100,00021%
Harlem School of the Arts Inc$100,00012%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$100,00010%
New York University$100,00020%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Charley Hoffman Foundation$92,00058%
The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation$85,00031%
Rally Foundation Inc$85,00031%
Fownes Foundation$83,00028%
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc$80,00021%
Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc$80,00011%
Begin Again Foundation$76,50056%
Earth League International$75,00015%
Black Music Action Coalition Ltd$75,000145%
Getty House Foundation$75,00029%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$75,00010%
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation$75,00016%
American Pops Orchestra$75,0001n/a
Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation$75,00026%
Hollyrod Foundation$70,00036%
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Inc$65,00030%
Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc$65,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles$61,70131%
Livenationorg Foundation$60,00021%
The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation$60,00031%
Alliance for Children's Rights$60,00060%
Ohio State University Foundation$56,25040%
Sumbandila co Antoinette Quarshie$55,000392%
Musics Promise Inc$55,00025%
Tj Martell Foundation$53,48033%
Art Production Fund Inc$52,08034%
Scott & Kim Verplank Foundation$51,000412%
The Los Angeles Free Clinic$50,00020%
Shays Warriors$50,000219%
Great Public Schools Now$50,00010%
Tipping Point Community$50,00010%
Regents Univ of California$50,0001n/a
Advocates for Children of New York$50,00020%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$50,00020%
City Parks Foundation Inc$50,00020%
Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County Inc$50,00010%
Hanson House Foundation Inc$50,00026%
Golden Isles Leadership Foundation Inc$50,00055%
Israel Emergency Alliance$50,00020%
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$50,00010%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$50,00030%
Harvard-Westlake School$50,00010%
Fundacion Jose la Makina Berrios Inc$50,00017%
Leadership Music$45,00032%
La Family Housing Corporation$45,00030%
The John Paul Stevens Foundation$45,00013%
Golf Fights Cancer Inc$45,00031%
Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc$45,00031%
Morgan Pressel Foundation Inc$40,00041%
Washington International Horse Show$40,00031%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$40,00020%
USA Swimming Foundation Inc$40,00030%
Kevin & Brittany Kisner Foundation$40,00031%
Juglife Foundation Inc$40,000319%
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County$40,00040%
Los Angeles Rams Foundation$40,00041%
Russell Westbrook Why Not Foundation Inc$37,50035%
Ncga Foundation$37,50030%
Black Economic Alliance Foundation$35,57111%
The Play Equity Fund$35,00020%
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association$35,00020%
Breakthrough T1d$34,00030%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$33,50040%
Family Reach Foundation$32,50030%
The Painted Turtle$30,00030%
Stern Grove Festival Association$30,00030%
Athletes for Hope$30,00031%
USA Swimming Inc$30,00020%
Education Reform Now Inc$30,00011%
Oklahoma State University Foundation$30,00030%
National Pediatric Cancer Foundation Inc$30,00020%
Social Justice Learning Institute$30,00020%
Musicians on Call Inc$30,00030%
Cameron Champ Foundation$30,00032%
Loyola High School of Los Angeles$28,0001n/a
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$26,55030%
Matter$26,00030%
She Ready Foundation$25,00014%
Ady's Army$25,00012%
Diversify the Stage Programs$25,000116%
Cedars-Sinai Health System$25,00010%
In the Family Way$25,00013%
Arete Scholarship Fund$25,0001n/a
California Science Center Foundation$25,00010%
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$25,00010%
Flamboyan Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
A Place Called Home$25,00010%
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles$25,00010%
The Endowment Fund of Maccabi USA Sports for Israel Inc$25,00014%
Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc$25,00011%
Ariel Education Initiative$25,00012%
Mia Hamm Foundation$25,00056%
Common Sense Media$25,00010%
Thompson Family Foundation$25,00018%
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools Inc$25,00010%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$25,00010%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$25,00010%
T Howard Foundation$25,00012%
Mlk Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation$25,000122%
Grammy Museum Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$25,00010%
St John's University New York$25,00010%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$23,00010%
A Little Rescue$22,80037%
Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc$22,50011%
Hampton Classic Horse Show Inc$21,50010%
College Access Partnership Inc$20,72816%
Valero Energy Foundation$20,00010%
Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation$20,00028%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina$20,00020%
Eat Learn Play Foundation$20,00020%
Global Poverty Project Inc$20,00010%
Arms of Hope$20,00020%
Southern California Equestrian Sports$20,00012%
Menlo Charity Horse Show Inc$20,00017%
Wise Greater Raleigh$20,0004n/a
Tm23 Foundation$20,00028%
The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair Foundation$20,00022%
Windy Hill Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Backline Care Inc$20,00031%
South Carolina Charities Inc$20,00020%
The West Project$20,00012%
Renewing Life Center$17,00040%
ACLU Foundation of Southern California$15,00010%
Bruce Edwards Als Research Foundation Inc$15,00016%
Shooting Touch Inc$15,00031%
Glaad Inc$15,00010%
Angel City Alliance$15,00011%
Reno-Tahoe Open Foundation$15,00010%
Save the Music Foundation$15,00010%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$15,00020%
The Scga Foundation$15,00010%
Baseballgenerations Foundation$15,000319%
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Inc$15,00010%
Habitat for Humanity - Midohio$13,50010%
Best Buddies International Inc$13,15520%
Svg Sports Broadcasting Fund$12,60032%
The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc$12,50010%
Stowe Mission of Central Ohio$12,50011%
Garden of Dreams Foundation$12,00010%
Holt Brothers Foundation Inc$11,50042%
Reclif Community Inc$11,00027%
Museum of Broadcast Communications$11,00013%
Wefam United Inc$10,50021%
Baby2baby$10,00010%
Race Foundation$10,0002n/a
Gofundmeorg$10,00010%
A Broader Way Foundation$10,00012%
Pepperdine University$10,00020%
Birthright Israel Foundation$10,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$10,00010%
Faiyaz Freedom to Breathe Foundation$10,0001n/a
Gary Sinise Foundation$10,00010%
Project Push Inc$10,000115%
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz$10,00010%
Echoes of Hope$10,00022%
Women's Guild Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$10,00011%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore$10,00010%
Strive Collective Inc$10,0001n/a
The Baruch College Fund$10,00010%
Woodley House Inc$10,00010%
Family Endeavors Inc$10,00010%
Pacific Council on International Policy$10,00010%
Black Theatre United Inc$10,00012%
City Year Inc$10,00010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$10,00010%
Avda$10,00020%
Alex Caruso Foundation$10,0001n/a
Ohio Phenom Academy Corporation$10,0001n/a
Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center$10,00010%
Me2u Outreach$10,0001n/a
Annika Foundation$10,00011%
Step Up Women's Network$10,00010%
Camp Kesem National$10,00010%
Hope Atlanta Inc$10,00020%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Juju Foundation$10,00022%
Worthy of Love$10,00013%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$10,00010%
The Louisville Urban League Inc$10,00010%
Vet Voice Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The Salvation Army$10,0001n/a
Project Healthy Minds$10,00010%
Fundacion Cap Inc$10,00011%
Marked as Winners Foundation$10,00014%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$10,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles$10,00010%
Clint Capela's Cc 15 Foundationinc$10,00012%
San Antonio Food Bank$10,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York and Western New York$10,00010%
Charity Global Inc$10,00010%
New Alternatives for Children Inc$10,00010%
Chris Long Foundation$10,00011%
United States Soccer Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Fam 1st Family Foundation$9,50012%
Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation$8,50020%
Etm-La Inc$8,00010%
Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation$7,5001n/a
Build Hope Inc$7,50022%
Foe Foundation Inc$7,500110%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$7,50020%
Fusion Partnership Inc$7,50010%
Tyler Robinson Foundation$7,50010%
Christopher Reeve Foundation$7,50010%
The Kirstie Ennis Foundation$7,500110%
Triangle Golf Foundation Inc Dba the First Tee of the Triangle$7,00010%
James Madison University Foundation Inc$6,72040%
Open Door Sports Inc$6,20012%
Marine Raider Foundation$6,00010%
Arizona Cardinals Foundation$6,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$6,00020%
Uniting Voices$5,00010%
Wright Legacy Foundation$5,0001n/a
Sos Community Services$5,00010%
Friends of the Los Angeles Free Clinic$5,00010%
Sds Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
The First 72$5,00010%
Team Impact Inc$5,00010%
The Playing Field Inc$5,00010%
Active Cultures$5,00012%
Clearview Legacy Foundation for Education Preservation & Research$5,00010%
Experience Camps$5,00010%
The Kenley Jansen Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Porters Call$5,00010%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$5,00010%
Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Wise Atlanta Inc$5,0001n/a
Geffen Playhouse Inc$5,00010%
Holocaust Museum La$5,00010%
Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program Inc$5,00010%
The New Festival Inc$5,00010%
Maxx Crosby Foundation$5,00012%
Operation Graduation$5,00011%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,00020%
The Education and Employment Ministry Inc$5,00010%
Minnesota Twins Community Fund$5,0001n/a
Jewish Community Center on the Palisades$5,00010%
American Jewish Committee$5,00010%
Downtown Works$5,00014%
Ms 4 Ms$5,00013%
Casa of Los Angeles$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of the Arkansas River Valley Inc$5,00011%
United Friends of the Children$5,00010%
Rhino Ark Kenya Charitable Foundation Inc D/B/A Rhino Ark USA$5,0001n/a
Ian Walsh Menehune Mayhem Foundation$5,00022%
The Mapga Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Seal Future Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc$5,00010%
Asian American Business Development Center Inc$5,00011%
Nvak Inc$5,00013%
Human Rights Watch Inc$5,00010%
Glsen Inc$5,00010%
New Alternatives for LGBT Homeless Youth Inc$5,00011%
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation Inc$5,00010%
43 Institute$4,30010%
Dream for Future Africa Foundation$4,0681n/a
Humane Society of Tampa Bay Inc$4,00010%
Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame$4,000260%
Midlands Housing Alliance Inc$4,00010%
Spokane Valley Hub$4,00020%
A Legends Lyfe Foundation$4,0001n/a
Feeding San Diego$4,00010%
The Center for Early Education$3,50010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc$3,00010%
Border Angels$2,50010%
Alex Highsmith Family Foundation$2,50012%
Overtown Youth Center Inc$2,50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$2,50010%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$2,50010%
Strive How You Lead Matters Inc$2,50011%
Voto Latino Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Pablove Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Safe Place for Youth Inc$2,5001n/a
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$2,50010%
John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health$2,50010%
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$2,50010%
Women Business Collaborative$2,50010%
Be Perfect Foundation$2,50010%
Voteamerica$2,50010%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$2,50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,50010%
Fans for the Cure$2,40010%
National Sports Media Association Inc$2,40021%
Ushja Foundation Inc$2,37511%
Brand Together Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc$2,00010%
On the Right Path$2,000129%
Radford University Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$1,80010%
Pacific Hills Church$1,5001n/a
Jf Shea Therapeutic Riding Center Inc Fka Fran Joswick Therap Riding Ctr Inc$1,50010%
Stand Up to Cancer$1,50010%
The Rotary District 7300 Foundation$1,50011%
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles$1,50010%
Tony Finau Foundation Fka Finau Youth Foundation$1,47010%
Chicago Youth Programs Inc$1,40510%
Meharry Medical College$1,00010%
Hudson River Museum of Westchester$1,00010%
Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School$1,00010%
Rph Xcelerate Youth Inc$1,0001n/a
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Healing Housing Inc$1,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Foresters Inc$1,00010%
National Organization of Italian American Women Inc$1,00010%
The Kintsugi Foundation$1,0001n/a
UGA Tee Off Club Inc$55010%
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc$50010%
Warriors Homes of Collier Inc$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Wasserman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation: $3,335,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetMotion Picture and Television Fund: $2,900,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetPartnership for Los Angeles Schools: $2,631,764 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetThe Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles: $1,625,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetShed NYC Inc: $1,600,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBrentwood School: $1,500,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLos Angeles Police Foundation: $1,250,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $1,142,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChoose Chicago Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAcademy Museum Foundation: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLos Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission: $1,000,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetAcademy Foundation: $750,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc: $750,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $648,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFeminist Majority Foundation: $625,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $525,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChampions of the Community Inc: $520,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTony Blair Africa Governance Initiative -Us D/B/A Tony Blair Foundation: $500,001 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetQualia The School for Deeper Learning: $500,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetThe University of Texas Foundation Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLos Angeles Fire Department Foundation: $400,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetCollege Now Greater Cleveland Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Mission Continues: $385,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCollege Track: $370,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWomen in Sports and Events Inc: $345,900 over 4y, 19% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation: $300,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCriminal Justice Reform Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLa-Aretz: $250,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLife Skills Fore the Youth of Colorado Springs: $250,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $246,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMusicares Foundation Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles: $184,250 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetUnited States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc: $180,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetProject Scientist Inc: $165,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetGreater Los Angeles Zoological Association: $160,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHeart of Los Angeles Youth Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUtah Sports Commission Foundation: $120,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $108,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Center for Law and Justice: $107,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSchool on Wheels Inc: $105,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetWomens Sports Foundation: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCiclavia Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% 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 200.

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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.

Pga Tour IncFL34.9× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pga Tour Inc · Pledgeling Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · Nfl Foundation Inc · The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation · National Basketball Players Association Foundation · Weingart 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.

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About Wasserman Foundation

How much does Wasserman Foundation give?
Wasserman Foundation reported 197 grants totaling $13,681,470 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 92 and 160 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Wasserman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Arts & Culture (15%), Health (7%).
Who are Wasserman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation ($3.3M), Motion Picture and Television Fund ($2.9M), Partnership for Los Angeles Schools ($2.6M).
Does Wasserman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wasserman Foundation 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 Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pga Tour Inc, Pledgeling Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Wasserman Foundation based?
Wasserman Foundation is based in CA.

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 455 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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