Ohio · Private foundation
Wasserstrom 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.
- $287k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Wasserstrom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $278k | 28% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $434k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $201k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $200k | 85% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $315k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| JewishColumbus | $105,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Columbus Jewish Day School | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jewish Family Services | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center Of Cincinnati | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Bexley Education Foundation | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio History Connection | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Columbus Jewish Historical Society | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bexley Area Chamber of Commerce | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| JewishColumbus | $105,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Columbus Jewish Day School | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jewish Family Services | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center Of Cincinnati | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Bexley Education Foundation | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio History Connection | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Columbus Jewish Historical Society | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bexley Area Chamber of Commerce | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Columbus Community Kollel | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Decorative Arts Center of Ohio | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Drexel Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wasserstrom Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Columbus Foundation · Jay and Jean Schottenstein Foundation · Allene N Gilman Charitable Trust · Lori Schottenstein Foundation · Lippy Foundation · The Simson Foundation · The Wexner Family Charitable Fund · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wasserstrom Foundation
- How much does Wasserstrom Foundation give?
- Wasserstrom Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $286,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Wasserstrom Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (36%), Health (20%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Wasserstrom Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: JewishColumbus ($105k), The Columbus Jewish Day School ($30k), Jewish Family Services ($20k).
- Does Wasserstrom Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wasserstrom 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 Wasserstrom Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Jay and Jean Schottenstein Foundation, Allene N Gilman Charitable Trust.
- Where is Wasserstrom Foundation based?
- Wasserstrom Foundation is based in OH.
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