California · Private foundation
Waterman 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.
- $385k
- Granted FY2017
- 46
- Grants FY2017
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2017
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Waterman Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Waterman Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 26 organizations, $385k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2017
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2017
- $250,000
- States reached, FY2017
- 7
- Total assets, FY2017
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Beth El | $850,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Discovery Center Dba Fresno Discovery Center | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chrysalis Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Waterman Family 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Waterman Family Foundation
- How much does Waterman Family Foundation give?
- Waterman Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $384,744 in its FY2017 IRS filing.
- What does Waterman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (58%), Religion (38%), Civil Rights (1%).
- Who are Waterman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Temple Beth El ($850k), Discovery Center Dba Fresno Discovery Center ($10k), Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles ($9k).
- Does Waterman Family 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 Waterman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Waterman Family Foundation based?
- Waterman Family Foundation is based in CA.
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