FundersNew York

I Waldbaum Family Foundation

Jericho, NY · EIN 13-6145916. Reported 195 grants totalling $3,229,800 to 99 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$3,229,800granted, 2021-2024
99organizations funded
65%of grantees funded again the next year
$9,357,308assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. I Waldbaum Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,600 and $20,000; the smallest was $150 and the largest $158,700. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
12 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
42 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
42 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
57 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
28 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Sid Jacobson JccGreenvale, NY$516,050442024
Jewish National FundRockville Centre, NY$400,300442024
UjaNew York, NY$210,000442024
Jewish Theological SeminaryNew York, NY$153,000442024
Jewish MuseumNew York, NY$133,000442024
Island HarvestBethpage, NY$110,500442024
Northwell Health System FoundationNew Hyde Park, NY$110,000332024
Friends of Israel Defense ForcesNew York, NY$100,000222024
B'nai VailVail, CO$93,000442024
Birthright IsraelNew York, NY$82,000442024
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY$82,000442024
Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NY$80,000442024
The Herb Irving ComprehensiveNew York, NY$60,000332023
Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$54,800442024
Ou-JlicNew York, NY$53,750332024
Hadassah Medical CenterNew York, NY$51,000222022
Los Cabos Children's FoundationSioux Falls, SD$45,000222022
Jewish Community Downtown ProjectNew York, NY$42,500442024
American Friends of Magen David AdomNew York, NY$41,500332024
Ronald Mcdonald House of Long IslandNew Hyde Park, NY$40,000442024
Uja -Jewish Fed of So ArizonaTucson, AZ$34,900112021
Lung Cancer Research FoundationNew York, NY$32,000332024
American Friends of ShalvaNew York, NY$30,000332024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY$30,000222024
National Emphysema FoundationNorwalk, CT$30,000442024
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$29,000332024
Mjhs FoundationNew York, NY$27,000332024
National Institute for Reproductive HeaNew York, NY$27,000332023
American Friends Sheba Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA$25,000112024
American Red CrossBoone, IA$24,000222023
Planned Parenthood of NycNew York, NY$24,000442024
Met Council on Jewish PovertyNew York, NY$23,000332023
Save the Children FoundationFairfield, CT$20,000222022
St Judes HospitalMemphis, TN$20,000332024
The Herb Irving Comprehensive Cancer CenterNew York, NY$20,000112024
Vail Interfaith ChapelVail, CO$20,000222022
American Foundation for Suicide PreventionNew York, NY$15,000112022
Jewish Federation of Southern ArizonaTucson, AZ$15,000222024
Life TownLivingston, NJ$15,000222023
ShalvaNew York, NY$14,500222022
Children's Hospital of PhiladelPhiladelphia, PA$12,500332023
Nyu Jewish EducationNew York, NY$12,500332024
American Society for Yad VashemNew York, NY$10,000112022
Friendship Circle NjLivingston, NJ$10,000112022
Friendship Circle of New JerseyLivingston, NJ$10,000112024
Metropolitan Council on Jewish PovertyNew York, NY$10,000112024
Novathe Giving Back FundBoston, MA$10,000112024
Ohr YisroelRidgewood, NJ$10,000112022
Uja -Project WitnessNew York, NY$10,000112021
Vail Bravo Education FundVail, CO$10,000222022
Vail Health FoundationEdwards, CO$10,000112022
Vail Valley FoundationAvon, CO$10,000222024
Yeshiva of South ShoreHewlett, NY$10,000112022
Tucson Jewish Family ServicesTucson, AZ$9,000332024
Tucson Hebrew AcademyTucson, AZ$8,700332024
American Friends of Natal IncNew York, NY$7,500112023
American Friends of Sheba Medical CenterNew York, NY$7,500112023
Israel Cancer Research FundNew York, NY$7,500112024
Jewish Communal FoundationWhippany, NJ$7,500112023
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DC$7,200112022
Friends of Hoboken Charter SchoolHoboken, NJ$6,500222022
The Deron School FoundationUnion, NJ$6,500222022
Tucson JccTucson, AZ$5,400222024
American Friends of Israeli Navy SealsNew York, NY$5,000112024
Childrens Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$5,000112024
National Institute for Reproductive HealthNew York, NY$5,000112024
Ort AmericaNew York, NY$5,000112022
The Viscardi SchoolAlbertson, NY$5,000112022
United Synagogue of HobokenHoboken, NJ$5,000112021
Forest Hills Jewish CenterForest Hills, NY$4,000222022
City HarvestBrooklyn, NY$3,600112022
Coalition for the HomelessNew York, NY$3,600112022
Habitat for HumanityAmericus, GA$3,600112022
Ohr Yisroel YeshivaRidgewood, NJ$3,550112024
American Cancer SocietySyosset, NY$3,000442024
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth CountyRed Bank, NJ$2,500112023
Gramon Family of Schools PpoFairfield, NJ$2,500112024
Hoboken Community CenterHoboken, NJ$2,500112023
Hoboken Homeless ShelterHoboken, NJ$2,500112024
Hudson County CASAJersey City, NJ$2,500112024
Saint Peter's PrepJersey City, NJ$2,500112023
St Peter's Preparatory SchoolJersey City, NJ$2,500112024
STXBP1 FoundationHolly Springs, NC$2,500112024
The Hoboken ShelterHoboken, NJ$2,500112023
Brooklyn Bridge Park ConservancyBrooklyn, NY$2,000112022
Manhattan Jewish Experience (mje)New York, NY$2,000112022
Friends of Isreal Defense ForcesNew York, NY$1,500112022
Runway of Dreams FoundationLivingston, NJ$1,500112022
Tucson HillelTucson, AZ$1,500112024
Aish Hatorah NyNew York, NY$1,000112022
Temple JudeaManhasset, NY$1,000112024
American Battlefield TrustWashington, DC$500112022
BbyoWashington, DC$500112022
Clal - the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership IncNew York, NY$500112022
Dramatists Guild FoundationNew York, NY$500112022
Gurwin Jewish Geriatric CenterCommack, NY$500112022
Old Westbury Hebrew CongregationOld Westbury, NY$450332024
Emma Willard SchoolTroy, NY$250112024
Lev Lalev FundMonsey, NY$150112022

48 of 99 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 65%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 75 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
18 grants
Education
10 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
8 grants
International Affairs
7 grants
Health Care
6 grants
Civil Rights
5 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Medical Research
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202141$605,000$8,000
202266$864,800$9,000
202337$880,000$10,000
202451$880,000$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 83% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$2.7M
Colorado
$143K
New Jersey
$96K
Arizona
$74K
Connecticut
$50K
South Dakota
$45K
Pennsylvania
$42K
District of Columbia
$37K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund36 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc32 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc31 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust25 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc25 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program24 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from I Waldbaum Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Co Flii One Jericho Plaza Ste 201, Jericho, NY, 11753. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 13-6145916 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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