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Private foundation (trust)EIN 133961422Est. 1997-09

THE BERT & SANDRA WASSERMAN FOUNDATION INC

New York, NY 10017

Total Assets

$40.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$429K

FY 2024

Grants Made

11

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$39K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$230K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$6.6M

Total Expenses

$465K

Qualifying Distributions

$429K

Distributable Amount

$1.6M

Min. Investment Return

$1.7M

Undistributed Income

$1.6M

Payout rate 26%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.26%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

11 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $18K to maximum $230K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $429K in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

68 grants

BARUCH COLLEGE
$320K
4 grants
UJA FEDERATION OF NY
$308K
5 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$250K
2 grants
PROJECT ALS INC
$146K
2 grants
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
$110K
4 grants
PROJECT ALS
$70K
1 grant
NEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
$70K
1 grant
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
$60K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

68 grants

<$10K
38
grants
$10–50K
20
grants
$50–250K
10
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

9 states

New York
$1.2M
71% of total
Michigan
$250K
14% of total
Maryland
$146K
8% of total
Florida
$60K
3% of total
Georgia
$40K
2% of total
New Jersey
$9K
0% of total
Connecticut
$4K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$2K
0% of total
California
$500
0% of total

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