Funding search · EIN 136111833 · New York, NY

Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

72
grants reported
$3.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$12,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Columbia University4 grants · $2.0M
  • University of Virginia1 grant · $150,000
  • City Harvest2 grants · $70,000
  • Food Bank of New York City2 grants · $70,000
  • The Met Council2 grants · $70,000
  • Congregation Ahavas Israel2 grants · $60,000
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music1 grant · $50,000
  • Jewish Theological Seminary2 grants · $50,000
  • Grand Teton Music Festival2 grants · $50,000
  • Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes2 grants · $43,000

Giving over time

$1.3M
2022
$1.1M
2023
$684,000
2024

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

  • $500,000

    Columbia University · Palisades, NY · 2023

    Contribution to lamont-doherty earth observatory

  • $500,000

    Columbia University · Palisades, NY · 2023

    Contribution to school of engineering

  • $500,000

    Columbia University · Palisades, NY · 2022

    Contribution to school of engineering

  • $500,000

    Columbia University · Palisades, NY · 2022

    Contribution to lamont-doherty earth observatory

  • $150,000

    University of Virginia · Bonne, IA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $50,000

    Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General contribution

  • $40,000

    Congregation Ahavas Israel · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $37,000

    Jf & Cs Schechter Holocaust Services · Waltham, MA · 2022

    $40,000 to schechter holocaust survivors and $22,000 to family table

  • $35,000

    City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $35,000

    Food Bank of New York City · New York, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $35,000

    The Met Council · New York, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $35,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022

    Contribution in support of kosher initiative

  • $35,000

    Food Bank of New York City · New York, NY · 2022

    General contribution to food distribution programs

  • $35,000

    The Met Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Contribution to support emergency kosher food program

  • $25,000

    Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $25,000

    Jewish Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $25,000

    Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $25,000

    Grand Teton Music Festival · Jackson Hole, WY · 2023

    Contribution in support of festival's engagement and education program honoring memory of elaine and james wolfensohn

  • $25,000

    Grand Teton Music Festival · Jackson Hole, WY · 2022

    Contribution in support of festival's engagement and education program honoring memory of elaine and james wolfensohn

  • $25,000

    Jewish Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2022

    Bessie and benjamin botwinick fellows program

  • $20,000

    Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $20,000

    Congregation Ahavas Israel · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $20,000

    Public Education Fund of Charlottesville-Albemarle · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $20,000

    Shelter for Help in Emergency · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $20,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022

    General contribution

  • $18,000

    Hannah Senesh Community Day School · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $18,000

    Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Contribution to kane street synagogue

  • $15,000

    Albemarle Housing Improvement Program · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    Botanical Garden of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    Hope'S Legacy Equine Rescue · Afton, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    Serenity Farm Equine Sanctuary · Louisa, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    The Arc of the Piedmont · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NY · 2023

    Contribution to the annual giving class of 1992

  • $15,000

    Bang On a Can · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General contribution

  • $15,000

    Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Contribution to support holocaust survivors

  • $10,000

    Bct Brooklyn Childrens Theatre · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Berkeley Carroll School · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Charlottesville Symphony Society · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Charlotteville Albemarle Spca · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Cultivate Charlottesville · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Service Dogs of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    The Shed Nyc · New York, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    The Womens Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Via · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Bct Brooklyn Childrens Theatre · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General contribution

  • $10,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Contribution to school of environment annual fund

  • $10,000

    Food Link · Arlington, MA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $7,500

    Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    Frank hamilton documentary

  • $5,000

    Ix Arts Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Live Arts · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Meals On Wheels · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    The Paramount Theater · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Blue Ridge Area Food Bank · Verona, VA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $5,000

    Mohonk Preserve · New Paltz, NY · 2022

    General contribution

  • $4,350

    Yad Chessed · Waltham, MA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $3,600

    Chabad-Lubavitch of Wyoming · Jackson, WY · 2022

    General contribution

  • $2,500

    Storycorps · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General contribution

  • $2,500

    Charlottesville Albemarle Spca · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $2,500

    Cultivate Charlottesville · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $2,500

    Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $2,500

    Meals On Wheels · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $2,500

    Rolling Dog Farm · Lancaster, NH · 2022

    General contribution

  • $2,500

    The Womens Initiative · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $1,800

    Harvard Hillel · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Contribution to support speaker series

  • $1,800

    Temple Beth Shalom · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General contribution

  • $1,650

    Climate Museum · New York, NY · 2022

    General contribution

  • $1,000

    Hannah Senesh Community Day School · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,000

    Jewish War Veterans of the USA Foundation · Washington Dc, WA · 2022

    General contribution

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.