Funding search · EIN 236802696 · Philadelphia, PA

Peggy & Ellis Wachs Foundation

Name: Peggy & Ellis Wachs Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

201
grants reported: $422,029
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania4 grants · $65,350
Phila Chamber Music Society4 grants · $33,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society4 grants · $31,000
Curtis Institute of Music4 grants · $25,000
Ballet X4 grants · $25,000
Phialdelphia Orchestra Association4 grants · $23,700
1616 Latimer Fund3 grants · $20,160
Free Library of Philadelphia4 grants · $20,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art4 grants · $20,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $17,000

Giving over time

$109,075

2022

$98,651

2023

$100,285

2024

$114,018

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 201 grants.

$29,350
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$18,050
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$12,850
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$11,000
Phila Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$11,000
Phila Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$10,500
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2025
Annual drives
$10,000
Ballet X · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$10,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$10,000
Phialdelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$10,000
Phila Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$9,000
1616 Latimer Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$9,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2022
Annual drives
$6,160
1616 Latimer Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$6,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$6,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2023
Annual drives
$5,500
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024
Annual drives
$5,100
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$5,000
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$5,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$5,000
The Parkinson Council · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$5,000
Ballet X · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$5,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$5,000
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$5,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$5,000
The Parkinson Council · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$5,000
1616 Latimer Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$5,000
Ballet X · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$5,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$5,000
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$5,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$5,000
Ballet X · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$5,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$5,000
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$5,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$5,000
Tisch Msrc Ny · New York, NY · 2022
Annual drives
$4,700
Phialdelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$4,500
Phialdelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$4,500
Phialdelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$3,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$3,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$3,000
The Parkinson Council · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$2,500
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$2,500
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$2,500
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$2,500
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$2,300
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Annual drives
$2,300
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Annual drives
$2,300
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Annual drives
$2,300
J Street Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Annual drives
$2,100
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S · New York, NY · 2025
Annual drives
$2,100
Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$2,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2025
Annual drives
$2,000
Jewish Family & Children'S Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$2,000
Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2025
Annual drives
$2,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$2,000
Play On Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$2,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S · New York, NY · 2024
Annual drives
$2,000
Headlong Dance Theater · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$2,000
Michael J Fox Fdn for Parkinsons · New York, NY · 2023
Annual drives
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$2,000
Michael J Fox Fdn for Parkinsons · New York, NY · 2022
Annual drives
$2,000
Picasso Project at Children First · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$1,525
The Print Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$1,250
The Print Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,250
The Print Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$1,250
The Print Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$1,200
Penn Medicine · Radnor, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$1,150
Play On Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$1,100
Rosenbach Museum & Library · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Annual drives
$1,088
Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
Education Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
March Fourth for Aftermath · Winnetka, IL · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
National Parkinson Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
Now Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
Rosenbach Museum & Library · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
Usc Shoah Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Annual drives
$1,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
Parkinsons Disease Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
Play On Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
Rosenbach Museum & Library · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
Usc Shoah Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Annual drives
$1,000
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science · New York, NY · 2023
Annual drives
$1,000
American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$1,000
Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2023
Annual drives
$1,000
Parkinsons Disease Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Annual drives
$1,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$1,000
Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives
$1,000
Rosenbach Museum & Library · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Annual drives

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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.