Funding search · EIN 956038762 · Los Angeles, CA

Wasserman 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.

535
grants reported
$39.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
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.

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Top recipients

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  • UCLA Foundation14 grants · $14.4M
  • Lacma13 grants · $3.9M
  • UCLA Foundation1 grant · $2.0M
  • Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation4 grants · $1.6M
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art3 grants · $1.1M
  • Choose Chicago Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
  • Mayor'S Fund for Los Angeles2 grants · $950,000
  • Motion Picture & Television Fund1 grant · $800,000
  • Brentwood School3 grants · $750,000
  • Los Angeles Police Foundation5 grants · $650,000

Giving over time

$12.2M
2022
$13.6M
2023
$13.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 535 grants.

  • $3.0M

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Pauley pavilion & athletics capital campaign

  • $2.0M

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    UCLA CARES (childhood anxiety, reslience, educatio NECK SURGERY

  • $2.0M

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Ucla cares

  • $1.5M

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Football/Basketball

  • $1.5M

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Pauley Pavilion

  • $1.5M

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Pauley Pavilion

  • $1.5M

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Athletics capital campaign

  • $1.5M

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Ucla cares

  • $1.0M

    Choose Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Hospitality & Tourism Initiatives

  • $800,000

    Motion Picture & Television Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022

    Mptf campaign

  • $757,000

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024

    2024 Costume Institute Benefit

  • $700,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Wasserman Endowed Dean

  • $600,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Wasserman Endowed Dean

  • $550,000

    Mayor'S Fund for Los Angeles · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    Summit of the Americas

  • $500,000

    Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    Endowment

  • $500,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Building LACMA Campaign

  • $500,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Momentum Campaign

  • $500,000

    Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023

    Endowment

  • $500,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Lacma momentum campaign

  • $500,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Building LACMA Campaign

  • $500,000

    Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022

    Endowment

  • $500,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Lacma momentum campaign

  • $500,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Building LACMA Campaign

  • $400,000

    Mayor'S Fund for Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Wasserman Foundation Payment

  • $350,000

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023

    Casey Wasserman Met Gala tickets

  • $340,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General Operating Contribution 2024

  • $300,000

    Qualia the School for Deeper Learning · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

    General operating funds

  • $250,000

    Academy Museum Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Brentwood School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Even Better Capital Campaign

  • $250,000

    City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024

    2024 Spirit of Life Gala

  • $250,000

    La-Aretz · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Nova Festival Exhibition USA

  • $250,000

    Academy Museum Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $250,000

    Brentwood School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Even Better Capital Campaign

  • $250,000

    Criminal Justice Reform Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General opertating support

  • $250,000

    Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2023

    General Operating Funds

  • $250,000

    Academy Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $250,000

    Brentwood School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Even Better Capital Campaign

  • $250,000

    Pga Tour First Tee Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2022

    General operating funds

  • $200,000

    Edward Charles Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    pgLang Community Project

  • $200,000

    The Shed · New York, NY · 2024

    The Shed Capital Campaign

  • $200,000

    The University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024

    UT Austin Athletics

  • $200,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    UCLA Wasserman Term Chair of Innovation in Head &

  • $200,000

    Los Angeles Police Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Capital Campaign

  • $200,000

    Qualia the School for Deeper Learning · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

    General operating funds

  • $200,000

    The Shed · New York, NY · 2023

    The Shed Capital Campaign

  • $200,000

    The University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023

    UT Austin Athletics Gift - Wasserman Foundation Pl

  • $200,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Ucla wasserman term chair of innovation in head & neck surgery

  • $200,000

    Los Angeles Police Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    LAPF Capital Campaign

  • $200,000

    The Shed · New York, NY · 2022

    The Shed Capital Campaign

  • $200,000

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    UCLA Wasserman Term Chair of Innovation in Head & Neck Surgery

  • $150,000

    Color of Change · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Change Music Roadmap

  • $125,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Art + Film Gala 2024

  • $120,000

    Los Angeles Police Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Housing costs and recruitment efforts

  • $120,000

    Edward Charles Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

    UNICEF gala

  • $120,000

    Los Angeles Police Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Housing costs and recruitment efforts

  • $110,000

    Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023

    Fundraiser

  • $100,000

    College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Wasserman Scholarship Fund supporting 2 Cleveland

  • $100,000

    Feminist Majority Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    General Operating Support

  • $100,000

    Feminist Majority Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    16th Annual Global Women's Rights Awards

  • $100,000

    Harlem School of the Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    The Jacqueline and Clarence Avant Scholarship Fund

  • $100,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Annual Dues

  • $100,000

    March of Dimes · New York, NY · 2024

    Annual Sports Luncheon

  • $100,000

    College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    Wasserman Scholarship Fund

  • $100,000

    Feminist Majority Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

    15th Annual Global Women's Rights Awards

  • $100,000

    Feminist Majority Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

    General operating expenses

  • $100,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Annual Dues

  • $100,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Art + Film Gala

  • $100,000

    Women in Sports and Events · New York, NY · 2023

    WISE Multiplier Summits in March and June

  • $100,000

    Women in Sports and Events · New York, NY · 2023

    2024 WISE Multiplier Summit and Symposiums

  • $100,000

    College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022

    Wasserman Scholarship Fund

  • $100,000

    Feminist Majority Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

    General operating funds

  • $100,000

    Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Annual Dues

  • $90,000

    Champions of the Community · Dublin, OH · 2024

    Nationwide Children?s Championship

  • $90,000

    Champions of the Community · Dublin, OH · 2023

    Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship

  • $85,000

    Champions of the Community · Dublin, OH · 2022

    Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship

  • $75,000

    Fownes Foundation · Oakmont, PA · 2024

    Event Sponsorship - 3 years

  • $75,000

    The Mission Continues · St Louis, MO · 2024

    LA Service Platoon

  • $75,000

    Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Poland Musuem

  • $75,000

    Earth League International · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Operation Stella Maris

  • $75,000

    Musicares Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    2024 Person of the Year

  • $75,000

    The American Pops Orchestra · Washington, DC · 2023

    Music Diplomacy

  • $75,000

    US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    General Operating Funds

  • $75,000

    Musicares Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    2023 Persons of the Year

  • $75,000

    US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    General operating funds

  • $61,500

    Edward Charles Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    Alex Morgan Foundation December soccer camp

  • $60,000

    42 Analytics Educational · Wellesley, MA · 2024

    2024 MIT Summit

  • $60,000

    United States Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2024

    General Operating Support

  • $60,000

    42 Analytics Educational · Wellesley, MA · 2023

    MIT Sloan Analytics Conference

  • $60,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Metro Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Holiday Gifts

  • $60,000

    The Mission Continues · St Louis, MO · 2023

    LA service platoon

  • $60,000

    United States Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2023

    Multi-Year

  • $60,000

    42 Analytics Educational · Wellesley, MA · 2022

    MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

  • $60,000

    United States Equestrian Team Foundation · Gladstone, NJ · 2022

    General operating funds

  • $50,000

    Black Music Action Coalition · Nashville, TN · 2024

    2024 Annual Gala

  • $50,000

    Edward Charles Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

    Wasatch

  • $50,000

    Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    2024 Rock for EB

  • $50,000

    Fundacion Jose La Makina Berrios · Coto Laurel, PR · 2024

    General Operating Support

  • $50,000

    Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami Dade County · Miami, FL · 2024

    PAMM Fund for Black Art

  • $50,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    2024 Tisch Gala

  • $50,000

    College Track · Oakland, CA · 2023

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