Funding search · EIN 043532331 · Cambridge, MA
Wender 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.
- 51
- grants reported
- $60,663
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $850
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Boston Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $8,330
- Bay Path College2 grants · $8,000
- Longy School of Music3 grants · $6,500
- Boston Lyric Opera3 grants · $6,250
- Celebrity Series of Boston3 grants · $5,731
- MIT Music Library3 grants · $5,215
- Santa Fe Opera2 grants · $3,175
- Metropolitan Opera House3 grants · $2,550
- Wgbh2 grants · $2,500
- Bay Path University1 grant · $2,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 51 reported grants, largest first.
- $5,500
Bay Path College · Longmeadow, MA · 2022
General support
- $5,455
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $3,430
MIT Music Library · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2024
Special event support
- $2,500
Bay Path University · Longmeadow, MA · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Bay Path College · Longmeadow, MA · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Celebrity Series of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Longy School of Music · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
- $2,275
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Longy School of Music · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Longy School of Music · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
- $1,981
Celebrity Series of Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $1,750
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2023
Special event support
- $1,685
Opera America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,500
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $1,500
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $1,500
Boston Lyric Opera · Boston, MA · 2022
Special event support
- $1,385
MIT Music Library · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $1,375
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $1,350
Opera Theatre of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Special event support
- $1,250
Celebrity Series of Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Special event support
- $1,000
Wgbh · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $900
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General support
- $850
Metropolitan Opera House · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $850
Metropolitan Opera House · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $850
Metropolitan Opera House · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $750
Boston Baroque · Boston, MA · 2022
Special event support
- $625
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Special event support
- $500
St Anthony Educational Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
- $500
Prima Music Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $500
Huntington Theatre Co · Boston, MA · 2022
Sepcial event support
- $450
Opera Theatre of St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
Special event support
- $400
MIT Music Library · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Special event support
- $400
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Special event support
- $300
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $300
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $300
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $275
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $275
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $275
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $200
Havard Art Museums · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
- $200
Havard Art Museums · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General support
- $200
White Snake Projects · Brookline, MA · 2022
Special event support
- $189
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2022
General support
- $148
American Repertory Theatre · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Special event support
- $100
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special event support
- $100
Newport Classical · Newport, RI · 2023
General support
- $100
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
Special event support
- $70
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $60
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $60
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
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