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 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • 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

$24,295
2022
$21,273
2023
$15,095
2024

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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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.