Private foundation · Purchase, NY

Sue & Edgar Wachenheim Foundation

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Typical grant size
$25K – $100K – $500K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
38
Repeat grantees
23
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Edgar Wachenheim III
PRESIDENT, CEO
Sue W Wachenheim
VICE PRESIDENT
Lance R Wachenheim
TREASURER
Kim W Wagman
SECRETARY
Chris a Wachenheim
DIRECTOR

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
4.8%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
145
Total grants awarded
$146.0M
Total amount
$1.0M
Average grant
$13.5M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$28.3M
29 grants
2023
$32.5M
26 grants
2022
$21.1M
31 grants
2021
$20.8M
24 grants
2020
$24.2M
21 grants
2019
$19.3M
14 grants

Top recipients

6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$55.1M
4 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$21.0M
6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$18.1M
6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$9.1M
5 grants · MA · ✓ Exact match
$8.1M
Memorial Sloan-kettering
1 grant · NY
$7.5M
5 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$4.6M
2 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$3.5M
2 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$3.0M
2 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$2.5M

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

The Museum of Modern Art
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$12.1M
Memorial Sloan-kettering
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$7.5M
Council on Foreign Relations
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$3.0M
Hospital for Special Surgery Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$1.0M
Oceana Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$1.0M
American Enterprise Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$750K
Skidmore College
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$650K
The Carver Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$500K
Wnet
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$250K
The Clark Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$200K
Greenwich Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2024
$200K
Eagle Hill School
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2024
$200K
Friends of Rye Town Park
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$200K
Rye Country Day School
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Blythedale Children's Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$100K
The New York Public Library
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Caramoor Center for Music and Arts
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Harvard Business School
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$75K
Readworksorg
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Adirondack Forty-sixers Inc (the)
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Rye Free Reading Room
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Children's Museum of Manhattan
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$25K
The Jewish Museum
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$20K
Williams College
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$15K
Metropolitan Museum of Art
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Justworld International
GENERAL SUPPORT
FL · TY 2024
$5K
Fortune Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$4K
Rye Fire Department
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$750
Rye Police Association Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$500
Council on Foreign Relations
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$13.5M
The Museum of Modern Art
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$9.9M
Williams College
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2023
$5.0M
Oceana Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2023
$1.0M
The Carver Center
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$500K
Skidmore College
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$450K
Metropolitan Museum of Art
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$255K
The Clark Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2023
$250K
Wnet
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$250K
Cato Institute
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2023
$250K
Greenwich Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$200K
The Rectory School
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$150K
The New York Public Library
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$100K
Blythedale Children's Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$100K
Caramoor Center for Music and Arts
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$100K
Friends of Green Chimneys
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$100K
Eagle Hill School
GENERAL SUPPORT
CT · TY 2023
$100K
Harvard Business School
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2023
$75K
Readworksorg
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$50K
Rye Free Reading Room
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$50K
Rye Country Day School
GENERAL SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.