Open Foundations · Maryland

Ellen W P Wasserman Foundation

Baltimore, Maryland · EIN 522038129. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $3.1M across 18 grants in 2024, a median of $15K each.

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$3.1M
paid in 2024
18
grants paid
$15K
median grant
0%
to first-time recipients
$23.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
DAVID LEIPNIK
Address
1801 PORTER STREET SUITE 500, BALTIMORE, MD, 21230
Phone
4106855512
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
A WRITTEN PROPOSAL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED DESCRIBING THE ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED WITH ANY SUPPORTING DETAILS.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202512259349101011. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

recipient

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 18 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Sinai HospitalMD$996,175GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
2The Associated Jewish Federation of BaltimoreMD$693,640GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
3Patient Airlift ServicesNY$349,517GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
4The University at Albany FoundationNY$338,755GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
5Maine Museum of Innovcation Learning & LaborME$334,193GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
6Center for HopeMD$163,806GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
7Baltimore Symphony OrchestraMD$74,061GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
8Dyslexia Tutoring ProgramMD$39,580GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
9The Public TheatreME$15,323GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
10Temple Oheb ShalomMD$14,973GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
11Tree Street Youth CenterME$10,405GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
12Baltimore Community FoundationMD$10,238GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
13Baltimore Museum of ArtMD$10,234GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
14The Arc of BaltimoreMD$10,216GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
15Kennedy Krieger InstituteMD$5,203GENERAL PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202016$1.6M
202117$1.5M
202217$2.5M
202317$2.1M
202418$3.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Maryland67%
Maine17%
New York11%
Massachusetts6%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Ellen Wp WassermanTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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