Alexander Wasserman and Evelyn Wasserman Foundation
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About Alexander Wasserman and Evelyn Wasserman Foundation
The foundation concentrates its giving exclusively on education, privileging institutional support for academic programs and advancement. Recent grants show a particular interest in professional health education (nursing) and college-preparatory independent schooling. Grants are sizable relative to the small number of awards, suggesting targeted investments rather than broad-based giving.
Focus Areas
Nursing education at university-level programsCollege-preparatory independent secondary schools (school advancement/annual funds)Educational advancement/major gifts to higher-education and K–12 institutions
Who They Fund
nursing studentslaw studentsuniversity/college students (general)
Giving Approach
Concentrated and selective: a small number of relatively large grants directed to institutional education causes rather than many small community grants; appears to favor one-off or single-year program/advancement gifts.
Funding Style
About Alexander Wasserman and Evelyn Wasserman Foundation
A defining feature of Alexander Wasserman and Evelyn Wasserman Foundation Inc is its concentrated support for education through institutional grants, with recent giving split among nursing programs, college-preparatory schools, and school advancement efforts. The largest recent award in the data is $75,000 to Villanova University School of Nursing for a nursing fund, showing that the foundation will make a major commitment when a program aligns with its priorities. It also made a $50,000 grant to Harvard Westlake for educational advancement, alongside another $17,700 grant to Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin to advance the school. Those gifts point to a pattern of backing established educational institutions rather than broad, open-ended charitable programs. The foundation’s recent grants also include support for independent school operations and named educational funds, suggesting an emphasis on institutional strength, student support, and advancement within schools and universities. Across the recent record, the grantmaking is selective and closely tied to specific educational purposes.
What Alexander Wasserman and Evelyn Wasserman Foundation Funds
Nursing education is one of the clearest themes in the recent grant record. The foundation gave $75,000 to Villanova University School of Nursing for a nursing fund and another $5,000 to Villanova University-m Louise Fitzpatric College of Nursing for a nursing scholarship fund. In secondary education, it supported school advancement at Harvard Westlake with a $50,000 grant and a separate $7,500 grant in the prior year. The foundation also funded institutional support at Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin with a $17,700 grant to advance the school. Smaller education-related grants show the same pattern at Carlthorp School, including support for educational advancement and a scholarship fund. The recent record stays centered on schools, scholarships, and advancement rather than broad programmatic giving.
How Alexander Wasserman and Evelyn Wasserman Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is modest relative to the largest awards: p25 is $1,950, median is $3,750, and p75 is $13,200. The recent record shows repeated support to some recipients across years, including Harvard Westlake, Villanova University, Carlthorp School, Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, and Southwestern Law School, which points to recurring institutional relationships rather than one-time gifts. The foundation is a private family foundation and makes grants through discretionary grantmaking and strategic partners. It does not accept unsolicited applications in the programs described here, and no program-related investments are indicated.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$157K
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$96K
Total Expenses
$160K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $13K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$13K
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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