The Gail Wasserman Family Foundation concentrates its giving locally in Palm Beach County, supporting major community institutions with sizable gifts. Its recent grants show a clear interest in sustaining cultural assets (regional visual arts) and front‑line child development/early education services, typically in Boca Raton/Delray Beach area organizations.
Very concentrated: a small number of relatively large grants directed to a few local, established nonprofits rather than many small or national recipients.
Notable grantees: BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART, FLORENCE FULLER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
A single museum grant anchors the Gail Wasserman Family Foundation’s recent giving: $147,976 to the Boca Raton Museum of Art for general support in 2023. That pattern is echoed by another large local award, $113,750 to Florence Fuller Child Development Centers in Boca Raton, showing a foundation that directs substantial unrestricted support to core community institutions. The grants are concentrated in Palm Beach County, with Boca Raton and nearby cities appearing repeatedly among recipients. Cultural institutions, child development providers, and other local nonprofits make up the clearest thread in the record. The foundation’s giving is not limited to one size or one niche, but the biggest awards point to a preference for sustaining organizations rather than funding isolated projects. Miami Beach’s Miami City Ballet received $20,000 for general support, while The Whitney in New York and Santa Barbara Museum of Art in California also appear in the recent record, indicating that the foundation can support arts organizations beyond its immediate area. Even so, the overall pattern is shaped by South Florida community institutions, especially in Boca Raton and Delray Beach.
In the arts, the foundation gave $147,976 to Boca Raton Museum of Art and $34,625 to Santa Barbara Museum of Art, both for general support. It also supported Miami City Ballet with a $20,000 unrestricted grant, suggesting a consistent interest in sustaining cultural organizations rather than underwriting a single program. In child development and education, Florence Fuller Child Development Centers received $113,750 for general support, and The Willows Community School in Culver City received $10,000. Those grants show attention to early learning and school-based institutions. The foundation also backed other community-serving nonprofits in South Florida, including Boca Raton Hospital Foundation, Kids Dreams Inc, Impact 100 Palm Beach County, and Eda & Cliff Viner Community Scholars Foundation, all through general support grants.
Typical grant size centers on a modest-to-midrange pattern: the median grant is $10,000, with a lower quartile of $1,788 and an upper quartile of $25,531. The recent record includes both very large institutional grants and small community awards, from $147,976 down to $80. The 2023 list shows general support as the dominant grant purpose, which aligns with the foundation’s philosophy tags for unrestricted, core, or organizational support. The record provided is a single-year snapshot, so it does not show a multi-year recipient pattern or recurring grantees across years.
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$385K
Most grants fall between $2K and $26K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$26K
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Giving is heavily centered in Florida, which accounts for 67% of grants and is the top state by count. Boca Raton appears repeatedly in the recent grants list, along with West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, and Miami Beach. Outside Florida, the foundation’s grants reached Santa Barbara, New York, Culver City, and Santa Fe, but all recipient grants in the provided record went to U.S. organizations.
The recent record points to cultural institutions, child development centers, and other local nonprofit institutions. Grants include general support for a museum, a child development center, a ballet company, a hospital foundation, a community scholars foundation, and other South Florida nonprofits.
The typical grant size is $10,000 at the median, with a p25 of $1,788 and a p75 of $25,531. The recent record also includes both larger institutional gifts and very small awards.
Florida is the top state by grant count, with 67% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Boca Raton appears multiple times, and West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, and Miami Beach also show up in the recent grants list.
Yes. The recent grants list is made up of general support awards, and the philosophy tags identify general operating support, unrestricted support, and core or organizational support as the foundation’s approach.
2023
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2023.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART | BOCA RATON, FL | $147,976 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| FLORENCE FULLER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS | BOCA RATON, FL | $113,750 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $34,625 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE WHITNEY | NEW YORK, NY | $22,500 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MIAMI CITY BALLET | MIAMI BEACH, FL | $20,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| BOCA RATON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL | CULVER CITY, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| KIDS DREAMS INC | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $2,500 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| IMPACT 100 PALM BEACH COUNTY | BOCA RATON, FL | $2,050 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| EDA & CLIFF VINER COMMUNITY SCHOLARS FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT | SANTA FE, NM | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| NORTON MUSUEM OF ART | WEST PALM BEACH, FL | $80 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART
$34,625GENERAL SUPPORT
THE WHITNEY
$22,500GENERAL SUPPORT
BOCA RATON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
GENERAL SUPPORT
KIDS DREAMS INC
$2,500GENERAL SUPPORT
EDA & CLIFF VINER COMMUNITY SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
$1,000GENERAL SUPPORT
RICHARDSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT
$1,000GENERAL SUPPORT