The Wendy & Avron Fogelman Foundation concentrates almost exclusively on higher education, making large institutional gifts to universities and their foundations. Grants are focused on a handful of Southeastern colleges and universities—both public and private—including repeat support to the University of Memphis and several Florida and Louisiana institutions. The foundation appears to favor sizable, targeted gifts to advance university programs, capital needs, or endowed purposes rather than many small community grants.
Concentrated and high-dollar: a small number of large grants to a few universities, including repeat funding to certain institutions; grants are directed to university administrations or foundations rather than many diversified grantees.
Notable grantees: Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, University of Memphis Foundation, Florida Atlantic University / Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Lynn University
The Wendy & Avron Fogelman Foundation’s recent giving is marked by very large, repeat gifts to universities and their affiliated foundations, especially in the Southeast. The biggest grants in the file are two $750,000 awards to Tulane’s educational fund, one in 2023 and one in 2024, both listed for exempt purpose. That pattern sits alongside repeated support for the University of Memphis Foundation at $175,000 in each of those same years. The foundation also gave $233,680 in both 2023 and 2024 to Florida Atlantic University and its foundation, showing a preference for sustained institutional support rather than one-time awards. Across the record, the grants point to higher education as the central use of capital: university foundations, educational funds, and private universities receive the bulk of the attention. Lynn University also appears in consecutive years, reinforcing that the foundation favors targeted gifts to a small set of colleges and universities. The grant sizes are large enough to suggest a strategy built around meaningful institutional commitments rather than broad distribution across many smaller recipients.
Higher education is the foundation’s clear center of gravity. In 2024, it gave $750,000 to the Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund for exempt purpose, matching a $750,000 grant the prior year to Admin of Tulane Educational Fund for the same purpose. The University of Memphis Foundation also received $175,000 in 2024 for exempt purpose. The foundation’s support extends to Florida institutions as well. Florida Atlantic University Foundation received $233,680 in 2024, and Florida Atlantic University received the same amount in 2023, both for exempt purpose. Private university support also appears in the record. Lynn University received $12,500 in 2024 and the same amount in 2023, again listed for exempt purpose. Taken together, these grants show a concentration on university-level support rather than operating support for unrelated nonprofits.
Typical grants are large: the distribution runs from a 25th percentile of $134,375 to a median of $204,340 and a 75th percentile of $362,760. The file also includes repeated awards at the same amounts across consecutive years, which points to a steady, planned pattern rather than isolated one-off gifts. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its recent grants are directed to institutional recipients, often university foundations or educational funds, with grant language framed as exempt purpose support.
$7.7M
$13.5M
$228K
$7.7M
Most grants fall between $134K and $363K, with a median of $204K.
25th Percentile
$134K
Median
$204K
75th Percentile
$363K
About 25% of grants go to recipients in FL.
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Giving is regional and concentrated in the United States, with 100% of the recent grants going to U.S. recipients. Tennessee is the top state by grant count, and 25% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. Recent recipients include Memphis, Boca Raton, and New Orleans/Dallas for Tulane’s educational fund. The recipient mix also reaches Florida and Louisiana, while repeated support in Memphis ties part of the giving back to the foundation’s own state.
It supports higher-education institutions and their affiliated foundations. Recent grants went to Tulane’s educational fund, the University of Memphis Foundation, Florida Atlantic University and its foundation, and Lynn University. The grant language is consistently for exempt purpose, which aligns with institutional support rather than broad community grantmaking.
Yes. The recent record shows the same recipients appearing in consecutive years: Tulane’s educational fund received $750,000 in both 2023 and 2024, Florida Atlantic University and its foundation each received $233,680 in consecutive years, the University of Memphis Foundation received $175,000 in both years, and Lynn University received $12,500 in both years.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is sizable: the 25th percentile is $134,375, the median is $204,340, and the 75th percentile is $362,760. The recent file also includes two $750,000 grants, showing that some awards are much larger than the median.
Tennessee is the top state by grant count, and 25% of grants go to recipients in Tennessee. Recent Tennessee giving includes the University of Memphis Foundation in Memphis, while other recent grants reached Florida and Louisiana recipients.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION | MEMPHIS, TN | $7,369,674 | 2026 | FCBE BUILDING MODERNIZATION FUND |
| TEMPLE ISRAEL | MEMPHIS, TN | $166,797 | 2026 | VISION 2026 |
| BOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $100,000 | 2026 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| TULANE UNIVERSITY | NEW ORLEANS, LA | $87,170 | 2026 | FOGELMAN HALL |
| UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION | MEMPHIS, TN | $20,725 | 2026 | FOGELMAN FIELD AT FEDEX PARK |
| MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION | GERMANTOWN, TN | $250,000 | 2025 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION | MEMPHIS, TN | $154,275 | 2025 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $65,195 | 2025 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION STANDS WITH ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND | — | $50,000 | 2025 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| TULANE UNIVERSITY | NEW ORLEANS, LA | $41,830 | 2025 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| LYNN UNIVERSITY | BOCA RATON, FL | $5,264 | 2025 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND | DALLAS, TX | $750,000 | 2024 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $233,680 | 2024 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION | MEMPHIS, TN | $175,000 | 2024 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| LYNN UNIVERSITY | BOCA RATON, FL | $12,500 | 2024 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| ADMIN OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND | NEW ORLEANS, LA | $750,000 | 2023 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY | BOCA RATON, FL | $233,680 | 2023 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION | MEMPHIS, TN | $175,000 | 2023 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| LYNN UNIVERSITY | BOCA RATON, FL | $12,500 | 2023 | FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE |
TEMPLE ISRAEL
$166,797VISION 2026
TULANE UNIVERSITY
$87,170FOGELMAN HALL
FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE
TULANE UNIVERSITY
$41,830FOR EXEMPT PURPOSE