Sue & Edgar Wachenheim Foundation
Private foundation · Purchase, NY · EIN 23-7011002 · reported 2023–2025
86grants reported
$100Kmedian award
$20Klower quartile
$500smallest grant
$81.8Mtotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 2 of its 86 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $35K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
Co Cng 3 Manhattanville Road 301
Purchase, NY 10577-0000
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $13,500,000 |
| The Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $12,135,000 |
| The Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $9,885,000 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering | New York, NY | $7,500,000 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | $6,250,000 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $5,335,000 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $5,015,000 |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $3,000,000 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | New Hyde Park, NY | $2,500,000 |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $2,000,000 |
| Oceana Inc | Washington, DC | $1,250,000 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| Oceana Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 |
| Jay Heritage Center | Rye, NY | $1,000,000 |
| Oceana Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 |
| American Enterprise Institute | Washington, DC | $750,000 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | $650,000 |
| The Carver Center | Port Chester, NY | $500,000 |
| 1898 Foundation Inc | Purchase, NY | $500,000 |
| The Carver Center | Port Chester, NY | $500,000 |
| The Carver Center | Port Chester, NY | $500,000 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | $450,000 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $255,000 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $250,000 |
| The Clark Institute | Williamstown, MA | $250,000 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $250,000 |
| The Clark Institute | Williamstown, MA | $250,000 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Eagle Hill School | Greenwich, CT | $200,000 |
| Friends of Rye Town Park | Rye, NY | $200,000 |
| Greenwich Hospital | Greenwich, CT | $200,000 |
| The Clark Institute | Williamstown, MA | $200,000 |
| Greenwich Hospital | Greenwich, CT | $200,000 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Greenwich Hospital | Greenwich, CT | $200,000 |
| The Rectory School | Pomfret, CT | $150,000 |
| Friends of Green Chimneys | Brewster, NY | $125,000 |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | Valhalla, NY | $100,000 |
| Caramoor Center for Music and Arts | Katonah, NY | $100,000 |
| Rye Country Day School | Rye, NY | $100,000 |
| The New York Public Library | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | Valhalla, NY | $100,000 |
| Caramoor Center for Music and Arts | Katonah, NY | $100,000 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $100,000 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Rye Country Day School | Rye, NY | $100,000 |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | Valhalla, NY | $100,000 |
| Caramoor Center for Music and Arts | Katonah, NY | $100,000 |
| Eagle Hill School | Greenwich, CT | $100,000 |
| Friends of Green Chimneys | Brewster, NY | $100,000 |
| The New York Public Library | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $75,000 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $75,000 |
| Adirondack Forty-Sixers Inc (the) | Plattsburgh, NY | $50,000 |
| Readworksorg | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Rye Free Reading Room | Rye, NY | $50,000 |
| Readworks | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Rye Free Reading Room | Rye, NY | $50,000 |
| Readworksorg | New York, NY | $50,000 |
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