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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3318170

The Joseph H Wender Foundation

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $219,560 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Apr 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $219,560

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,287,623

  • Tax year 2023

    $140,560

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,261,859

  • Tax year 2022

    $194,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,343,755

  • Tax year 2021

    $188,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,509,159

  • Tax year 2020

    $328,854

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,577,179

  • Tax year 2019

    $388,767

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,906,206

  • Tax year 2018

    $146,841

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $935,446

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles, CA

    General purpose

    $140,000
  2. The American Friends of the Centre PompidouMontclair, NJ

    General purpose

    $37,500
  3. Wender Weis FoundationPalo Alto, CA

    General purpose

    $25,000
  4. St Helena Hospital FoundationSaint Helena, CA

    General purpose

    $10,000
  5. Stop the VoidHighland, CA

    General purpose

    $5,000
  6. Pony Power TherapiesMahwah, NJ

    General purpose

    $1,000
  7. Fibrolamellar Cancer FoundationGreenwich, CT

    General purpose

    $1,000
  8. PBS SocalWhittier, CA

    General purpose

    $60

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $140,00074% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $37,50020% of the total
  3. Health2 grants $11,0006% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California5 grants $180,060
  2. New York1 grant $37,500
  3. Connecticut1 grant $1,000
  4. New Jersey1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Joseph H WenderTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Ann Colgin WenderTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Jonathan L CohenTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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