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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 27-4356841

Buffy Wachs Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $950,080 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

    $950,080

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $600,009

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,439,602

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $994,206

  • Tax year 2021

    $61,720

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,000,368

  • Tax year 2020

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,062,446

  • Tax year 2019

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,128,657

  • Tax year 2018

    $145,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,172,977

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Schwab Charitable FundLone Tree, CO

    Health wellness education

    $620,611
  2. Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, NY

    Education

    $200,000
  3. Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNew York, NY

    Education

    $100,000
  4. Georgetown Day SchoolWashington, DC

    Health wellness

    $16,000
  5. Brooklyn AikikaiBrooklyn, NY

    Health wellness

    $8,969
  6. Poly Prep Country Day SchoolBrooklyn, NY

    Education

    $4,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $720,61176% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $220,50023% of the total
  3. Sports and recreation1 grant $8,969<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $620,611
  2. New York4 grants $313,469
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $16,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Katrin WachsDIRECTOR/SECRETARY/TREASUR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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