The Walter Reade Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 21-6014506. Reported 123 grants totalling $197,510 to 63 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Walter Reade Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $17,400. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilshire Boulevard Temple | Los Angeles, CA | $45,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $17,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Food Education Fund | New York, NY | $17,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Gifford's Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | San Francisco, CA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| City Harvest | Brooklyn, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jfla Jewish Free Loan Associates | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $4,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Solebury School | New Hope, PA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Concordia Chamber Players | New Hope, PA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Botanical Garden | Brooklyn, NY | $3,650 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America | New York, NY | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Figure Skating in Harlem | New York, NY | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cma Education Foundation (co Connecticut Maritime Association Inc) | Stamford, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Vocational Service | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $2,740 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ardea Arts | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Careers Though Culinary Arts Program | New York, NY | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | Franklin, TN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Phase One Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $1,620 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Thirteen (wnet) | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 805UNDOCUFUND | Lompoc, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Another Round Another Rally | Phoenix, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Anti-Recidivision Coalition | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Billy Jean King Leadership | Randolph, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nmss Nyc Nat'l Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society | Duxbury, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Sandy Hook Foundation | Highlands, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Women's Alzheimer's Movement | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ulman Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Urban Assoc of Forestry & Fire Prof Aka Forestry & Fire Recruitment Program | Azusa, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amber Waves | Amagansett, NY | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, DC | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| A Second U Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Trial Lawyers Care | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Everwalk | Woodland Hills, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Foodbank of the Rockies | Aurora, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hias -- Afghan Refugees | Silver Spring, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospice of the Fisher Home | Amherst, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monmouth Conservation Foundation | Lincroft, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center | San Clemente, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Temple Emanu-El | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Children's Brain Tumor Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Uja Federation New York | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wnyc | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zakare Foundation | Glendale, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trident Swim Foundation | New York, NY | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Academy Museum of Motion Pictures | Beverly Hills, CA | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Expanded Schools Inc | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
26 of 63 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 65%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Food Education Fund
CULINARY ARTS, HOSPITALITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, STUDENT PREPARATION - Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters
ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN ACHIEVING FULL POTENTIAL - World Central Kitchen Inc
DISASTER RELIEF, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, FEE MEALS - City Harvest
FOOD RESCUE AND DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS - Gifford's Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
PREVENTION OF GUN VIOLENCE AND GUN LAW REFORM - Jfla Jewish Free Loan Associates
INTEREST FREE LOANS ON NON-SECTARIAN BASIS TO PERSONS WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR LOANS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 79 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $28,090 | $500 |
| 2022 | 27 | $36,210 | $600 |
| 2023 | 14 | $33,110 | $900 |
| 2024 | 24 | $39,600 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 36 | $60,500 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
45% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Walter Reade Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Norton Rose 1301 Ave of Americas, New York, NY, 10019. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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