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Who funds US Holocaust Memorial Museum?

Washington, District of Columbia

210 private foundations reported grants to US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, District of Columbia totaling $2.4 million across 213 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Alexander Grass Foundation, with $250,000.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund US Holocaust Memorial Museum

The 100 largest of 210 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The Alexander Grass Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024
Genral purpose1$250,000
The Herr Foundation
Illinois · 2023
Education1$200,000
Zell Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General support1$200,000
The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2024 · accepts applications
General1$200,000
The Arnold S & Madaleine Penner Family F
New York · 2024
Charitable1$100,000
Shirley & Milton Levy Family Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2024
Contributions to all recipients were made to further tax exempt status under 501(c)(3).1$100,000
Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Unrestricted general support1$100,000
The Gurwin Family Foundation Inc
New Jersey · 2024
General support1$75,000
Norman Raab Foundation
Washington · 2024
Education1$50,000
John & Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Found
Illinois · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities1$50,000
The Bellick Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General purpose1$50,000
Madelyn Bucksbaum Adamson Foundation
Illinois · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities1$50,000
Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Charity1$50,000
Louis & Julie Bucksbaum Fam Foundation
Illinois · 2025
All contributions made for the intent established by the various charities1$50,000
Hoffmann-Niemczewski Family Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2025
General purposes1$50,000
Corinthian International Foundation
New York · 2024
religion1$46,535
Jarvis Foundation
Illinois · 2025
To further the exempt purpose of the organization1$45,900
The Beverly and Frank Arnstein Foundation
California · 2025
Contribution1$45,000
Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
To teach the lessons of the holocaust, preserve the evidence, and amplify survivors' voices.1$30,000
Hertz Douglas J Family Foundation
Georgia · 2024
General support1$25,000
Weiss Family Foundation
Florida · 2024
General support of receipent's charitable purpose1$25,000
Cora and John H Davis Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2025 · accepts applications
General operating support1$25,000
Chesed Inc
Georgia · 2024
To support the exempt purpose of the recipient organization1$25,000
Rapoport Family Foundation
Texas · 2024
General operating support1$25,000
Melvin R Clayman Charitable Foundation Inc
Florida · 2025
To support preservation of history1$25,000
Yvonne & Leslie Pollack Family Foundation Inc
New York · 2025
Charitable1$20,000
Zalec Familian & Lilian Levinson Fdn
California · 2024
General purpose1$20,000
Charina Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
General support1$15,000
The William and Mildred Kaplan Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2025
Foundation donation1$15,000
The Educational Charitable Trust Aka the Themian Charitable Center
New York · 2024
Charitable endeavors1$15,000
George and Sarah Ohlhausen Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
Discretionary use by receiving organization1$15,000
The Frank and Marta Jager Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2024 · accepts applications
Operating support1$15,000
The LSG Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Charitable1$15,000
The Joseph and Florence Mandel Family- Penni M and Stephen J Weinberg Family Fund
Ohio · 2024 · accepts applications
General2$15,000
Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation
Ohio · 2024 · accepts applications
Project Support2$12,500
The Rhea Blackwood Charitable Foundation
New York · 2024
Simon-skjodt center1$12,000
Jeff Hunter Charitable TST
Florida · 2024
General support1$10,000
The Russell & Ronalee Galbut Family Foundation Inc
Florida · 2024
Religious and educational program support1$10,000
James and Susan Ratner Family Foundation
Ohio · 2025
Beyond our walls fund1$10,000
The Lerner Foundation
Ohio · 2025
General operations1$10,000
The Wuliger Foundation
Ohio · 2024 · accepts applications
Annual support for operations1$10,000
The Keith D & Arlene M Bronstein Foundation
Arizona · 2023
Enable the museum to make critical investments to keep holocaust memory alive as a relevant, transformative force in the 21st century1$10,000
SFC Inc
New York · 2024
Charitable1$10,000
Susan Zirkl Z L Memorial Charitable Foundation Trust
New York · 2024
Organization charitable purpose1$10,000
The Julius and Dorothy Lazarus Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2024
General support1$10,000
The Garchik Family Foundation
Maryland · 2025
General1$10,000
Covenant Foundation Inc
Georgia · 2024
General1$10,000
Bloome Family Charitable Trust
Washington · 2025
Various Charitable Purposes of the Organization1$10,000
Louis Berger Foundation
New York · 2024
Humanitarian purpose1$9,777
Schorr-Lieberman-Dixon Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
General purposes1$8,000
Edward & Ruth Wilkof Foundation
Ohio · 2025 · accepts applications
Holocaust history & memorial1$7,500
The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation Inc
New Jersey · 2025
General donation to support organization's activities.1$6,000
Alan & Esther Fleder Foundation
Virginia · 2024
To provide education programs1$6,000
Glickfield Family Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2024
Charitable donations2$6,000
Duber Family Foundation
District of Columbia · 2024
Tribute sponsorship1$6,000
The Paula and William Bernstein Family Foundation
Colorado · 2024
Civic and community1$6,000
Freeman Family Foundation
Montana · 2024
Unrestricted charitable grant1$5,951
Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation
Maryland · 2025
General1$5,500
The Evergreen Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2024
General fund1$5,145
Jerrold Ruskin Foundation Inc
Illinois · 2025
Educational1$5,100
Helen & Rita Lurie Foundation
New York · 2023
Provide 501c3 org funds to carry out charitable purpose1$5,000
Sundheimer Foundation
New York · 2024
To provide funds to further the museum's efforts to honor the memory of holocaust victims1$5,000
Ellen & Ronald Block Family Foundation Inc
Florida · 2025
Unrestricted1$5,000
Bill Jennie & Harry Ackerman Foundation Trust
South Carolina · 2024
Unrestricted1$5,000
Charles Grunfeld Foundationinc
New Jersey · 2025 · accepts applications
Schlorship/education1$5,000
The Millison Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2024
General Purpose1$5,000
Charles and Nikki Singer Foundation
Oklahoma · 2025
Holocaust museum1$5,000
Sandel Family Foundation
New York · 2025
General public support1$5,000
Marta Heflin Foundation
New York · 2024
Unrestricted Grant1$5,000
Maxine R & Jack S Schiffman Family Foundation Inc
Georgia · 2025
General operations1$5,000
The Selig Foundation Inc
Georgia · 2025 · accepts applications
General1$5,000
Don & Linda Brodie Family Foundation
Florida · 2025
Annual gift1$5,000
Levin Family Charitable Foundation
Arizona · 2025
Program support1$5,000
The Present Family Foundation Inc
California · 2024
General fund1$5,000
Seltzer Family Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2025
Unrestricted donation1$4,000
S & E Bramsen Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Operating needs1$3,000
Carl & Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General purposes of the organization1$2,500
The Robert and Phyllis Topchik Family Foundation
Vermont · 2024
Donation1$2,500
Richard L & Lois S Werner Family Foundation
Florida · 2025 · accepts applications
General support1$2,500
The Gardner Family Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
Unrestricted grant for the organization's exempt purpose.1$2,139
Frieda & George Zinberg Foundation
New York · 2024
Public charity1$2,000
Jerome A & Deena L Kaplan Family Foundation
Maryland · 2025
Charitable1$2,000
The H and R Feinberg Family Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024
Charitable1$2,000
The EMSS Foundation Inc
New Jersey · 2024
General purposes1$2,000
The Jane & Martin Schwartz Family Foundation
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
Operational1$2,000
David and Judy Shore Foundation Inc
California · 2024
Education services1$2,000
Susan Simon Lotierzo Charitable Trust
New York · 2025
Charitable purposes1$2,000
Metzner Family Foundation
Illinois · 2025
Unrestricted charitable contribution1$2,000
Tauber Family Foundation
Michigan · 2024
Fund general program expenditures1$2,000
The Bernard & Sarah Gewirz Fdn
District of Columbia · 2023 · accepts applications
Education1$2,000
The Charles and Margaret Levin Family Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2024
Charitable contribution1$2,000
Agron Family Foundation
California · 2024
Charitable Donation1$2,000
Appelbaum Family Foundation
Illinois · 2024
General Fund.1$1,800
Craig & Barbara Weiner Family Foundation Inc
Florida · 2025
Charitable 501(c)(3) org1$1,800
Maurice and Lena Russo Family Foundation
New York · 2024
Charitable contribution1$1,800
Mindy and Thaddeus Fortin Family Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024
Unrestricted general contribution1$1,800
Zell and Myrna Hurwitz Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2024
General operations1$1,800
Auerbach Legacy Foundation
California · 2024
To support the holocaust memorial museum.1$1,800
Bernard & Eva Resnick Foundation Inc
New York · 2025 · accepts applications
Public welfare1$1,500
The Tomares Family Foundation Inc
Maryland · 2025
general support1$1,500

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

Using this list

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Questions people ask

Who funds US Holocaust Memorial Museum?

The Alexander Grass Foundation, The Herr Foundation, Zell Family Foundation, The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc and The Arnold S & Madaleine Penner Family F, and 205 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does US Holocaust Memorial Museum get from foundations?

$2.4 million in 213 reported grants from 210 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc, Carylon Julius and Marcie Hemmelstein Foundation, Cora and John H Davis Foundation Inc, George and Sarah Ohlhausen Foundation and The Frank and Marta Jager Foundation Inc say in their filings that they accept applications.

Other funded organizations in Washington