Current Foundation Information
The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology is a private, family foundation (EIN: 226057913) incorporated in the State of New Jersey.
- Financial Information (Year Ended 12/31/10)
- Officers and Trustees
- Trustees
- List of Grants and Major Contributions (Year ended 12/31/09) *
Assets (12/31/10): $1,201,476.81 (Estimated Market Value)
Expenditures, excluding grants and contributions: $29,200.86
Grants/awards and contributions: $28,363.73
No. of Grants: 6
Largest Grant: $14,713.73
Smallest Grant: $150.00
List of Grants and Major Contributions (Year ended 12/31/10)
| Cyanobacterial Club | $500.00 |
| National Academy of Sciences — Selman Waksman Award (and awardee expenses) |
$14,713.73 |
| Marine Biological Laboratories — Microbial Diversity endowment fund |
$10,000.00 |
| Society for Industrial Microbiology Waksman Outstanding Teacher Award |
$2,000.00 |
| The Foundation Center | $1,000.00 |
| Triangle Coalition | $150.00 |
Officers: (*indicates the officer is also a trustee):
Amy Cheng Vollmer, Ph.D., President*
(Swarthmore College)
avollme1@swarthmore.edu
Nan Waksman Schanbacher, M.Ed., J.D.*
Vice President and Chair, Board of Trustees
nanschanbacher@comcast.net
Byron H. Waksman, M.D., Vice President and Director for Special Projects*
(Harvard Medical School)
bwaksman@partners.org
Keith A. Bostian, Ph.D., Treasurer*
Kemiin Pharma
Keith.Bostian@kemin.com
R. Edward Townsend, Jr., Secretary & Counsel
(Townsend and Valente, LLP)
lawyers@tandv.net
Alice S. Huang, Ph.D.
(California Institute of Technology)
alice.huang@caltech.edu
Barbara Iglewski, Ph.D.
(University of Rochester)
bigl@mail.rochester.edu
Cynthia Needham, Ph.D.
(ICAN Productions, Ltd.)
Cynthia@smartscience.org
Frederick C. Neidhardt, Ph.D.
(University of Michigan)
fcneid@umich.edu
Graham C. Walker, Ph.D.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
gwalker@mit.edu
Trustees meet once annually, usually in June
Number of Staff: Three part-time professionals
| Recipient | |
| Museum Institute for Teaching Science, Inc | $200.00 |
| Society for Industrial Microbiology: Waksman Outstanding Teacher Award |
$2,000.00 |
| The Foundation Center | $1,000.00 |
*Byron H. Waksman Award for Excellence in the Public Communication of Microbiology
to the New York Hall of Science (non-monetary).
• Publications of the Foundation History: "The Foundation for Microbiology,
1951-1995"