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Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$853k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$80,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 27
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$6.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEducationHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving39$853k44%
FY202427$713k19%
FY202327$713k33%
FY202225$664k48%
FY202118$240k67%
FY20208$191k50%
FY201916$168k75%
FY201810$166k40%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$948kInternational$575kAnimals$463kArts & Culture$418kRecreation & Sports$328kHealth$255kReligion$209kEducation$175kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ND
MI
NY
OR
IA
IN
CA
NE
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Samaritan's Purse$315,00050%
New Cassel Foundation$155,00075%
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$150,00010%
Dickinson County Hunger Coalition$125,0002n/a
Mercy Ships International$120,00030%
Nebraska Humane Society$115,00060%
Project Dynamo Inc$100,00014%
Film Streams Inc$100,00032%
The Willa Cather Foundation$100,00013%
Spirit Lake Youth Athletics$100,0001n/a
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All grantees of Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Samaritan's Purse$315,00050%
New Cassel Foundation$155,00075%
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$150,00010%
Dickinson County Hunger Coalition$125,0002n/a
Mercy Ships International$120,00030%
Nebraska Humane Society$115,00060%
Project Dynamo Inc$100,00014%
Film Streams Inc$100,00032%
The Willa Cather Foundation$100,00013%
Spirit Lake Youth Athletics$100,0001n/a
Emmet County Animal Shelter Inc$90,000611%
Humane Society of Northwest Iowa$80,00054%
Omaha Performing Arts Society$75,00030%
Operation Smile Inc$70,00030%
Cherish Center$65,00043%
Westside Community Schools Foundation Inc$57,00040%
Kaneko$50,00014%
Morning Star Lutheran Church$45,0005n/a
Kearney Area Animal Shelter Inc$45,00043%
Gary Sinise Foundation$45,00020%
Naturopaths Without Borders$40,0002n/a
Project Harmony$40,00020%
Creighton University$35,00030%
Siena Francis House$35,00010%
Bethany Lutheran Church$32,6273n/a
Lakes Area Dog Park$30,0005n/a
Tim Tebow Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Farm Rescue$30,00021%
Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc$25,00010%
Paws With A Cause$25,00010%
Shayla Bee Fund Inc$25,00016%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$25,00010%
Ballet Nebraska$20,00021%
Wounded Warriors$20,00013%
Mission Pre-Born Inc$20,0001n/a
Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc$20,00020%
Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation$20,00013%
Donors Trust$20,0001n/a
Opera Omaha Inc$13,00020%
McCullough Foundation$10,0001n/a
Bethany First Steps$10,00011%
Pearson Lakes Art Center$8,25030%
Elderheart Inc$6,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$6,00010%
Behind the Badge Foundation$6,00011%
Blue Barn Theatre$5,00011%
Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House$5,00010%
Omaha Academy of Ballet$5,00011%
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands$5,00010%
The Humane Society of East Texas$2,5001n/a
Phelps-Harlan County Casa Inc$2,5001n/a
Diocese of Nebraska$2,0001n/a
College of Saint Mary$2,00010%
Omaha Community Playhouse$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSamaritan's Purse: $315,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew Cassel Foundation: $155,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetIowa Natural Heritage Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMercy Ships International: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNebraska Humane Society: $115,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetProject Dynamo Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFilm Streams Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetThe Willa Cather Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetEmmet County Animal Shelter Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetHumane Society of Northwest Iowa: $80,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetOmaha Performing Arts Society: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCherish Center: $65,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetWestside Community Schools Foundation Inc: $57,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKaneko: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetKearney Area Animal Shelter Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetProject Harmony: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCreighton University: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSiena Francis House: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTim Tebow Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFarm Rescue: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCamp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetShayla Bee Fund Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetUnited Animal Nations Dba Redrover: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBallet Nebraska: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWounded Warriors: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetUpper Des Moines Opportunity Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLakes Regional Healthcare Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetOpera Omaha Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBethany First Steps: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPearson Lakes Art Center: $8,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetElderheart Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBehind the Badge Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBlue Barn Theatre: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOpen Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOmaha Academy of Ballet: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Saint Mary: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOmaha Community Playhouse: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Robert B Daugherty FoundationNE34.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · The Holland Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Fred and Eve Simon Charitable Foundation · John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation · Nac Development Corporation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fund · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc

How much does Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc give?
Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc reported 41 grants totaling $853,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), International (15%), Animals (12%).
Who are Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Samaritan's Purse ($315k), New Cassel Foundation ($155k), Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation ($150k).
Does Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert B Daugherty Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, The Holland Foundation.
Where is Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc based?
Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc is based in NE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 90 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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