Wisconsin · Private foundation
Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $307k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $61,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $307k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $580k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $662k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $537k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $594k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $504k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $585k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $600k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courage Kenny Foundation | $512,265 | 7 | 5% |
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | $447,933 | 7 | 2% |
| Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota | $394,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center | $313,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Science Museum of Minnesota | $263,335 | 4 | 0% |
| Great River Greening | $176,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts | $157,751 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $157,751 | 5 | 0% |
| Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center | $119,000 | 3 | 2% |
| True Friends | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courage Kenny Foundation | $512,265 | 7 | 5% |
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | $447,933 | 7 | 2% |
| Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota | $394,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center | $313,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Science Museum of Minnesota | $263,335 | 4 | 0% |
| Great River Greening | $176,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts | $157,751 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $157,751 | 5 | 0% |
| Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center | $119,000 | 3 | 2% |
| True Friends | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Superior Center | $35,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Climate Generation | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hartley Nature Center | $32,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Eaglewatch Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Belwin Conservancy | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Como Friends | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arrowhead Zoological Society | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Lea | $10,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Boys Girls Club | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis River Quest | $4,500 | 3 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua
- How much does Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua give?
- Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua reported 8 grants totaling $307,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (27%), Animals (23%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Courage Kenny Foundation ($512k), Minnesota Zoo Foundation ($448k), Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota ($394k).
- Does Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua 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 Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua based?
- Donald Weesner Charitable Tr Ua is based in WI.
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