· Private foundation
Frances and Laurence Weinstein 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $106k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $236k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON | $166,354 |
| TEMPLE BETH EL | $70,000 |
| UNITED WAY | $36,000 |
| YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH | $20,000 |
| UW FOUNDATION - MOSSE WEINSTEIN CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES | $20,000 |
| UW HILLEL FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM | $7,700 |
| MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $5,900 |
| WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION - DIRECTORS CIRCLE | $5,900 |
| HADASSAH | $5,000 |
| OVERTURE CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $4,100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.
70 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 63 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MSMADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +47%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM6× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +95%
- MOMADISON OPERA INC5× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT HATFUTSOT D/B/A AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ANU-MUSEUMone grant, 2020 · $200 · revenue -18%
- GCGROUNDSWELL CONSERVANCY INCone grant, 2020 · $200 · revenue +24%
- CWCIRCUS WORLD MUSEUM FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2020 · $200 · revenue -60%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…
The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.
Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
How this is measured
54 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 54 of the 83 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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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.
Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat · Veridian Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Frances and Laurence Weinstein Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frances and Laurence Weinstein Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
- National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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