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Franklin Weinberg Fund

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.

$242k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
74%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 74% of the organizations Franklin Weinberg Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsCivil RightsEducationInternationalOther
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 arriving47$240k66%
FY202427$105k74%
FY202330$78k70%
FY202222$93k68%
FY202122$79k59%
FY202022$72k59%
FY201920$79k45%
FY201817$70k59%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$197kArts & Culture$152kPublic Benefit$131kEnvironment$118kHuman Services$73kPhilanthropy$36kEmployment$34kHousing & Shelter$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MT
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.

Show all 92 grantees
All grantees of Franklin Weinberg Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emerson Health Care Foundation Inc$58,50070%
State Leadership Project$50,0001n/a
Alliance for Youth Organizing$50,0001n/a
Wood River Land Trust Co$39,72251%
Rising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER$33,90080%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$27,12510%
Pacific Public Media$22,25070%
Mearth$20,00022%
Sun Valley Center for the Arts Inc$17,26040%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$14,66020%
National Public Radio Inc$14,50020%
Think 360 Arts for Learning$13,60071%
Michigan Civic Education Fund$10,00021%
Aami Foundation Inc$9,00032%
Mae House$7,90030%
Ventana Wilderness Alliance$7,8201n/a
Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio$7,00017%
Internet Archive$6,60020%
Blaine County Hunger Coalition Inc$6,09040%
St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Echo Theater Company$5,0001n/a
Childhelp Inc$5,00010%
Waterside Workshops$5,00011%
Fractured Atlas Inc$5,00010%
The Michigan Center for Civic Education$5,00011%
Global Surgical and Medical Support Group$5,00010%
Reprohub$5,00010%
Food Bank for Monterey County$5,00010%
Transformca dba Transform$5,00010%
Denver Basic Income Project$4,75010%
The Lovejoy Foundation Inc$4,37530%
Forth Foundation$4,0001n/a
Museum Of The Mountain West Inc$3,75012%
Warren Village Inc$3,50010%
Communities in Schools$3,50020%
Michigan Voices$3,37510%
Tomer Foundation Inc$3,3751n/a
Mammoth Lakes Recreation$3,00020%
Integrated Family Community Services$2,80020%
Northwest Pilot Project$2,50010%
National Domestic Violence Hotline$2,50010%
Jazz Night School$2,50011%
Re-Member$2,50030%
Cor Defense$2,5001n/a
Engage Idaho Inc$2,50011%
Alliance of Idaho Inc$2,50020%
East Bay Bicycle Coalition DBA Bike East Bay$2,25010%
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$2,00010%
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Inc$2,00010%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$2,00010%
Seattle Theatre Group$2,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,0001n/a
Coro Northern California Inc$2,00010%
Womens Daytime Drop-In Center$2,00020%
Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative Inc$2,00010%
New York Shakespeare Festival$2,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00020%
Camp del Corazon Inc$1,50010%
Ada Developers Academy$1,5001n/a
Santa Monica Synagogue$1,5001n/a
Sun Valley Film Festival Inc$1,50010%
Arttable Inc$1,50010%
Safe Place for Youth Inc$1,50010%
Denver Tool Library$1,3502n/a
Body Traffic$1,30010%
Elephantvoices$1,25010%
Seattle Area Feline Rescue Fka Animal Talk Rescue$1,13010%
The Humane Society for Seattleking County$1,12510%
Apopo US Inc$1,12010%
Starlight Children's Foundation$1,00010%
Charity Global Inc$1,00010%
The End Fund Inc$1,00010%
Sherwood Forestry Service$1,0001n/a
Women Deliver Inc$1,00010%
One Colorado$1,0001n/a
Southern Dharma Retreat Center$1,00010%
Artsfund$1,00010%
Iraq Star Inc$1,00011%
Sing for Hope Inc$1,00010%
Armour Dance Theatre Inc$90010%
Direct Relief$9001n/a
Jesuit High School$9001n/a
You Grow Girl$90010%
Sun Valley Playwrights Residency Inc$75011%
Arch Community Housing Trust Inc$75010%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$50410%
Gio's Garden Inc$5001n/a
The Loveland Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Colorado Democracy Network$50010%
Youth Sports Empowerment Foundation$5001n/a
Ipas$25010%
National Lgbtq Task Force$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($320k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Franklin Weinberg Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEmerson Health Care Foundation Inc: $58,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWood River Land Trust Co: $39,722 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetRising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER: $33,900 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Southern California: $27,125 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Public Media: $22,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMearth: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSun Valley Center for the Arts Inc: $17,260 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $14,660 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $14,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThink 360 Arts for Learning: $13,600 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetMichigan Civic Education Fund: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAami Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMae House: $7,900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTogether We Can Make It Happen Foundatio: $7,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetInternet Archive: $6,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlaine County Hunger Coalition Inc: $6,090 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildhelp Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaterside Workshops: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michigan Center for Civic Education: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGlobal Surgical and Medical Support Group: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetReprohub: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank for Monterey County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTransformca dba Transform: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDenver Basic Income Project: $4,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Lovejoy Foundation Inc: $4,375 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMuseum Of The Mountain West Inc: $3,750 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWarren Village Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities in Schools: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Voices: $3,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMammoth Lakes Recreation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIntegrated Family Community Services: $2,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Pilot Project: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Domestic Violence Hotline: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJazz Night School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRe-Member: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEngage Idaho Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAlliance of Idaho Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEast Bay Bicycle Coalition DBA Bike East Bay: $2,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service of Colorado Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Theatre Group: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCoro Northern California Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomens Daytime Drop-In Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $2,000 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 74.

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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.

Together We Can Make It Happen FoundatioCA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio · Seattle Foundation · The Pesky Family Foundation Inc · East Bay Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · New Venture Fund · Impactassetsinc · The Ford 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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How do I get to Franklin Weinberg Fund?

Find your warmest path to Franklin Weinberg Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Franklin Weinberg Fund

How much does Franklin Weinberg Fund give?
Franklin Weinberg Fund reported 48 grants totaling $241,933 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Franklin Weinberg Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Arts & Culture (17%), Public Benefit (14%).
Who are Franklin Weinberg Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emerson Health Care Foundation Inc ($59k), State Leadership Project ($50k), Alliance for Youth Organizing ($50k).
Does Franklin Weinberg Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Franklin Weinberg Fund 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 Franklin Weinberg Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Together We Can Make It Happen Foundatio, Seattle Foundation, The Pesky Family Foundation Inc.
Where is Franklin Weinberg Fund based?
Franklin Weinberg Fund is based in CO.

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 159 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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