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Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston Foundation at a glance

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Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$828k
Granted FY2025still arriving
65
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$240k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.2MArts & Culture$648kAnimals$563kEnvironment$244kHuman Services$132kCrime & Legal$92kPhilanthropy$56kHousing & Shelter$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $156k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $432k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $240k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$240,000
NEBRASKA JOURNALISM TRUST$30,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CALLAWAY CNTY KY$20,000
HARPETH CONSERVANCY$20,000
THE MEETING PLACE$20,000
LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA$20,000
COMMUNITY ANIMAL MEDICINE PROJECT$20,000
SOUTHEASTERN CAVE CONSERVANCY INC$20,000
CUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT$20,000
PASADENA HUMANE$20,000
BEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY$17,000
CAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY$15,000
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM$10,000
UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE$10,000
SPRING CREEK PRAIRIE AUDUBON CENTER$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Hawkwing Inc: $3k → 11%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 13%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 13%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 13%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $7k → 13%Lutheran Family Services: $6k → 13%Lutheran Family Services: $4k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
NY
SD
CT
CA
CO
NE
KY
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 52 repeat orgs$209k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
4

Total granted

$2.9M
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
-14%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $203k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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AnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +70%
  • BH
    BEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $101k · revenue +211%
  • PP
    PRAIRIE PLAINS RESOURCE INST
    9× · 2017–2025 · $57k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • HI
    HAWKWING INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -89%
  • PE
    Phoenix Effect Death Row Rescue
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • GG
    GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +133%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Nebraska Humane Society

The nebraska humane society protects, saves and enriches the lives of animals in the communities we serve. we do this by providing a broad spectrum of services for the greater omaha area. program offerings include adoption, animal foster…

Animals
2
The Nebraska Land Trust Inc

To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.

Environment
3
Lincoln Animal Ambassadors

To address the root causes of animal homelessness in lincoln, nebraska and surrounding communites.

Animals
4
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
5
Lincoln County Humane Societyinc

The lincoln county humane society is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty and abuse to animals, birds and wildlife. we strive to maintain a no-kill facility and a place of safety.

Animals
6
Central Nebraska Humane Society

To provide shelter to lost and homeless animals, to educate the community about the humane care and treatment of all animals, to advocate animal welfare and to further the bond between people and animals.

Animals
7
Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation

The organization is focused on the future of parks, wildlife management and conservation of nebraska.

Environment
8
Doberman Rescue of Nebraska Inc

Rescue dobermans from shelters, owners who cannot or will not provide for them, and those who are strays whose owners never try to locate them.

Animals
9
Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition

Protect and restore ecological balance to nebraska grasslands.

Community Improvement
10
Humane Society of North Iowa

To provide temporary shelter, food, medical attention, and comfort to displaced and neglected companion animals and educate the public about the humane care of animals with the goal of reducing overpopulation.

Animals
11
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation

The nebraska state historical society foundation's mission is to support the preservation, interpretation and appreciation of nebraska history.

Arts & Culture
12
Nebraska Conservation Voters

Protect nebraska's natural legacy by educating voters, advocating for sound policies, and electing conservation champions.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest; the most unlike its peers is Dollys Legacy Animal Rescue. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

55 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. 55 of the 70 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/55
Grantees still filing
34/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $1,077,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONBEATRICE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $49,000 · Education+1 more: $17,000 · EducationHUMANE SOCIETY OF CALLAWAY CNTY KY: $69,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF CALLAWAY CN…SPRING CREEK PRAIRIE AUDUBON CENTER: $65,000 · OtherSPRING CREEK PRAIRIE AUDUBON …WILDLIFE RESCUE TEAM INC: $60,500 · OtherWILDLIFE RESCUE TEAM INCMARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY: $40,500 · OtherFIRST FAMILES NOW: $39,000 · OtherBEATRICE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $36,500 · OtherRICKY DAWKINS JR MEMORIAL: $34,000 · OtherHumane Society of Callaway Cnty KY CO Tom Ewing: $34,000 · OtherNEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $29,000 · OtherTHISTLE FARMS INC: $27,500 · OtherPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $40,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $39,500 · OtherLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $37,500 · OtherMAIN STREET BEATRICE INC: $30,500 · OtherNEBRASKA JOURNALISM TRUST: $30,000 · Other+18 more: $205,000 · Other+18 moreJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $310,000 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART MUSEUMGAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $58,500 · Arts & CultureGAGE COUNTY HISTO…COMMUNITY PLAYERS INC: $34,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY PLAYERS…NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF LIED LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS- NEBRASKA: $24,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreBEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $100,500 · AnimalsBEATRICE HUMA…RAPTOR CONSERVATION ALLIANCE INC: $46,000 · AnimalsRAPTOR CONSER…CAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $41,000 · AnimalsCAPITAL HUMAN…Friends of Pima Animal Care Center: $38,000 · AnimalsFriends of Pi…EPONA HORSE RESCUE: $35,000 · AnimalsEPONA HORSE R…PASADENA HUMANE: $20,000 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY ANIMAL MEDICINE PROJECT INC: $20,000 · AnimalsOGLALA PET PROJECT GOODMAN: $17,500 · AnimalsDOLLYS LEGACY ANIMAL RESCUE: $13,000 · Animals+7 more: $54,500 · Animals+7 morePRAIRIE PLAINS RESOURCE INST: $56,500 · EnvironmentNEBRASKA STATEWIDE ARBORETUM HANNA PINNEO: $47,500 · EnvironmentCUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentHARPETH CONSERVANCY: $20,000 · EnvironmentSOUTHEASTERN CAVE CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentNative American Heritage Association: $35,000 · Crime & LegalNEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $35,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $46,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Education$1,143,500Other$817,500Arts & Culture$481,000Animals$385,500Environment$164,000Crime & Legal$90,000Philanthropy$56,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $1,077,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $310,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $100,500 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetGAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $58,500 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetPRAIRIE PLAINS RESOURCE INST: $56,500 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetBEATRICE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $49,000 over 9y, 9.0% of budgetNEBRASKA STATEWIDE ARBORETUM HANNA PINNEO: $47,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetLincoln Community Foundation Inc: $46,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRAPTOR CONSERVATION ALLIANCE INC: $46,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetCAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $41,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY: $40,500 over 9y, 8.4% of budgetPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $39,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST FAMILES NOW: $39,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $38,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $37,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBEATRICE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $36,500 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetEPONA HORSE RESCUE: $35,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNative American Heritage Association: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PLAYERS INC: $34,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetMAIN STREET BEATRICE INC: $30,500 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $29,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF LIED LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS- NEBRASKA: $24,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNEBRASKA PEACE FOUNDATION: $23,500 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARPETH CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN CAVE CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMEETING PLACE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOGLALA PET PROJECT GOODMAN: $17,500 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN CITY LIBRARIES: $17,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFONTENELLE FOREST: $14,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDOLLYS LEGACY ANIMAL RESCUE: $13,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetThe Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWildhorse Ranch Rescue Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY CROPS: $7,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetNEBRASKA NO KILL CANINE RESCUE: $3,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BEATRICE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds GAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIE PLAINS RESOURCE INST ↗
  • Who funds BEATRICE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA STATEWIDE ARBORETUM HANNA PINNEO ↗
  • Who funds Lincoln Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds RAPTOR CONSERVATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MARI SANDOZ HERITAGE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S CITY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST FAMILES NOW ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Pima Animal Care Center ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC ↗
  • Who funds BEATRICE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds EPONA HORSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds Native American Heritage Association ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STREET BEATRICE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA JOURNALISM TRUST ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THISTLE FARMS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF LIED LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS- NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA PEACE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds CUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC ↗
  • Who funds HARPETH CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN CAVE CONSERVANCY INC ↗

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.

Lincoln Community Fou…Spreetail FoundationCooper FoundationAbel FoundationAssurity Life Foundat…Duncan Family TrustThe Sherwood Foundati…Bettenhausen Family F…Acklie Charitable Fou…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Nebraska Community Fo…Kinder Porter Scott F…
Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE36.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Spreetail Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Abel Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · The Sherwood Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herbert T Weston Jr and Marian S Weston Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 70 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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