Illinois · Private foundation
James & Minerva Weiss Foundation
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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $698k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations James & Minerva Weiss Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $42k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $59k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $60k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $72,000 | 7 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $54,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois | $48,600 | 4 | 3% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $42,742 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Aspiritech Nfp | $7,675 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $72,000 | 7 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $54,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois | $48,600 | 4 | 3% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $42,742 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Aspiritech Nfp | $7,675 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $1,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Federation of American Scientists | $1,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Society for Yad Vashem Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Jewish Women's Archive Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $500 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($155k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James & Minerva Weiss Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About James & Minerva Weiss Foundation
- How much does James & Minerva Weiss Foundation give?
- James & Minerva Weiss Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James & Minerva Weiss Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), Philanthropy (18%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are James & Minerva Weiss Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($72k), National Multiple Sclerosis Society ($54k), Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois ($49k).
- Does James & Minerva Weiss Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James & Minerva Weiss Foundation 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 James & Minerva Weiss Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is James & Minerva Weiss Foundation based?
- James & Minerva Weiss Foundation is based in IL.
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