Skip to content
John and Jennifer Webley Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

John and Jennifer Webley Foundation

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.

$25k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$307kEducation$176kHuman Services$53kYouth Development$53kPhilanthropy$49kScience & Tech$13kInternational$9kEnvironment$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY$20,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE LIVING ROOM: $10k → 9%THE LIVING ROOM: $10k → 9%THE LIVING ROOM: $10k → 9%THE LIVING ROOM: $5k → 9%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

NY
NV
CA
KY
VA
DC
GA
FL
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$533k · 23 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
19

Total granted

$533k
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+3%

Still filing today

65%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $65k · revenue +85%
  • SR
    SANTA ROSA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $62k · revenue +51%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY
    6× · 2017–2023 · $46k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHARLES M SCHULZ MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +68%
  • SI
    STEWART INDIAN SCHOOL CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • CM
    COMMUNITY MATTERSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +51%
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
Sonoma Charter School

Sonoma charter school seeks to achieve academic excellence through engaged learning in a setting that involves students, teachers, and parents.

Education
2
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
3
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
4
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
5
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
6
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
7
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
8
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
9
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

—
10
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation

The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation exists to improve education by enriching teaching, inspiring learning, and advancing innovative programs that enable every student to succeed.

Philanthropy
11
Solano Community Foundation

The Solano Community Foundation strengthens Solano County by advancing equity, supporting nonprofit resilience, and expanding access to philanthropy. We serve as a community leader, responsive grantmaker, and trusted partner for donors who…

Philanthropy
12
Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm

Provide quality education for grades kindergarten through high school,as well as providing auxiliary educational programs to the students to strengthen their overall learning experience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Sonoma County; the most unlike its peers is Career Technical Education Foundation Inc. 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

31 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. 31 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $65,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTYSANTA ROSA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $61,850 · Arts & CultureSANTA ROSA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONCHARLES M SCHULZ MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLES M SCHULZ MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTERMUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $46,250 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTYNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INCSanta Rosa Players DBA 6th Street Playhouse: $13,000 · Arts & CultureSTART SOCO: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $52,500 · OtherSOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTHSSU ACADEMIC FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherSSU ACADEMIC FOUNDATIONSONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherSONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYSTEWART INDIAN SCHOOL CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM: $20,000 · OtherSTEWART INDIAN SCHOOL CULTURAL CENTE…COUNCIL ON AGING: $18,000 · OtherCOUNCIL ON AGINGSONOMA COUNTY MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherNEW VISION SANTA ROSA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+15 more: $55,850 · Other+15 moreWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $44,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDA…SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $26,000 · EducationSARAH LAWRENCE C…SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSANTA ROSA JUNIO…Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $9,000 · EducationCareer Technical…+3 more: $6,000 · Education+3 moreSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $18,775 · PhilanthropyTHE SCHOOL GARDEN NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LIVING ROOM CENTER: $35,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY MATTERS: $10,000 · Community ImprovementLime Foundation: $5,000 · Community ImprovementMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,500 · International
Arts & Culture$272,600Other$226,350Education$105,000Philanthropy$38,775Human Services$35,000Community Improvement$15,000International$8,500

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 budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $65,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSANTA ROSA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $61,850 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCHARLES M SCHULZ MUSEUM AND RESEARCH CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $46,250 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $44,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIVING ROOM CENTER: $35,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $26,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $18,775 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Rosa Players DBA 6th Street Playhouse: $13,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSTART SOCO: $11,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetTHE SCHOOL GARDEN NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY MATTERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VISION SANTA ROSA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $9,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA LAND TRUST: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLime Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSPACE STUDIES INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPEP Housing: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSONOMA ACADEMY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Redwood Arts Council: $500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

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.

Sonoma County Communi…Sonoma County Vintner…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…McNabb FoundationBethlehem Foundation …Trione FoundationWeinreb Pilecki Segal…The Heck FoundationEast Bay Community Fo…Exchange Bank Foundat…United Way of the Win…
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA36.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Bethlehem Foundation - Agy Main · Trione Foundation · Weinreb Pilecki Segal Foundation · The Heck Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Exchange Bank Foundation · United Way of the Wine Country

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 John and Jennifer Webley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Jennifer Webley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on John and Jennifer Webley’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home