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Laurence S Weiss and Edith G Weiss Foundation Inc at a glance

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Laurence S Weiss and Edith G Weiss Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$185k
Granted FY2023
22
Grants FY2023
10
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$263kAnimals$109kReligion$77kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kPhilanthropy$10kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$3kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k19 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$3,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$24k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hadassah$70,000
Arena Stage$33,078
Holocaust Doc & Ed Ctr$25,394
Pacific Whale Fdn$6,650
Humane Soc of Broward Cty$5,500
Maui Food Bank$5,133
Individual grant recipient$5,000
PETA$4,500
Grey2KUSA$3,500
Int'l Wildlife Cons Network$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
Goodspeed Opera House$3,000
Yiddish Book Ctr$3,000
Theater J$3,000
Gentle Giants Draft Horses$2,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Grey2KUSA: $4k → 8%YIDDISH BOOK CENTER: $3k → 12%INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE: $3k → 8%MERCY FOR ANIMALS: $4k → 14%Pacific Whale Fdn: $7k → 9%Hadassah: $70k → 17%ARENA STAGE: $60k → 14%BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE: $3k → 11%LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE: $2k → 13%GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE: $3k → 7%SEA SHEPHERD CONS SOCIETY: $3k → 6%Gentle Giants Draft Horses: $3k → 6%GREY2KUSA: $3k → 8%Yiddish Book Ctr: $3k → 12%Int'l Wildlife Cons Network: $3k → 8%Maui Food Bank: $5k → 9%ASPCA: $3k → 17%Arena Stage: $33k → 14%Goodspeed Opera House: $3k → 7%Sea Shepherd Cons Soc: $3k → 6%YIDDISH BOOK CENTER: $2k → 12%ASPCA: $3k → 17%GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION: $10k → 15%GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE: $2k → 7%SEA SHEPHERD CONS SOCIETY: $3k → 6%YIDDISH BOOK CENTER: $2k → 12%ASPCA: $3k → 17%GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE: $2k → 7%SEA SHEPHERD CONS SOCIETY: $3k → 6%ARENA STAGE: $30k → 14%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $5k → 14%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $5k → 14%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $5k → 14%SIXTH AND I: $3k → 14%Sixth & I Hist Syn: $3k → 14%SIXTH AND I: $2k → 14%SIXTH AND I: $2k → 14%Theater J: $3k → 14%THEATRE J: $2k → 14%HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY: $6k → 13%THEATRE J: $2k → 14%Humane Soc of Broward Cty: $6k → 13%HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY: $5k → 13%HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY: $5k → 13%Holocaust Doc & Ed Ctr: $25k → 13%HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATIONEDUC CENTER: $25k → 13%HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATIONEDUC CENTER: $25k → 13%HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATIONEDUC CENTER: $25k → 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

ID
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
KS
DC
HI
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$357k · 28 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 18 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
12

Total granted

$357k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+34%

Still filing today

68%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
AnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalReligionOther
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

  • WD
    WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $123k · revenue +56%
  • HD
    HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION AND EDUCATION CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $75k · revenue +12%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $15k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • DD
    DOGTOLI DOGS RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • PC
    PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +42%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Societygraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +43%
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
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
3
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
4
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
5
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
6
Ric OBarrys Dolphin Project

For Education, Safety, Protection, Recovery, and Prevention From Cruelty for All Cetaceans Especially Dolphins

Animals
7
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
8
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
9
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
10
Hope for China Dogs Rescue

At Hope for China Dogs, we are committed to combating the cruel and inhumane practice of the dog meat trade in China. We believe that every dog deserves to live a life free from pain and suffering, and we are dedicated to rescuing and…

Animals
11
Jacksonville Humane Society Inc

The jacksonville humane society provides care, comfort and compassion to animals in need while engaging the hearts, hands and minds of our community to bring about an end to the killing of abandoned and orphaned shelter animals.

Animals
12
Humane World for Animals Inc

Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

29 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. 29 of the 53 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $123,078 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INCHOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION AND EDUCATION CENTER INCNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,869 · Arts & CultureHadassah: $70,000 · OtherHadassahHolocaust Doc & Ed Ctr: $25,394 · OtherHolocaust Doc & Ed CtrPETA: $16,040 · OtherPETAGrey2KUSA: $8,567 · OtherSEA SHEPHERD CONS SOCIETY: $7,500 · Other+25 more: $55,912 · Other+25 moreHUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $15,498 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCI…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $8,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICA…MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $6,030 · AnimalsMERCY FOR A…THE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK INC: $6,000 · AnimalsTHE INTERNA…LUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $4,060 · AnimalsLUCKY DOG A…100 PLUS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $4,000 · Animals100 PLUS AN…BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $3,000 · AnimalsBIG DOG RAN…Humane World for Animals International: $2,530 · Animals+4 more: $2,731 · AnimalsWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 · InternationalGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION: $8,736 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentSIXTH & I SYNAGOGUE INC: $7,000 · Religion
Arts & Culture$220,947Other$183,413Animals$52,349International$15,000Philanthropy$10,000Environment$9,736Religion$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $123,078 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $75,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $15,498 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION: $8,736 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIXTH & I SYNAGOGUE INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $6,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE NETWORK INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $5,133 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $4,060 over 2y, 0.1% of budget100 PLUS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLD COAST JAZZ SOCIETY INC: $2,742 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $2,530 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $1,102 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $1,015 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF HONOR INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $216 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLAM-A-THON INC: $202 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $127 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA7.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Laurence S Weiss and Edith G Weiss Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laurence S Weiss and Edith G Weiss Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 53 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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