· Private foundation
Margery P Weed Family Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRESH AIR FUND | $6,000 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | $6,000 |
| FARMS FOR CITY KIDS FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY | $4,500 |
| HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION | $4,500 |
| H2O FOR LIFE | $4,500 |
| THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION | $4,500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $4,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| TRICKLE UP | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC8× · 2017–2024 · $42k · revenue +41%
FRESH AIR FUND6× · 2019–2024 · $33k · revenue +16%- BCBIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS5× · 2019–2023 · $22k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- GGGLOBAL GIVING PROJECT #45215one grant, 2020 · $6k
- CRCAPITOL REGION EDUCATIONAL COUNCILone grant, 2021 · $6k
- TOTHE OBERLIN PROJECTone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
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.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.
Wmf is the leading independent organization devoted to safeguarding the world's most treasured places to enrich people's lives and build mutual understanding across cultures and communities. the organization is headquartered in new york…
Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds BIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds H2O FOR LIFE ↗
- Who funds TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Margery P Weed Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margery P Weed Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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