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Martha J Weiner Charitable Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2021
17
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202021.

Environment$490kInternational$229kAnimals$147kFood & Nutrition$141kHousing & Shelter$105kCrime & Legal$100kHealth$87kEducation$20kOther$0
02FY2021 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
$65,087
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS$200,000
FEEDING AMERICA SAN DIEGO$132,938
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$130,804
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$115,508
C2ES CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY$100,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$100,000
FATHER JOE'S VILLAGES$89,238
SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY$89,151
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$65,087
US FUND FOR UNICEF$51,707
TOUCAN RESCUE RANCH$50,000
ARC OF SAN DIEGO$40,000
AUTISM SPEAKS$35,457
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND$20,000
US FUND FOR UNICEF$14,136
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–21, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ARC OF SAN DIEGO: $40k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
NY
MA
NV
CA
VA
MD
DC
AL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$602k · 6 repeat orgs$719k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
2

Total granted

$602k
$20k

Still filing today

83%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $699k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21
EnvironmentInternationalAnimalsHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $147k · revenue +39%
  • ST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $105k · revenue +32%
  • SD
    SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA
    2× · 2020–2021 · $97k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • UC
    US Committee for UNICEF
    one grant, 2020 · $16k
  • CF
    Center for Climate and Energy Solut
    one grant, 2020 · $4k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
5
Friends of the Earth

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…

Environment
6
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
7
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
8
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
11
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

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.

Crime & Legal
12
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Magic Yarn Project. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT — $200,000 · EnvironmentCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS …CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $115,508 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $70,087 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONFEEDING AMERICA SAN DIEGO — $140,938 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA SAN DIEGOC2ES CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY — $100,000 · OtherC2ES CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND…US Committee for UNICEF — $16,000 · OtherTHE ARC OF SAN DIEGO — $40,000 · OtherTHE ARC OF SAN DIEGOUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $20,000 · OtherUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND I…+2 more — $5,180 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $146,804 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRON…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $65,843 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND…SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA — $97,151 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HU…TOUCAN RESCUE RANCH INC — $50,000 · AnimalsTOUCAN RESCU…ST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC — $105,238 · ReligionST VINCEN…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $100,000 · Civil RightsAUTISM SPEAKS INC — $41,457 · HealthThe Magic Yarn Project — $6,000 · Health
Environment$385,595Other$322,118International$212,647Animals$147,151Religion$105,238Civil Rights$100,000Health$47,457

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SECRETARIAT — $200,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $146,804 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $115,508 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE INC — $105,238 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA — $97,151 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $70,087 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $65,843 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOUCAN RESCUE RANCH INC — $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC — $41,457 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF SAN DIEGO — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Magic Yarn Project — $6,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $1,180 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Martha J Weiner Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%your 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
    1report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Martha J Weiner Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Martha J Weiner Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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