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Martha J Weiner Charitable Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its 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 its 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
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

AK
NY
MA
NV
CA
VA
MD
DC
AL
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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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
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 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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; 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 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. 14 of the 18 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)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Martha J Weiner Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Martha J Weiner Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%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
    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, 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.
    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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