Minnesota · Private foundation
Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $479,337
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $1.5M | 84% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $238k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $300k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $215k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semcac | $479,337 | 1 | 3% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Howling for Wolves | $150,000 | 2 | 39% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Power of People Leadership Institute | $85,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Med | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semcac | $479,337 | 1 | 3% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Howling for Wolves | $150,000 | 2 | 39% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Power of People Leadership Institute | $85,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Med | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equamore Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Helping Paws Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Beyond the Dance Network | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($884k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation
- How much does Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation give?
- Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $1,547,970 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Health (30%), Animals (16%).
- Who are Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Semcac ($479k), Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($200k), Howling for Wolves ($150k).
- Does Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation based?
- Mary Ruth Weisel Foundation is based in MN.
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