California · Private foundation
S Weldon Family 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.
- $43k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 68%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 22
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 68% of the organizations S Weldon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 2 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $97k | 68% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $56k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $60k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $54k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone House of Santa Barbara Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Grandma's House of Hope | $11,976 | 4 | 0% |
| Supporting the Taylor House Inc | $10,152 | 3 | 2% |
| Orange County Rescue Mission Inc | $6,150 | 4 | 0% |
| The Eli Home Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Little Angels Service Dogs | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Colette's Children's Home Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty Christian Schools Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Angel Food | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone House of Santa Barbara Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Grandma's House of Hope | $11,976 | 4 | 0% |
| Supporting the Taylor House Inc | $10,152 | 3 | 2% |
| Orange County Rescue Mission Inc | $6,150 | 4 | 0% |
| The Eli Home Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Little Angels Service Dogs | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Colette's Children's Home Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty Christian Schools Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Angel Food | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Connors Heroes Foundation | $1,236 | 2 | 0% |
| The Change Reaction | $1,180 | 1 | 0% |
| Student Lunchbox Inc | $1,090 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hope Alliance | $1,080 | 1 | 0% |
| Giving Children Hope | $1,033 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Youth Shelter | $1,010 | 1 | 0% |
| Orangewood Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Robynes Nest | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($319k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget S Weldon Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Deacon Charitable Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust · Angels Baseball Foundation Inc · O L Halsell Foundation · Orange County's United Way · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · California Community Foundation
How this is measured
About S Weldon Family Foundation
- How much does S Weldon Family Foundation give?
- S Weldon Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $43,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 22 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does S Weldon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (82%), Housing & Shelter (6%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are S Weldon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Cornerstone House of Santa Barbara Inc ($40k), Grandma's House of Hope ($12k), Supporting the Taylor House Inc ($10k).
- Does S Weldon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does S Weldon Family 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 S Weldon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation, The Devto Support Foundation.
- Where is S Weldon Family Foundation based?
- S Weldon Family Foundation is based in CA.
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