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The Charles L Weyerhaeuser Foundation at a glance

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The Charles L Weyerhaeuser 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.

$342k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$270kInternational$219kHealth$185kHuman Services$128kPhilanthropy$123kRecreation & Sports$93kHousing & Shelter$69kCivil Rights$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $273k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH$37,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE$22,000
WOMEN WITHIN WESTERN USA$20,000
WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF$20,000
LAKELAND EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH$20,000
FRIENDS OF CHIKUMBUSO INC$20,000
CHARLESTON HOPE$20,000
GREATER ST LOUIS AREA FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$15,000
WOLF CONNECTION$15,000
CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL (CARBON180)$12,000
HOPE PREGNANCY MINISTRIES$12,000
MOVEMBER$10,000
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME$10,000
ACCT PHILLY$10,000
BIGFORK FOOD BANK$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $99k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOMAN WITHIN - INTERNATIONAL: $14k → 16%WOMAN WITHIN COLORADO INC: $14k → 12%LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME: $15k → 11%LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME: $12k → 11%LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME: $10k → 11%CHILD BRIDGE INC: $10k → 18%TEEN MOTHER CHOICES INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 8%LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME: $8k → 11%CHILD BRIDGE INC: $6k → 18%TEEN MOTHER CHOICES INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 8%TEEN MOTHER CHOICES INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 8%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

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MN
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WI
MI
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MA
OR
WY
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
MD
NC
SC
DC
HI
TX
FL
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$941k · 22 repeat orgs$575k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
25

Total granted

$941k
$422k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-1%

Still filing today

64%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalEducationHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP
    5× · 2020–2024 · $90k · revenue +49%
  • FO
    Friends of Chikumbuso Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $88k · revenue +35%
  • LC
    LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $48k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • AS
    Abaco Strong Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $61k · revenue -39%
  • SS
    STEADFAST STANDING FIRM AGAINST YOUTH HOMELESSNESSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +126% · 44% of their budget
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
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
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
2
Women's Rights Without Frontiers International

Women's rights without frontiers, international ("wrwf- or "the organization") is a nonprofit entity supporting the rights of women and girls, first in china, then in other countries' communities. the organization was founded by regina…

International
3
Women's World Banking Inc

The mission of women's world banking is to expand the economicassets, participation and power of low-income women and theirhouseholds by helping them access financial services, knowledge andmarkets. for more information, see schedule o.

International
4
The Center for Women and Families Inc

To help victims of intimate partner abuse or sexual violence become survivors through supportive services, community education and cooperative partnerships that foster hope, promote self-sufficiency and rebuild lives.

Human Services
5
Women for Women International

In countries affected by conflict and war, women for women international (women for women) supports the most marginalized women to earn and save money, improve health and well-being, influence decisions in their home and community, and…

International
6
Church World Service Inc

Church world service, inc. is a private, voluntary faith-based organization with 37 member communions that transformscommunities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.

International
7
National Women's Shelter Network Inc

Our mission is to advance the status of women,youth,children and families experiencing homelessness in our country, and the womens, youth and family shelters and safe havens that serve them, and end and prevent homelessness. we do so by:…

Housing & Shelter
8
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
9
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
10
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
11
Hope's Promise Inc

To strengthen families through ethical, christ-centered foster care, adoption, and global orphan care.

Human Services
12
Worthwhile Wear Inc

Worthwhile wear exists to reach and restore women that have been affected by human trafficking, both labor and sex trafficking, by providing them with comprehensive care, which includes housing, employment, counseling, and various other…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cradles to Crayons Inc; the most unlike its peers is Abaco Strong Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 57 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
21/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKELAND EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH: $131,000 · OtherLAKELAND EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCHGREATER ST LOUIS AREA FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $87,000 · OtherGREATER ST LOUIS AREA FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESWOLF CONNECTION: $77,000 · OtherWOLF CONNECTIONWOMEN WITHIN WESTERN USA: $60,000 · OtherWOMEN WITHIN WESTERN USAVENERATION CHURCH: $44,500 · OtherNEW COMMUNITY CHURCH: $37,000 · OtherSTEADFAST STANDING FIRM AGAINST YOUTH HOMELESSNESS: $40,000 · Other+30 more: $438,500 · Other+30 moreLIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC: $47,500 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE…CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO…CHILD BRIDGE INC: $15,500 · Human ServicesCHILD BRID…WOMAN WITHIN SOUTH CENTRAL USA FORMERLY CRICLES OF WOMEN SOUTH CEN: $14,000 · Human ServicesWOMAN WITH…WOMAN WITHIN COLORADO INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesWOMAN WITH…Woman Within International LTD: $14,000 · Human ServicesWoman With…TEEN MOTHER CHOICES INTERNATIONAL: $11,000 · Human ServicesTEEN MOTHE…WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $90,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWORLD BIC…St Louis Police Foundation: $40,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSt Louis …Friends of Chikumbuso Inc: $88,000 · PhilanthropyAbaco Strong Inc: $61,000 · InternationalFranciscan Works: $20,000 · InternationalPOLARIS PROJECT: $5,000 · InternationalHOPE PREGNANCY MINISTRIES OF KALISPELL MONTANA INC: $44,500 · HealthTRI-COUNTY CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $20,800 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationCHARLESTON HOPE: $25,000 · EducationFirst Point Volleyball Foundation: $6,000 · Education
Other$915,000Human Services$141,000Public Safety & Disaster$130,000Philanthropy$88,000International$86,000Health$85,300Education$71,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $90,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Chikumbuso Inc: $88,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetAbaco Strong Inc: $61,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC: $47,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetHOPE PREGNANCY MINISTRIES OF KALISPELL MONTANA INC: $44,500 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSTEADFAST STANDING FIRM AGAINST YOUTH HOMELESSNESS: $40,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetBIGFORK FOOD BANK INC: $28,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $27,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHARLESTON HOPE: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIGFORK ACES: $22,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTRI-COUNTY CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $20,800 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFranciscan Works: $20,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSAVED ME INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetHAWAII PET NETWORK INC: $18,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD BRIDGE INC: $15,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLATHEAD WARMING CENTER INC: $14,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWOMAN WITHIN SOUTH CENTRAL USA FORMERLY CRICLES OF WOMEN SOUTH CEN: $14,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetWoman Within International LTD: $14,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEYERHAEUSER FAMILY FOUNDATIONINC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTEEN MOTHER CHOICES INTERNATIONAL: $11,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetOASIS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetElyssas Mission NFP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone Community Outreach: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAD LAKE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Point Volleyball Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPOLARIS PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWyoming Rescue Mission: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLE GEMS: $2,500 over 1y, 12% 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.

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.

Whitefish Community F…First Interstate Banc…Gianforte Family Char…Montana Community Fou…AbbVie FoundationEdward Jones Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…
Whitefish Community Foundation IncMT15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Montana Community Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Charles L Weyerhaeuser Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles L Weyerhaeuser Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Charles L Weyerhaeuser 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 57 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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