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The Harold Wetterberg Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$210k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
56
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
47 to 57
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$1.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Harold Wetterberg Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CulturePublic 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving47$185k6%
FY202456$209k21%
FY202350$142k20%
FY202248$102k21%
FY202157$194k30%
FY202055$188k36%
FY201948$170k21%
FY201847$174k32%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$552kArts & Culture$276kAnimals$237kHealth$186kPhilanthropy$137kRecreation & Sports$59kHuman Services$48kReligion$36kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 69 grantees
All grantees of The Harold Wetterberg Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Veterinary Medical Foundation$173,00081%
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc$90,00070%
Rowan University Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Drew University$50,00020%
Atlantic Theater Company$49,00070%
Cornell University$47,50050%
The Drew O'Donoghue Fund Inc$31,50095%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$28,00040%
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated$22,00040%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$21,00080%
Encourage Kids Foundation$20,00030%
Asbury Park Little League Inc$19,500910%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$17,00090%
Jewish Community of Greater Stowe$16,61541%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$14,00090%
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc$14,00090%
Richard J Caron Foundation$12,00050%
Play With Jack Foundation Inc$11,500923%
Flemington Area Food Pantry Inc$10,50060%
Lincoln Memorial University$10,00020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$10,00010%
Wellesley College$10,00030%
Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County$9,50090%
Autism Family Services of Nj$8,50090%
Brooke Mulford Foundation Inc$8,5008n/a
Market Street Mission Inc$8,0006n/a
Lore School Parent Association$7,2505n/a
Homefront Inc$7,00060%
Concussion Legacy Foundation Inc$7,00030%
Womanspace Inc$7,00080%
Easel Animal Rescue League Inc$6,75060%
Community Karma$5,50032%
Mercy Center Corporation$5,00080%
The Paley Center for Media$5,00010%
Rutgers University Foundation$5,00010%
Neighborhood Cancer Connection$5,00010%
Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Co 1$4,50080%
Adalyn Rose Foundation$4,00060%
Oheb Shalom Cemetery Association$3,65041%
Algonquin Arts a New Jersey Nonprofit C$3,00010%
Mls Memorial Fund Inc$3,0003n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,00010%
Police Unity Tour Chapter X - Central Nj$3,00030%
Hilton Head Humane Association$2,50040%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$2,50030%
Good Grief Inc$2,50030%
Monmouth County Spca$2,50030%
Meals on Wheels of Mercer County Inc$2,00020%
The Janet Zilinski Memorial Fund$2,0002n/a
The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$2,00010%
The Great American Songbook Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Lawrence Township Education Foundation$2,00040%
Anchor House Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Mary's Place by the Sea Inc$2,00040%
Friends of the Jewish Museum Berlin$2,00011%
Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc$1,50030%
Ncso Charities Inc$1,50030%
Miracle League of Mercer County Inc$1,50020%
Folds of Honor Foundation$1,5003n/a
Hebrew College$1,20010%
Hugs for Brady Foundation$1,0002n/a
Conservation International Foundation$1,00010%
The Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$1,00020%
Food for Thought by the Sea Inc$1,0002n/a
Amelia Community Theatre Association Inc$50010%
Beaumont Health Foundation$50010%
Nassau Humane Society Inc$50010%
Curepsp Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($653k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Harold Wetterberg Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Veterinary Medical Foundation: $173,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetRoundabout Theatre Company Inc: $90,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRowan University Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDrew University: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAtlantic Theater Company: $49,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Drew O'Donoghue Fund Inc: $31,500 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated: $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEncourage Kids Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAsbury Park Little League Inc: $19,500 over 9y, 9.9% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $17,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community of Greater Stowe: $16,615 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $14,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRichard J Caron Foundation: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlay With Jack Foundation Inc: $11,500 over 9y, 23% of budgetFlemington Area Food Pantry Inc: $10,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLincoln Memorial University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Monmouth County: $9,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAutism Family Services of Nj: $8,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHomefront Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetConcussion Legacy Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomanspace Inc: $7,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEasel Animal Rescue League Inc: $6,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Karma: $5,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetMercy Center Corporation: $5,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Paley Center for Media: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Cancer Connection: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPrinceton Junction Volunteer Fire Co 1: $4,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAdalyn Rose Foundation: $4,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetOheb Shalom Cemetery Association: $3,650 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAlgonquin Arts a New Jersey Nonprofit C: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPolice Unity Tour Chapter X - Central Nj: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHilton Head Humane Association: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGood Grief Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMonmouth County Spca: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Mercer County Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Great American Songbook Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLawrence Township Education Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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.

Princeton Area Community Foundation IncNJ22.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · The Provident Bank Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Dardin Fund 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.

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About The Harold Wetterberg Foundation

How much does The Harold Wetterberg Foundation give?
The Harold Wetterberg Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $210,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Harold Wetterberg Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (16%), Animals (14%).
Who are The Harold Wetterberg Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Veterinary Medical Foundation ($173k), Roundabout Theatre Company Inc ($90k), Rowan University Foundation Inc ($50k).
Does The Harold Wetterberg Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Harold Wetterberg Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Harold Wetterberg Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Investors Foundation Inc.
Where is The Harold Wetterberg Foundation based?
The Harold Wetterberg Foundation is based in NJ.

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 143 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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