Kansas · Private foundation
The Weary 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.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,492,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Weary Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 27 | $3.0M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $3.0M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $3.0M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $3.0M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $2.7M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $1.2M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $1.2M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $1.1M | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA of the Rockies | $1,750,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Junction City Family YMCA | $756,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Wareham Hall Renovation Fund | $750,000 | 3 | 7% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $600,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Foundation | $555,000 | 9 | 20% |
| Crisis Center Inc | $400,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $331,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Agingwell Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Riley County Humane Society Inc | $255,000 | 9 | 50% |
| Mile High United Way Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA of the Rockies | $1,750,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Junction City Family YMCA | $756,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Wareham Hall Renovation Fund | $750,000 | 3 | 7% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $600,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Foundation | $555,000 | 9 | 20% |
| Crisis Center Inc | $400,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $331,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Agingwell Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Riley County Humane Society Inc | $255,000 | 9 | 50% |
| Mile High United Way Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Breeder Release Adoption Service | $145,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Little Theater Foundation Inc | $128,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Flinthills Breadbasket Inc | $120,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Great Plains of Republic Co Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Supporters of Evergreen Theatre | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Symphony in the Flint Hills Inc | $55,000 | 8 | 1% |
| United Way of Junction City-Geary County | $50,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Flint Hills Discovery Center Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| No Stone Unturned Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Animals Inc | $35,000 | 9 | 19% |
| Big Lakes Foundation Inc | $31,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Davinci Academy of Arts and Science | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Weary Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Manhattan Community Foundation · Manhattan Fund - Caroline F Peine Charitable · Jellison Benevolent Society Inc · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Weary Family Foundation
- How much does The Weary Family Foundation give?
- The Weary Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $3,000,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Weary Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Human Services (21%), Health (20%).
- Who are The Weary Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: YMCA of the Rockies ($1.8M), Junction City Family YMCA ($756k), Wareham Hall Renovation Fund ($750k).
- Does The Weary Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Weary 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 The Weary Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Manhattan Fund - Caroline F Peine Charitable, Jellison Benevolent Society Inc.
- Where is The Weary Family Foundation based?
- The Weary Family Foundation is based in KS.
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