· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $224k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $1.0M
- $250k+2 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - WEARY FDTN ENDOWED CHAIR #484071 | $1,492,000 |
| WAREHAM HALL RENOVATION FUND | $250,000 |
| KSU FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE - FUND C31491 | $160,000 |
| KSU BEACH MUSEUM OF ART ENDOWMENT - FUND C53370 | $150,000 |
| KSU FOUNDATION MCCAIN AUDITORIUM ENDOWMENT - FUND C53375 | $150,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| KSU FOUNDATION - FUND D50834 | $100,000 |
| THE HOMECARE & HOSPICE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| JUNCTION CITY FAMILY YMCA | $100,000 |
| KSU FOUNDATION - FUND C18010 | $100,000 |
| CL HOOVER OPERA HOUSE | $50,000 |
| THE CRISIS CENTER INC | $35,000 |
| THE CRISIS CENTER INC - BUILDING FUND | $30,000 |
| RILEY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY | $30,000 |
| KSU FOUNDATION - FUND F40102 | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $756k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
42 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
YMCA OF THE ROCKIES5× · 2017–2021 · $1.8M · revenue +80%- JCJUNCTION CITY FAMILY YMCA9× · 2017–2025 · $756k · revenue +246%
- WHWAREHAM HALL RENOVATION FUND3× · 2023–2025 · $750k · revenue +207%
Funded once
- OHOHIO HEALTH FOUNDATION JANET W BAY ENDOWED CHAIR FUNDone grant, 2022 · $1.5M
- AIAGINGWELL INCone grant, 2021 · $300k · revenue -97%
- KFKSU Foundation - McCainone grant, 2020 · $50k
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.
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.
The kansas humane society is a community resource for pets and people, dedicated to enhancing the welfare of all companion animals.
To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…
Foster and support amateur sports competition
The vision of the Association is optimal health for Kansans. The Association's mission is to be the leading advocate and resource for members.
To bring expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance and hope to people who are affected by serious illness or by grief.
To protect and preserve lands of natural, ecological, scenic, historic, agricultural, or recreational significance in kansas.
Improve the health of all kansans through nonpartisan research, education and engagement that support effective policymaking.
The foundation is organized to secure gifts of money or property in efforts of advancing education and/or research; therefore, providing assistance in furthering the mission of kansas wesleyan university.
Ucare kansas will improve the health of our members through innovative services and partnerships across communities.
Promote and provide quality healthcare for the general commuinty of Jefferson County
Wesley towers, inc. is a not-for-profit continuing care retirement community that is a leader in providing comprehensive health and retirement services to the hutchinson/reno county community for over 40 years.
Organization provides medical education to students and residents, patient care, and conducts research.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 48 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds YMCA OF THE ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds JUNCTION CITY FAMILY YMCA ↗
- Who funds WAREHAM HALL RENOVATION FUND ↗
- Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
- Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CRISIS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AGINGWELL INC ↗
- Who funds RILEY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds BREEDER RELEASE ADOPTION SERVICE ↗
- Who funds FLINTHILLS BREADBASKET INC ↗
- Who funds Great Plains of Republic Co Inc ↗
- Who funds Symphony in the Flint Hills Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF JUNCTION CITY-GEARY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds FLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Weary Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Weary Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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