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The Weiner Nusim Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$346k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2026
17
Organizations funded FY2025
41%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$500
Largest grant, FY2026
$326,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 26
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
4
Total assets, FY2026
$2.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 41% of the organizations The Weiner Nusim Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionReligionOther
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
FY2026still arriving14$346k21%
FY202517$219k41%
FY202420$293k50%
FY202323$90k26%
FY202226$123k38%
FY202125$58k76%
FY202018$23k50%
FY201923$25k61%
84% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$620kEducation$115kArts & Culture$55kReligion$29kHealth$8kHuman Services$3kCrime & Legal$2kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
IL
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of The Weiner Nusim Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Friends of Magen David Adom$945,50050%
Central Synagogue$14,0007n/a
Lincoln University$10,00040%
Bowdoin College$10,00040%
Manhattanville University$7,50020%
Iona University$2,50010%
Theatre Development Fund Inc$2,09950%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$2,0001n/a
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$1,60050%
Brothers for Life$1,50020%
Westhampton Free Library$1,50030%
Feeding America$1,50030%
City Harvest Inc$1,27030%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$1,00010%
American Friends of Beit Hatfutsot D/B/A American Friends of Anu-Museum$1,00010%
Raphael House of San Francisco Inc$1,00010%
Temple Beth Torah$1,0002n/a
Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington Inc$1,0001n/a
Gary Israel Morris Robotics Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$75020%
Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief US$75010%
American Heart Association Inc$50030%
Read to Grow Inc$50010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$50010%
Action for Nature Inc$5001n/a
American Association of Museums$36560%
Brothers for Life$3601n/a
The Center for Jewish History Inc$35120%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$28020%
The American Friends of Museums in Israel$25010%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$25010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25020%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$25010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$25010%
The Actors' Fund of America$25010%
Suffolk County Historical Society$24040%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$20020%
Liberty Science Center$17510%
East End Hospice Inc$15010%
Temple Beth Israel of Port Washingt On$1001n/a
Feminist Majority Foundation$10010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$10010%
International Life Sciences Institute$10010%
Historic Districts Council Inc$5010%
Bard College$5010%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$2510%
Dorot Inc$2110%
Society of Illustrators Inc$1010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($202k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $945,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLincoln University: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetManhattanville University: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIona University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTheatre Development Fund Inc: $2,099 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers for Life: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWesthampton Free Library: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $1,270 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Beit Hatfutsot D/B/A American Friends of Anu-Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRaphael House of San Francisco Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetComic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief US: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRead to Grow Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Association of Museums: $365 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Jewish History Inc: $351 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $280 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Friends of Museums in Israel: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSuffolk County Historical Society: $240 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty Science Center: $175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeminist Majority Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Life Sciences Institute: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Districts Council Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBard College: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDorot Inc: $21 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety of Illustrators Inc: $10 over 1y, 0.0% 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 40.

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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.

Mutual of America FoundationNY12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mutual of America Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Weiner Nusim Foundation

How much does The Weiner Nusim Foundation give?
The Weiner Nusim Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $346,265 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does The Weiner Nusim Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are International (70%), Education (13%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are The Weiner Nusim Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: American Friends of Magen David Adom ($946k), Central Synagogue ($14k), Lincoln University ($10k).
Does The Weiner Nusim Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Weiner Nusim 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 Weiner Nusim Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mutual of America Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is The Weiner Nusim Foundation based?
The Weiner Nusim Foundation is based in CT.

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 114 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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