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The Weisman 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.

$200k
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.7MPhilanthropy$395kRecreation & Sports$224kArts & Culture$89kEducation$54kHuman Services$53kCivil Rights$32kInternational$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k46 grants · $85k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $105k
$1,500
Median grant
13
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION$105,000
LIEBER INSTITUTE$10,000
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$5,600
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$5,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$5,000
ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA$5,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSN$5,000
RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$3,000
MORSELIFE FOUNDATION$3,000
PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS$3,000
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$3,000
BASKIN PALMER EYE INST$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$3,000
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MISSION BLUE FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%JCC RANCH CAMP: $1k → 6%MISSION BLUE FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $2k → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $500 → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $500 → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $500 → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $500 → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $500 → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $500 → 13%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $500 → 13%HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $500 → 11%CANINE ASSISTANTS: $500 → 13%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 9%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 9%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 9%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 9%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 9%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 9%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 9%IMPACT A LIFE FOUNDATION: $925 → 9%IMPACT A LIFE FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%IMPACT A LIFE FOUNDATION: $275 → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%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

VT
WA
IL
WI
NY
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
LA
GA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 73 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
39

Total granted

$2.5M
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+20%

Still filing today

56%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NA
    NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $738k · revenue +60%
  • FO
    FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $571k · revenue +93%
  • Northwestern University
    4× · 2018–2023 · $214k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON--WRONG ENTRY
    one grant, 2023 · $17k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • PA
    PADI AWARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +3%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
9
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
12
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mountain States Children's Home. 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

66 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. 66 of the 124 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/66
Grantees still filing
47/66
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $737,700 · OtherNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSIONNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $323,350 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION+78 more: $378,195 · Other+78 moreFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $571,200 · HealthFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATRO…THE LIEBER INSTITUTE INC: $115,000 · HealthTHE LIEBER INSTITUTE INCTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $40,000 · Health+7 more: $25,145 · HealthNorthwestern University: $213,850 · Recreation & SportsNorthwest…Innovative Giving Enhancement: $17,750 · Arts & CulturePALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO: $10,500 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE THEATRE GROUP: $3,500 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $8,775 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC: $67,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $3,900 · Philanthropy+2 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $17,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · EducationFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $5,500 · EducationKAPPA ALPHA THETA FOUNDATION INC: $2,550 · EducationCornell University: $2,500 · EducationLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · Education+2 more: $1,300 · EducationMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesCANINE ASSISTANTS INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesMISSION BLUE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesMountain States Children's Home: $3,500 · Human ServicesIMPACT A LIFE FOUNDATION: $1,700 · Human Services+3 more: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$1,439,245Health$751,345Recreation & Sports$213,850Arts & Culture$76,525Philanthropy$73,900Education$37,850Human Services$31,200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $737,700 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $571,200 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNorthwestern University: $213,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIEBER INSTITUTE INC: $115,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC: $67,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $26,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetInnovative Giving Enhancement: $17,750 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOUTREACH UNITED RESOURCE CENTER INC: $16,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $12,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $12,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $12,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $9,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc: $7,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $5,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE ASSISTANTS INC: $5,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $4,995 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO CROSS DISABILITY COALITION: $4,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $3,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMountain States Children's Home: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE THEATRE GROUP: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA ALPHA THETA FOUNDATION INC: $2,550 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREX FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPADI AWARE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTAKE NOTE COLORADO: $2,275 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Palm Bch County Public Library Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOW FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF DENVER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLARA MARTIN CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LIBRARY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL CANCER ASSOCIATION (USA) CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLWETHER HOUSING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds THE LIEBER INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds Innovative Giving Enhancement ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH UNITED RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CANINE ASSISTANTS INC ↗

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationRose Community Founda…Mile High United Way …The Colorado Health F…Vanguard Charitable E…Jewish Communal FundThe Ayco Charitable F…American Endowment Fo…Baird Foundation IncSilicon Valley Commun…Raymond James Charita…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO17.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Health Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 Weisman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Weisman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Lieber Institute Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Clara Martin Center Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

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 124 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home