Connecticut · Private foundation
The Weismann 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Weismann 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; $17k 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 | 21 | $53k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $62k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $77k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $56k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $51k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $58k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $76k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $86k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough T1d | $148,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Pierrepont School Inc | $81,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Greens Farms Academy Inc | $77,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | $23,850 | 8 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Near and Far Association Inc | $6,135 | 1 | 1% |
| Wake Forest University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Head Strong Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough T1d | $148,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Pierrepont School Inc | $81,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Greens Farms Academy Inc | $77,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | $23,850 | 8 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Near and Far Association Inc | $6,135 | 1 | 1% |
| Wake Forest University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Head Strong Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Piston Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends School of Baltimore Inc | $3,250 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hundred Club of Connecticutinc | $2,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Point Counterpoint Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Services Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| US Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($142k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Weismann Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Weismann Foundation
- How much does The Weismann Foundation give?
- The Weismann Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $53,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Weismann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Health (32%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are The Weismann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Breakthrough T1d ($148k), Pierrepont School Inc ($81k), Greens Farms Academy Inc ($78k).
- Does The Weismann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Weismann 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 Weismann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Weismann Foundation based?
- The Weismann Foundation is based in CT.
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