· Private foundation
The Weitzel Family Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k53 grants · $119k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIELDSTONE FARM | $15,000 |
| THE OCEAN CLEAN UP | $9,000 |
| ANIMAL CARE CENTER OF ST JOHN | $5,500 |
| THE CLEVELAND METROPARKS | $5,000 |
| CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE | $5,000 |
| ST CHRISTOPHER'S BY THE RIVER | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| PLAYHOUSE SQUARE | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE VI NATIONAL PARKS | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF RAIL PARK | $5,000 |
| OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH | $4,000 |
| CAT TALES ADOPTION CENTER | $3,500 |
| GIFFT HILL SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| A KID AGAIN | $2,600 |
| CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK | $2,500 |
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 (FY21–24, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC3× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +20%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC3× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +59%- TGTHE GATHERING PLACE3× · 2022–2024 · $9k · revenue +12%
Funded once
ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKESgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +74%- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2022 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
Mission: to protect animals and build connections between pets and people through advocacy and education. vision: leading and guiding a humane lake county core values: compassion for pets and people. engagement through innovative programs,…
The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.
As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
How this is measured
38 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. 38 of the 80 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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds Animal Care Center Of St John Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
- Who funds A KID AGAIN INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ↗
- Who funds GIFFT HILL SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE RAIL PARK ↗
- Who funds AVENUES TO INDEPENDENCE ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST OHIO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds ST JOHN RESCUE 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.
Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Weitzel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Weitzel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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