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Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr

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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
76
Grants FY2025
63
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$311,000
Organizations funded a year
49 to 76
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
19
Total assets, FY2025
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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
FY2025still arriving74$706k20%
FY202463$666k19%
FY202373$766k15%
FY202276$846k41%
FY202169$685k23%
FY202064$600k38%
FY201949$445k18%
FY201851$342k27%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.4MArts & Culture$977kEnvironment$640kHealth$361kFood & Nutrition$265kRecreation & Sports$217kCommunity Improvement$166kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DE
NC
SC
DC
HI
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 109 grantees
All grantees of Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Concord Academy$515,00090%
Ridley College Fund USA Inc$220,00078%
St Catherine's School Foundation$203,00041%
The Richmond Symphony$155,00090%
Virginia Squash Racquets Association Inc$147,575925%
Johns Hopkins University$121,00070%
Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio$120,00031%
Cleveland Botanical Garden$110,00041%
Dana-Farber Inc$86,00010%
University Circle Incorporated$84,50090%
Children's Miracle Network$76,20030%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$64,00010%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$59,00090%
University of Chicago$57,50060%
Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation$50,000123%
Mainframe Studios$50,00031%
The Richmond Ballet$35,00090%
Willowbank Foundation USA Inc$35,000164%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$34,50070%
Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc$32,00030%
Friends of Newburyport Trees Inc$27,5002n/a
1708 Gallery Inc$27,00093%
The Howard University$25,00030%
The Trustees of Princeton University$24,00050%
Entrepreneurship Education Consortium Inc$22,00027%
ART 180 Inc$21,50091%
Judson Foundation$21,00020%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$21,00090%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$20,50030%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$20,00010%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$20,00040%
Simpson College$20,00020%
East Cleveland Farmers Market Preservation Society$20,00017%
Skidmore College$20,00020%
Salida Hospital Foundation$20,0001n/a
Mountain Family Center$19,00050%
Dent Education Inc$18,00071%
Givedirectly Inc$17,00050%
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Foundation$16,00035%
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc$15,50090%
Sheltering Arms Foundation$15,00020%
Biddeford Pool Conservation Trust$15,0001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$15,00060%
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden$15,00030%
Frostburg State University Foundat$13,50010%
Brenton Arboretum Inc$13,50031%
The Wilderness Society$11,50040%
Flintridge Center$11,50040%
Colorado Firecamp Inc$10,0001n/a
Science Center of Iowa$10,00010%
Larkin Street Youth Services$10,00060%
Cady Learning Center Foundation$10,000167%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,00010%
Continental Divide Trail Coalition$10,00011%
Chinese Historical Society of America$10,00050%
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart$10,0006n/a
Jumpstart Inc$10,00020%
The Netherland-America Foundation Inc$10,00020%
The California Desert Land Conservancy$10,00050%
Colorado Outward Bound School$8,00080%
That Can Be Me Inc$8,00080%
Des Moines Metro Opera Inc$7,50030%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$7,50030%
The Agecroft Association$7,00070%
St Paul's School$6,75090%
Claremont McKenna College$6,75090%
Biddeford Pool Community Club$6,00062%
Colorado Headwaters Land Trust$6,00021%
Montessori School of Wooster Inc$6,00030%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$6,00060%
Bratenahl Historical Society$6,0002n/a
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc$6,0001n/a
Philanthropy Ohio$5,60570%
Cinema Napa Valley$5,00013%
WGBH Educational Foundation$5,00040%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00010%
San Francisco Food Bank$5,00020%
St Francis Healthcare Foundation of Hawaii$5,00010%
Salisbury House Foundation$5,00050%
Protechos Inc$5,00011%
Georgia Research Alliance Inc$5,00010%
Trustees of Boston University$5,00040%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$4,00040%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$3,50010%
Sustainable Molokai$3,00010%
Camfed USA Foundation$3,00020%
Front Steps Inc$3,00010%
City Improvement Society of Newburyport$2,500110%
Friends of Animals Inc$2,50010%
Winter Park Horseman's Association$2,00021%
Iowa Law School Foundation$2,00010%
North East Trees Inc$2,0001n/a
Des Moines Community Playhouse$2,00020%
Bratenahl Community Foundation$2,00021%
Outward Bound Adventures$1,50020%
American Camping Foundation Inc$1,50013%
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$1,0001n/a
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop$1,00011%
Emory University$1,00010%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$1,00010%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$1,00010%
Dignity and Power Now$75010%
Helper Foundation$7501n/a
Mindright Inc$50010%
Shelter Tech$5001n/a
Palmetto Place Inc$5001n/a
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation$50010%
Community Housing Partnership$50010%
Chewonki Foundation Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 74 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 97 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConcord Academy: $515,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRidley College Fund USA Inc: $220,000 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetSt Catherine's School Foundation: $203,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Richmond Symphony: $155,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetVirginia Squash Racquets Association Inc: $147,575 over 9y, 25% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $121,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio: $120,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCleveland Botanical Garden: $110,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetDana-Farber Inc: $86,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity Circle Incorporated: $84,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Miracle Network: $76,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $64,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $59,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Des Moines Public Art Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetMainframe Studios: $50,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetThe Richmond Ballet: $35,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWillowbank Foundation USA Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $34,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Western Reserve Inc: $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget1708 Gallery Inc: $27,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetThe Howard University: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEntrepreneurship Education Consortium Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetART 180 Inc: $21,500 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetJudson Foundation: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $21,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $20,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSimpson College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast Cleveland Farmers Market Preservation Society: $20,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSkidmore College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Family Center: $19,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDent Education Inc: $18,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCathedral of the Sacred Heart Foundation: $16,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetLewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc: $15,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSheltering Arms Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Des Moines Botanical Garden: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFrostburg State University Foundat: $13,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBrenton Arboretum Inc: $13,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFlintridge Center: $11,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetScience Center of Iowa: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCady Learning Center Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 67% 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 97.

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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.

Meredith Corporation FoundationIA22.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Meredith Corporation Foundation · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · Bookey Family Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Brenton Foundation · John Ruan Foundation Trust · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · EMC Insurance Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Thomas & Linda Koehn Foundation · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust · Dominion Energy Charitable 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 Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr

How much does Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr give?
Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr reported 76 grants totaling $1,017,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 76 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Philanthropy (23%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Concord Academy ($515k), Ridley College Fund USA Inc ($220k), St Catherine's School Foundation ($203k).
Does Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr 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 Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Meredith Corporation Foundation, Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly, Bookey Family Foundation.
Where is Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr based?
Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr is based in VA.

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 186 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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