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Weaver Family Private 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.

$812k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
3%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,150
Largest grant, FY2025
$453,875
Organizations funded a year
37 to 48
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$5.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 3% of the organizations Weaver Family Private Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $531 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
Arts & CultureEducationCivil RightsInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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 arriving35$812k9%
FY202437$572k3%
FY202341$711k7%
FY202247$851k15%
FY202145$648k7%
FY202047$563k13%
FY201948$548k15%
FY201841$506k15%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$3.7MHuman Services$824kEducation$477kHealth$169kFood & Nutrition$130kEnvironment$105kInternational$86kCivil Rights$48kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
WY
IA
NJ
CA
KY
MD
AZ
DC

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Laguna Art Museum$2,258,515913%
Field Museum of Natural History$620,00090%
Assistance League of Laguna Beach$420,000913%
Berea College$178,00090%
Pitzer College$165,00090%
Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center$137,500720%
Laguna Food Pantry$119,70082%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$85,0005n/a
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$73,50090%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$72,00060%
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All grantees of Weaver Family Private Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Laguna Art Museum$2,258,515913%
Field Museum of Natural History$620,00090%
Assistance League of Laguna Beach$420,000913%
Berea College$178,00090%
Pitzer College$165,00090%
Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center$137,500720%
Laguna Food Pantry$119,70082%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$85,0005n/a
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$73,50090%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$72,00060%
Laguna Canyon Foundation$55,00071%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$50,00050%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$43,25090%
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$40,00070%
Columbia College Chicago$40,00070%
Writers Theatre Inc$37,50010%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$35,75060%
Ecology Center$35,05070%
Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center$34,60090%
Impact Giving$26,25053%
Beit T'Shuvah$25,20070%
The Night Ministry$25,00050%
Pathfinder International$25,00050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$22,00080%
Laguna Beach Live$20,00082%
Shanti Bhavan Children's Project Inc$18,00020%
Human Rights Watch Inc$12,50040%
South Coast Repertory Inc$12,00030%
Orkeeswa Inc$10,40011%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$10,00020%
Piven Theatre Workshop$9,80090%
California Institute of Technology$9,40090%
National Park Foundation$9,00050%
Alight$7,50030%
MuseIque$5,0001n/a
Sue Duncan Children's Center Inc$4,00040%
The Marine Mammal Center$4,00010%
Chicago Horticultural Society$3,30050%
Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation$2,70020%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$2,50010%
Laguna Dance Festival$2,50011%
William Penn University$2,50010%
Better Government Association Inc$2,50010%
Pacific Wildlife Project$1,1501n/a
Familyaid Boston Inc$1,01010%
Mpala Wildlife Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Laguna Playhouse$1,00010%
Opera Laguna$1,00011%
Xela AID Partnerships for Self Reliance$53110%
Charity Navigator$25030%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($871k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Weaver Family Private Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLaguna Art Museum: $2,258,515 over 9y, 13% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $620,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetAssistance League of Laguna Beach: $420,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetBerea College: $178,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPitzer College: $165,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLaguna Beach Cultural Arts Center: $137,500 over 7y, 20% of budgetLaguna Food Pantry: $119,700 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetHenry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery: $73,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Shakespeare Theater: $72,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLaguna Canyon Foundation: $55,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $43,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wooden Floor for Youth Movement: $40,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetColumbia College Chicago: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $37,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Foundation: $35,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEcology Center: $35,050 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center: $34,600 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetImpact Giving: $26,250 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $25,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Night Ministry: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPathfinder International: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $22,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna Beach Live: $20,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetShanti Bhavan Children's Project Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Coast Repertory Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOrkeeswa Inc: $10,400 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPiven Theatre Workshop: $9,800 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $9,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlight: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSue Duncan Children's Center Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $3,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCharles W Bowers Museum Corporation: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna Dance Festival: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWilliam Penn University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBetter Government Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamilyaid Boston Inc: $1,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMpala Wildlife Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Laguna Playhouse: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Laguna: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetXela AID Partnerships for Self Reliance: $531 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator: $250 over 3y, 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 47.

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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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA24.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Hanauer Family Foundation · Macgillivray Family Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · The Donald and Constance Sperling Foundation · Roberta Freeman Cox Charitable Foundation · The William Gillespie Foundation · The Bassman Family Charitable Trust · O L Halsell Foundation · Greater Horizons · Engle Family Foundation · Masson-Shaffer Family 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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Find your warmest path to Weaver Family Private Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Weaver Family Private Foundation

How much does Weaver Family Private Foundation give?
Weaver Family Private Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $812,275 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Weaver Family Private Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Human Services (15%), Education (8%).
Who are Weaver Family Private Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Laguna Art Museum ($2.3M), Field Museum of Natural History ($620k), Assistance League of Laguna Beach ($420k).
Does Weaver Family Private Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Weaver Family Private 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 Weaver Family Private Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, The Hanauer Family Foundation, Macgillivray Family Foundation.
Where is Weaver Family Private Foundation based?
Weaver Family Private Foundation is based in CA.

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 78 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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