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Weber 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.

$146k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$54k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Housing & Shelter$326kFood & Nutrition$255kEducation$138kHuman Services$111kPhilanthropy$68kInternational$48kHealth$21kReligion$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $104k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEIGHBORS IN NEED$54,000
ESPERANZA ACADEMY$50,000
MCCNY CHARITIES$10,000
MERRIMAC HEIGHTS ACADEMY$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$5,000
KEY WEST WILDLIFE CENTER$5,000
ANDOVER COMMUNITY TRUST$5,000
BEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS$2,500
MELMARK$2,000
WOMANKIND$2,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SA HOPE CENTER: $3k → 16%BELKNAP HOUSE: $4k → 9%SA HOPE CENTER: $500 → 16%HIPS: $1k → 14%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $3k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $1k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $500 → 16%PINE STREET INN: $250 → 16%PROFESSIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT: $500 → 10%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

NH
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
HI
LA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Weber Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Weber Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$857k · 21 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
31

Total granted

$857k
$129k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+10%

Still filing today

67%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesEducationPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • NEIGHBORS IN NEED INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $246k · revenue +803%
  • LAZARUS HOUSE INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $210k · revenue +4%
  • ESPERANZA ACADEMY INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $88k · revenue +464%

Funded once

  • EC
    ESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +30%
  • GG
    GLOBAL GIVING
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
  • TR
    TEAM RUBICON INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +10%
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
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
2
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
3
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
4
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

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5
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
6
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
7
House of Hope Housing Inc

To promote improved social and economic conditions of families who are or who have recently been homeless; to promote, develop, and manage affordable housing for families and to assist in carrying out the charitable purposes of house of…

Housing & Shelter
8
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
9
Partnership Housing Inc

Partnership housing, inc. brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Housing & Shelter
10
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc

To help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.

Human Services
11
Horizons for Homeless Children

Hhc's mission is to improve the lives of homeless children and their families. hhc provides homeless children in massachusetts with the nurturing, stimulation and opportunities for early education and play that all children need to learn…

Human Services
12
Enterprise Community Investment Inc

All our efforts support our strategic goals to increase housing supply, advance racial equity and build resilience and upward mobility.the organization raises private capital through investment and by forming effective partnerships.…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 56 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
27/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAZARUS HOUSE INC: $209,747 · Housing & ShelterLAZARUS HOUSE INCROSIE'S PLACE INC: $21,000 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S PLACE INCESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT…ANDOVER COMMUNITY TRUST: $18,500 · Housing & ShelterANDOVER COMMUNITY TRUSTFAMILY PROMISE INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORS IN NEED INC: $246,216 · Food & NutritionNEIGHBORS IN NEED INC+1 more: $7,000 · Food & NutritionKINDNESS COLLABORATIVE: $60,000 · OtherKINDNESS COLLABORATIVEMCCNY Charities Inc: $42,524 · OtherMCCNY Charities IncIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $30,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYSALVATION ARMY: $12,600 · OtherGLOBAL GIVING: $12,000 · OtherLawrence General Hospital: $10,000 · Other+25 more: $69,542 · Other+25 moreESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $87,575 · EducationESPERANZA ACADE…MERRIMAC HEIGHTS ACADEMY INC: $27,500 · EducationMERRIMAC HEIGHT…ELEVATED THOUGHT INC: $18,500 · EducationELEVATED THOUGH…+2 more: $4,500 · EducationPINE STREET INN INC: $9,878 · Human ServicesFirewheel STEM Institute: $5,000 · Human ServicesBelknap House: $4,000 · Human ServicesSA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $3,000 · Human ServicesHIPS: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 · InternationalTEAM RUBICON INC: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSOLDIERS' ANGELS: $3,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC: $2,045 · Public Safety & Disaster
Housing & Shelter$281,747Food & Nutrition$253,216Other$266,666Education$138,075Human Services$23,378International$15,500Public Safety & Disaster$15,045

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 budgetNEIGHBORS IN NEED INC: $246,216 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $209,747 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $87,575 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMERRIMAC HEIGHTS ACADEMY INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetESSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetELEVATED THOUGHT INC: $18,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetANDOVER COMMUNITY TRUST: $18,500 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLawrence General Hospital: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $9,878 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS COMMUNITY SERVICES I: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEOPLES PANTRY: $7,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEY WEST WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFirewheel STEM Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA GIVES INC: $4,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelknap House: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSA CHRISTIAN HOPE RESOURCE CNTR INC DBA SA HOPE CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $2,637 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTER SEASON FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ST BERNARD PROJECT INC: $2,045 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOTTEY COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES INC: $1,030 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREGENERATIVE EDUCATION CENTERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FIGHTING BACK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $125 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.

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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Rogers Family Foundat…Essex County Communit…Cummings Foundation G…Artemas W Stearns Tru…Josephine G Russell T…Demoulas FoundationAbbot & Dorothy H Ste…RCB Charitable Founda…Aaf Charitable Founda…Salem Five Charitable…Arbella Insurance Fou…
Eastern Bank FoundationMA20× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Rogers Family Foundation · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Artemas W Stearns Trust · Josephine G Russell Trust · Demoulas Foundation · Abbot & Dorothy H Stevens Foundation · RCB Charitable Foundation Inc · Aaf Charitable Foundation · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Weber Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weber Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Lawrence General Hospital: 41% of income from government
  • Partners in Child Development Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Neighbors in Need Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Weber Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Weber Family 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.

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 56 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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