New York · Private foundation
Weej 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,026
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $481k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Weej Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $70k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $44k | 88% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $27k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $45k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skidmore College | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Berkshire School Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Riverdale Country School Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chapin School Ltd | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint David's School | $15,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc | $4,510 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Endometriosis Foundation of America Inc | $2,625 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skidmore College | $135,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Berkshire School Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Riverdale Country School Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chapin School Ltd | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint David's School | $15,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc | $4,510 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Endometriosis Foundation of America Inc | $2,625 | 1 | 0% |
| The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $1,185 | 1 | 0% |
| Adaptive Sports Foundation Inc | $1,026 | 1 | 0% |
| Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Park Children's Day School | $756 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Bike Tech | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Silver Spurs Alumni Association Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Weej Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Weej Foundation
- How much does Weej Foundation give?
- Weej Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $13,401 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Weej Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (93%), Health (4%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are Weej Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Skidmore College ($135k), The Berkshire School Inc ($40k), Riverdale Country School Inc ($30k).
- Does Weej Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Weej 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 Weej Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Weej Foundation based?
- Weej Foundation is based in NY.
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