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Weej Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$273kHealth$13kRecreation & Sports$5kHuman Services$5k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,026
Median grant
3
States reached
$481k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT DAVIDS SCHOOL$5,000
ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$2,625
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$2,500
ADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION$1,026
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC$1,000
PROJECT BIKE TECH$500
PARK CHILDRENS DAY SCHOOL$500
SILVER SPURS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$250
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%BERKSHIRE SCHOOL: $25k → 12%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $300 → 16%SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $40k → 7%THE LEUK & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $350 → 9%ADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $3k → 17%RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $10k → 28%NATIONAL BREAST FOUNDATION: $50 → 5%FATHER JOHN V DOYLE SCHOOL: $100 → 7%PROJECT BIKE TECH: $500 → 9%THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%THE ALS ASSOCIATION: $1k → 7%KELLY BRUSH FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $500 → 8%BERKSHIRE SCHOOL: $15k → 12%SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $40k → 7%CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $1k → 17%RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $10k → 28%BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $500 → 8%SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $30k → 7%PARK CHILDRENS DAY SCHOOL: $500 → 17%RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $10k → 28%SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $15k → 7%PARK CHILDRENS DAY SCHOOL: $256 → 17%SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $10k → 7%THE CHAPIN SCHOOL: $30k → 17%ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $3k → 17%SAINT DAVIDS SCHOOL: $6k → 17%SAINT DAVIDS SCHOOL: $5k → 17%SAINT DAVIDS SCHOOL: $5k → 17%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $3k → 17%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $1k → 17%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $1k → 17%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

VT
NY
MA
OH
PA
RI
CO
VA
MD
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$246k · 9 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
10

Total granted

$246k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+83%

Still filing today

100%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SC
    SKIDMORE COLLEGE
    5× · 2018–2023 · $135k · revenue +18%
  • TB
    THE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +60%
  • RC
    RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +19%
  • MA
    MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +83%
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
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
3
Brooklyn Law School

To provide students with the knowledge, skills, ethical values needed for a career in law.

Education
4
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
The Branson School

To provide an academically exceptional education to students grade 9 through 12 in a warm, supportive, and nurturing environment.

Education
12
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint David's School; the most unlike its peers is Project Bike Tech. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $135,000 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGETHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · EducationTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INCRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $30,000 · EducationRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INCTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $30,000 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTDSouthern Methodist University: $15,500 · EducationSouthern Methodist University+4 more: $6,506 · EducationSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $15,500 · OtherSAINT DAVI…MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $5,000 · OtherMD ANDERSO…LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $4,510 · OtherLITTLE SIS…+5 more: $1,300 · OtherCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 · Recreation & SportsTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,026 · Recreation & SportsENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,625 · PhilanthropyAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $1,185 · HealthBLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $1,000 · Health
Education$257,006Other$26,310Recreation & Sports$6,526Philanthropy$2,625Health$2,185

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 budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $4,510 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,625 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $1,185 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,026 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARK CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL: $756 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BIKE TECH: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Ford FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Baird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ford FoundationNY13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Weej Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weej Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    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 23 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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