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Weir 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.

$131k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$219kYouth Development$139kHealth$123kArts & Culture$88kAnimals$70kReligion$69kEducation$49kHousing & Shelter$31kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k30 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$35k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$25,000
FRIENDS CLUB$15,000
HUMANE RESCUE ALLIANCE$15,000
MAST GENES RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
WALTERS ART MUSEUM$6,000
SALVATION ARMY$4,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$4,000
LLS$4,000
ANNE ARUNDEL HOSPITAL$4,000
RED CROSS$4,000
WASHINGTON COLLEGE 1782$3,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOC NATL CAPITAL AREA$3,000
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART$2,000
SULTANA EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Family Counseling Service: $3k → 17%Family Counseling Service: $3k → 17%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES: $3k → 17%SAFEPLACE: $2k → 10%SAFEPLACE: $2k → 10%SAFEPLACE: $2k → 10%COALITION OF TX WITH DISABILITIES: $1k → 10%COALITION OF TX WITH DISABILITIES: $1k → 10%COALITION OF TEXANS WITH DISABILITI: $1k → 10%COALITION OF TEXANS WITH DISABILITI: $1k → 10%ARCIL: $1k → 10%ARCIL: $1k → 10%ARCIL: $1k → 10%ARCIL: $1k → 10%ARCIL: $1k → 10%ARCIL: $1k → 10%ARCIL: $1k → 10%ARCIL: $1k → 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

NY
IA
IN
PA
CO
VA
MD
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 70 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

70 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
20

Total granted

$1.2M
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+98%

Still filing today

33%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WH
    WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +67%
  • CO
    CARITAS OF AUSTIN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +43%
  • BS
    BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $14k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • BH
    BRADLEY HILLS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WA
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • FP
    First Presbyterian Church
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
2
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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3
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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4
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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5
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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10
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
11
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
12
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Military Order of the Purple Heart of the Usa Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 90 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $183,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $107,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWalter's Art Museum: $74,000 · OtherWalter's Art MuseumFRIENDS CLUB: $70,000 · OtherFRIENDS CLUBSalvation Army: $55,000 · Other+73 more: $583,000 · Other+73 moreWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $65,000 · AnimalsFREEDOM CENTER TEXAS: $18,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE: $9,000 · Human ServicesARCIL INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesCOALITION OF TEXANS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesMARCH OF DIMES INC: $9,000 · HealthRETINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $7,000 · HealthTRAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $6,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,000 · HealthBENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · ReligionNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $12,000 · Recreation & SportsMILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE USA INC: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,072,000Animals$65,000Human Services$39,000Health$23,000Religion$14,000Recreation & Sports$12,000Public Benefit$10,000

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 budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $65,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $26,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM CENTER TEXAS: $18,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLE FARM INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVolunteer Services Council for Austin State School: $10,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetMILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE USA INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetARCIL INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS TEXAS INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetRETINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART INC: $7,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTRAVIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S COLLEGE: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION OF TEXANS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSULTANA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC ANNAPOLIS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM CENTER TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds Volunteer Services Council for Austin State School ↗
  • Who funds MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMERS TEXAS INC ↗

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.

T Rowe Price Program …The Jm Kaplan Fund IncArts Council of Anne …Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD18× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Arts Council of Anne Arundel County Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Weir Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weir 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Historic Annapolis Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Sultana Education Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • St John's College: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 90 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home