Connecticut · Private foundation
Weisenburger 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.
- $192k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $47,317
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Weisenburger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $192k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $194k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $130k | 61% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $92k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $228k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $207k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elon University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenwich Department of Human Services Fund Inc | $41,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dana's Angels Research Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Smile Train Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Explorers Club | $16,632 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elon University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenwich Department of Human Services Fund Inc | $41,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dana's Angels Research Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Smile Train Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Explorers Club | $16,632 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| National Forest Foundation | $6,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenwich Point Conservancy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Alpha-1 Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Greenwich Land Trust Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pace University | $4,835 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Gaylord Hospital INC | $2,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Rutgers the State University | $2,245 | 1 | n/a |
| Combined Organization of Police | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Silver Shield Association Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The 52nd Street Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Stamford Hospital | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Greenwich Point | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($719k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Weisenburger 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: Malkin Fund Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Weisenburger Foundation
- How much does Weisenburger Foundation give?
- Weisenburger Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $192,227 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Weisenburger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Health (7%), Public Benefit (7%).
- Who are Weisenburger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Elon University ($100k), Greenwich Department of Human Services Fund Inc ($42k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($28k).
- Does Weisenburger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Weisenburger 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 Weisenburger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Malkin Fund Inc, The Bessemer Giving Fund, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Weisenburger Foundation based?
- Weisenburger Foundation is based in CT.
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