Michigan · Private foundation
Weiser Charitable Foundation
TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, AS WELL AS FURTHERING OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY MAKING GRANTS FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES. 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.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Weiser Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $417k 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 | 26 | $2.7M | 65% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $2.1M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $2.3M | 89% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,178,333 | 2 | n/a |
| Great Lakes Center for the Arts | $1,000,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Food Allergy Research & Education Inc | $620,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Ann Arbor Art Association | $515,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Metropolitan Foundation | $325,000 | 1 | 8% |
| McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation | $300,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Cliff Keen Wrestling Club | $275,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Children's Healing Center | $180,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Vandenberg Coalition Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 12% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Weiser Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: United Way of Washtenaw County · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Buhr Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Jenkins Foundation
How this is measured
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About Weiser Charitable Foundation
- How much does Weiser Charitable Foundation give?
- Weiser Charitable Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $2,666,133 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Weiser Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), Arts & Culture (19%), Science & Tech (15%).
- Who are Weiser Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Regents of the University of Michigan ($2.2M), Great Lakes Center for the Arts ($1.0M), Food Allergy Research & Education Inc ($620k).
- Does Weiser Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Weiser Charitable 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 Weiser Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation.
- Where is Weiser Charitable Foundation based?
- Weiser Charitable Foundation is based in MI.
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