Illinois · Private foundation
Weisman Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $10k
- Granted FY2022
- 81
- Grants FY2022
- 80
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $50
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $1,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 80 to 123
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 19
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 15% of the organizations Weisman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 80 | $10k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 107 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 123 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Just Harvest | $1,239 | 3 | 0% |
| The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc | $1,158 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,109 | 2 | 0% |
| Boca Raton Museum of Art | $1,080 | 1 | 0% |
| The Armory Art Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago History Museum | $885 | 3 | n/a |
| Palm Beach Dramaworks Inc | $858 | 2 | 0% |
| Art Encounter | $775 | 2 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $465 | 3 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Weisman Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Forefront · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois
How this is measured
About Weisman Family Foundation
- How much does Weisman Family Foundation give?
- Weisman Family Foundation reported 81 grants totaling $9,980 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 80 and 123 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Weisman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Philanthropy (20%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Weisman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: A Just Harvest ($1k), The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc ($1k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($1k).
- Does Weisman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Weisman Family 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 Weisman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
- Where is Weisman Family Foundation based?
- Weisman Family Foundation is based in IL.
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