New York · Private foundation
Weissman Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $5.1M
- Granted FY2023
- 57
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $3.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 51 to 104
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 14
- Total assets, FY2023
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Weissman Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $878k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 56 | $3.8M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $3.4M | 45% |
| FY2019 | 104 | $1.7M | 23% |
| FY2018 | 102 | $1.7M | 11% |
| FY2017 | 103 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthjustice | $600,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $550,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Climate Emergency Fund | $450,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Waterkeeper Alliance Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 3% |
| American Indian College Fund | $350,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Public Library | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 350org | $295,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Shakespeare in Delaware Park Inc | $280,000 | 4 | 28% |
| South Arts Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Midwest Access Coalition | $200,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 103 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Weissman Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 98 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: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · The Western New York Foundation · The Frank G Raichle Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The John R Oishei Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · Cullen Foundation of Western New York Inc · The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation · Rich Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Weissman Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Weissman Family Foundation Inc give?
- Weissman Family Foundation Inc reported 57 itemized grants totaling $3,795,100, out of $5,091,800 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 104 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Weissman Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (10%), Arts & Culture (7%), Education (5%).
- Who are Weissman Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Earthjustice ($600k), The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc ($550k), Climate Emergency Fund ($450k).
- Does Weissman Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Weissman Family Foundation Inc 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 Weissman Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, James H Cummings Foundation Inc, The Western New York Foundation.
- Where is Weissman Family Foundation Inc based?
- Weissman Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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