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Wenaweser Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$62k
Granted FY2026still arriving
39
Grants FY2026still arriving
10
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Human Services$59kEnvironment$43kFood & Nutrition$34kHousing & Shelter$19kReligion$14kEducation$12kHealth$5kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2026 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k38 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$700
Median grant
10
States reached
$399k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPELINK$10,000
NORTHWEST HARVEST$5,000
WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
TREEHOUSE$5,000
RAINIER SCHOLARS$4,000
VISION HOUSE$4,000
YWCA$4,000
SOLID GROUND$3,000
SEATTLE'S UNION GOSPEL MISSION$3,000
NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION$3,000
SAFE HARBOR FREE CLINIC$2,000
STANWOOD CAMANO FOOD BANK$2,000
CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB$1,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,000
WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $79k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VISION HOUSE: $4k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $4k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $3k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $3k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $1k → 9%VISION HOUSE: $1k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $4k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $700 → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $200 → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $200 → 9%HOPELINK: $10k → 9%HOPELINK: $10k → 9%HOPELINK: $10k → 9%HOPELINK: $10k → 9%HOPELINK: $6k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%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

WA
MT
NY
MA
SD
CA
NE
VA
MD
KS
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$240k · 35 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
6

Total granted

$240k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
0%

Still filing today

69%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25’26
EnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • H
    HOPELINK
    6× · 2021–2026 · $51k · revenue +30%
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION
    5× · 2022–2026 · $21k · revenue +169%
  • VH
    VISION HOUSE
    6× · 2021–2026 · $16k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -56%
  • EC
    EVERGREEN COLLABORATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +63%
  • LC
    LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2025 · $1k · revenue 0%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
Washington Conservation Action Education Fund

To champion policies that center the expertise and resilience of overburdened communities for environmental progress and justice in the pacific northwest.

Environment
8
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
9
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
10
Amazon Conservation Team

The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.

Science & Tech
11
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
12
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Lawton Elementary School Pta. 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
17/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $35,500 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMSEATTLES UNION GOSPEL MISSION: $17,000 · OtherSEATTLES UNION GOSPEL MISSIONYWCA: $14,000 · OtherYWCADRS WITHOUT BORDERS: $8,500 · OtherDRS WITHOUT BORDERSTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYSTANWOOD-CAMANO FOOD BANK SERVICES: $5,000 · Other+23 more: $17,823 · Other+23 moreHOPELINK: $50,500 · Human ServicesHOPELINKVISION HOUSE: $16,000 · Human ServicesVISION HOUSEWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $11,000 · Human ServicesWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES+1 more: $1,100 · Human ServicesNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $20,500 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL F…Cascade Bicycle Club: $4,000 · Recreation & SportsCascade Bi…CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $5,000 · EnvironmentEVERGREEN COLLABORATIVE: $5,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,300 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $700 · Environment+2 more: $1,100 · EnvironmentRAINIER SCHOLARS: $11,000 · EducationLawton Elementary School PTA: $5,300 · EducationTREEHOUSE: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentSAFE HARBOR FREE CLINIC: $5,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $900 · Health
Other$103,823Human Services$78,600Recreation & Sports$24,500Environment$20,600Education$16,300Youth Development$13,000Health$5,900

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 budgetHOPELINK: $50,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $35,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $20,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVISION HOUSE: $16,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLawton Elementary School PTA: $5,300 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSTANWOOD-CAMANO FOOD BANK SERVICES: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HARBOR FREE CLINIC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEVERGREEN COLLABORATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCascade Bicycle Club: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $300 over 2y, 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.

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.

The Blackbaud Giving …Seattle FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC13.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Seattle Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Wenaweser Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wenaweser 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 →
    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 47 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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