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Wender Weis Foundation for Children

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.

$98k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
14%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,250
Largest grant, FY2024
$58,441
Organizations funded a year
14 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$36k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Wender Weis Foundation for Children funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentAnimalsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving18$94k33%
FY202314$80k14%
FY202216$66k25%
FY202119$73k26%
FY202026$106k31%
FY201926$115k50%
FY201831$138k48%
FY201727$116kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$339kHealth$143kArts & Culture$81kPhilanthropy$64kEducation$45kYouth Development$37kHousing & Shelter$25kRecreation & Sports$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
IN
CA
VA
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Wender Weis Foundation for Children by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation$286,83081%
Giants Community Fund$47,07551%
San Francisco Ballet Association$42,53180%
San Francisco Forty-Niners Academy$35,06231%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$32,00020%
Do It for the Love$31,22881%
Raphael House of San Francisco Inc$19,50070%
Family House Inc$15,64750%
Dreams33 Foundation$14,03551%
Barry Bonds Family Foundation$13,500133%
California Academy of Sciences$10,50860%
Team Impact Inc$9,50020%
The Fit Kids Foundation Inc$6,50030%
Play Marin$5,83540%
The John Lynch Foundation Inc$5,17514%
Compass Family Services$5,10620%
Special Olympics Northern California Inc$5,00010%
Children of Shelters$5,00040%
The Exploratorium$4,32430%
Safe & Sound$4,00020%
Generation Alive$3,95031%
The Sharks Foundation$3,45020%
Bay Area Womens Sports Initiative$3,10030%
Child and Family Institute$2,95030%
Edgewood Center for Children and Families$2,10020%
Project Glimmer$2,00510%
Beyond Differences$2,00010%
San Francisco Symphony$1,76220%
Children's Health Council Inc$1,75020%
Brca Foundation$1,50010%
Mbolden Change$1,50020%
San Francisco Zoological Society$1,31130%
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation$1,00010%
Mariucci Family Foundation$1,00011%
Positive Coaching Alliance$1,00010%
Ravenswood Education Foundation$1,00010%
All Stars Helping Kids Inc$70010%
The University of Virginia Tax Foundation$65011%
New York City Ballet Inc$60910%
Oakland Promise$60010%
Imagine Bus Project$60010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$6001n/a
The Plumpjack Foundation$52510%
Family Builders by Adoption$51510%
Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc$5151n/a
Conservation Ambassadors Inc$50010%
Achieve Tahoe$50010%
AIM Youth Mental Health$50010%
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$30010%
Challenged Athletes Inc$25010%
Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation Inc$15010%
Conservation Society of California$2210%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($150k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Wender Weis Foundation for Children supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSan Francisco Forty Niners Foundation: $286,830 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetGiants Community Fund: $47,075 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $42,531 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Forty-Niners Academy: $35,062 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetLucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDo It for the Love: $31,228 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetRaphael House of San Francisco Inc: $19,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFamily House Inc: $15,647 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDreams33 Foundation: $14,035 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBarry Bonds Family Foundation: $13,500 over 1y, 33% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $10,508 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Impact Inc: $9,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Fit Kids Foundation Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPlay Marin: $5,835 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe John Lynch Foundation Inc: $5,175 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCompass Family Services: $5,106 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Northern California Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of Shelters: $5,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Exploratorium: $4,324 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSafe & Sound: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeneration Alive: $3,950 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Sharks Foundation: $3,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Womens Sports Initiative: $3,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChild and Family Institute: $2,950 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEdgewood Center for Children and Families: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Glimmer: $2,005 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Differences: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $1,762 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Health Council Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrca Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMbolden Change: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Zoological Society: $1,311 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco General Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMariucci Family Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPositive Coaching Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRavenswood Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Stars Helping Kids Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Virginia Tax Foundation: $650 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $609 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Promise: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImagine Bus Project: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Plumpjack Foundation: $525 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFamily Builders by Adoption: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Ambassadors Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAchieve Tahoe: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIM Youth Mental Health: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColorectal Cancer Alliance: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChallenged Athletes Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 50.

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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.

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA27.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture · Koret Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund · Atkinson Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

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About Wender Weis Foundation for Children

How much does Wender Weis Foundation for Children give?
Wender Weis Foundation for Children reported 19 grants totaling $97,692 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Wender Weis Foundation for Children fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (42%), Health (18%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Wender Weis Foundation for Children's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: San Francisco Forty Niners Foundation ($287k), Giants Community Fund ($47k), San Francisco Ballet Association ($43k).
Does Wender Weis Foundation for Children fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wender Weis Foundation for Children 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 Wender Weis Foundation for Children?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is Wender Weis Foundation for Children based?
Wender Weis Foundation for Children is based in CA.

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 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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