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Weyerhaeuserday Foundation at a glance

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Weyerhaeuserday Foundation

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.

$520k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$1.1MInternational$1.0MEducation$285kFood & Nutrition$233kPhilanthropy$195kHealth$178kArts & Culture$105kAnimals$61kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY$250,000
WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF$100,000
UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL$50,000
WEYERHAEUSER FAMILY FOUNDATION$25,000
GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC$20,000
NEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION$20,000
CAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN$15,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY - MICHIGAN CHAPTER$10,000
THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS$10,000
BROOKE USA$10,000
UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN$10,000
02The need
03

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 (FY22–23, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CREAMOS NORTE: $25k → 7%CREAMOS NORTE: $25k → 7%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

ME
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
KY
VA
NC
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 23 repeat orgs$86k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
10

Total granted

$3.0M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-10%

Still filing today

83%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentFood & NutritionAnimalsHealthPublic Safety & DisasterEducationOther
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

  • WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP
    6× · 2019–2024 · $974k · revenue +72%
  • DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $750k · revenue +55%
  • UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $240k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • Safe Passage
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -34%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGANgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue +39%
  • MH
    MOST HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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.

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Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
2
Detroit Food Policy Council

The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…

Food & Nutrition
3
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
4
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice

The organization is known as the leader in the movement and is seen as the "go to" experts on environmental justice and sustainable redevelopment because of its knowledge and its network.

Health
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
The Greater Detroit Health Transition Company

Gdahc mission: together with our partners, we empower and improve the health and economic vitality of individuals, organizations and communities by catalyzing the power of collaboration. gdahc vision: healthy people. healthy community.…

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7
Michigan Farm Bureau

Michigan farm bureau (mfb) is a member directed agricultural organization whose purpose is to represent, protect, and enhance the business, economic, social, and educational interests of our members located throughout the state of michigan.

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8
Detroit Regional Chamber

The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.

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9
Delta Dental Fund

Delta dental fund's mission is to improve the oral health of the public and to advance dental science and the dental profession through research and education.

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10
Eastern Market Corporation

Eastern market is organized to combat community deterioration and to lessen the burdens of government in managing its public market that has served detroit since 1891. eastern market operates the market under an agreement with the city of…

Food & Nutrition
11
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Michigan Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Weyerhaeuser Family Foundationinc. 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 34 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $974,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFPUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $55,000 · Public Safety & DisasterUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGANDETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY INC: $750,000 · Recreation & SportsDETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERV…WEYERHAEUSER FAMILY FOUNDATIONINC: $140,000 · OtherWEYERHAEUSER FAMILY FOUN…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $135,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN: $80,000 · OtherCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHENIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherMICHIGAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM…DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 · OtherBROOKE USA INC: $40,000 · OtherBROOKE USA INCCreamos Norte: $50,000 · OtherCreamos NorteSafe Passage: $25,000 · Other+10 more: $81,000 · Other+10 moreUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $240,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …NEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION: $80,000 · EducationNEXT GENERA…GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $107,500 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionFOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $90,000 · EnvironmentTHE GREENING OF DETROIT: $22,500 · EnvironmentECOLOGY CENTER: $20,000 · EnvironmentMICHIGAN ENVIROMENTAL COUNCIL: $15,000 · EnvironmentTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $85,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Public Safety & Disaster$1,029,000Recreation & Sports$750,000Other$681,000Education$320,000Food & Nutrition$152,500Environment$147,500Arts & Culture$105,000

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 budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $974,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetDETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY INC: $750,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $240,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWEYERHAEUSER FAMILY FOUNDATIONINC: $140,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $135,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $107,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $90,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCreamos Norte: $50,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetBROOKE USA INC: $40,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSafe Passage: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GREENING OF DETROIT: $22,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetECOLOGY CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ENVIROMENTAL COUNCIL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN FOREST ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCABRINI CLINIC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

Community Foundation …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Elizabeth Allan & War…William & Martha Ford…The Fred & Barbara Er…Charles Stewart Mott …The US Charitable Gif…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Network for Good
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund · William & Martha Ford Fund · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good

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 Weyerhaeuserday Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weyerhaeuserday Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Weyerhaeuserday Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Weyerhaeuserday Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 34 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home