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William E Weiss Foundation Inc at a glance

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William E Weiss Foundation Inc

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.

$455k
Granted FY2026still arriving
17
Grants FY2026still arriving
5
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.

Arts & Culture$801kEducation$637kReligion$505kEnvironment$261kRecreation & Sports$222kHealth$198kAnimals$190kFood & Nutrition$93kOther$0
02FY2026 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $265k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$120,000
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK$50,000
FOREST PARK FOREVER$35,000
SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION$27,500
HUTCHISON SCHOOL$25,750
CITY ACADEMY$25,500
GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND$25,000
PURE ACADEMY$25,000
COLGATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY$20,000
ST JOHN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$18,750
ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN$15,000
SAINT LOUIS ZOO$12,000
RX ART INC$10,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ST MICHAEL'S CONFERENCE$8,000
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 (FY17–26, $109k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $9k → 5%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $5k → 5%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $5k → 5%EXCHANGE CLUB FAMILY CENTER: $12k → 17%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $25k → 17%DREAM FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $15k → 17%DREAM FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%RX ART INC: $10k → 17%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
IL
NY
MA
WY
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
TN
AL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 52 repeat orgs$489k to everyone else

52 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 40 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
39

Total granted

$2.8M
$421k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+40%

Still filing today

60%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GW
    GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND
    7× · 2020–2026 · $142k · revenue +135%
  • TH
    THE HUTCHISON SCHOOL
    4× · 2018–2026 · $101k · revenue +65%
  • FP
    Forest Park Forever Inc
    3× · 2017–2026 · $85k · revenue +213%

Funded once

  • WR
    WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +1%
  • TQ
    THE QUEBEC-LABRADOR FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $34k · revenue +36%
  • SL
    SAINT LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $27k
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
3
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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4
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the City of New York. 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

58 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. 58 of the 98 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/58
Grantees still filing
43/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $220,000 · OtherST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHCHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNION: $175,000 · OtherCHURCH OF THE HOLY COMMUNIONGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $141,500 · OtherGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLANDCHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ST GEORGE: $110,000 · OtherCHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ST GEORGETRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $79,000 · OtherTETON RAPTOR CENTER: $72,500 · OtherMIFA - MEALS ON WHEELS: $72,500 · OtherAnimal Adoption Center Inc: $70,000 · Other+49 more: $1,034,000 · Other+49 moreMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $373,200 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE CITY…The Art Association of Jackson Hole: $75,000 · Arts & CultureThe Art Associatio…CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $64,200 · Arts & Culture+8 moreTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $100,750 · EducationTHE HUTCHISO…Jackson Hole Community School: $80,000 · EducationJackson Hole…CITY ACADEMY INC: $43,500 · EducationCITY ACADEMY…BODINE OF GERMANTOWN INC: $40,000 · EducationBODINE OF GE…MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $25,600 · EducationMISS PORTER'…COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIV…THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $16,000 · EducationAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationForest Park Forever Inc: $85,000 · EnvironmentWOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $5,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS ADVENTURES FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EnvironmentAstoria Park Conservancy: $5,000 · EnvironmentASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $40,000 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $28,000 · Human ServicesJACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $18,500 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CENTER INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesRX ART INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY INC: $36,500 · PhilanthropyTHE QUEBEC-LABRADOR FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropySt John's Health Foundation: $44,750 · HealthCouncil on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse: $21,500 · HealthRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $7,500 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $5,000 · HealthSANCTUARY COUNSELING CENTER: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · Health
Other$1,974,500Arts & Culture$557,400Education$355,850Environment$150,000Human Services$108,500Philanthropy$95,500Health$86,250

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 budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $373,200 over 10y, 0.4% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $141,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $100,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJackson Hole Community School: $80,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $79,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Association of Jackson Hole: $75,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTETON RAPTOR CENTER: $72,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetAnimal Adoption Center Inc: $70,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetTHE TVRC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetWOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCURIOUS CASES INC: $48,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $44,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC PRIDE FOUNDATION: $44,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetBODINE OF GERMANTOWN INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $36,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE QUEBEC-LABRADOR FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION: $30,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $25,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Square Boys & Girls Club: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCouncil on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse: $21,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEMPHIS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJACKSON HOLE SKI & SNOWBOARD CLUB: $19,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $18,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $16,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Hole Public Art: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Center for the Arts: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDANCERS WORKSHOP: $9,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAstoria Park Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSANCTUARY COUNSELING CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $3,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Hole Childrens Museum Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND ↗
  • Who funds THE HUTCHISON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jackson Hole Community School ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Art Association of Jackson Hole ↗
  • Who funds TETON RAPTOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Animal Adoption Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE TVRC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CURIOUS CASES INC ↗
  • Who funds St John's Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC PRIDE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds BODINE OF GERMANTOWN INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE QUEBEC-LABRADOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Madison Square Boys & Girls Club ↗
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗

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 …The Brooks FoundationHutton Foundation Dba…Santa Barbara Foundat…The Little One Founda…Mosher FoundationWilliams-Corbett Foun…Ann Jackson Family Fo…Karl M Johnson Founda…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…Volentine Family Foun…Latkin Charitable Fou…
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY33.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 3 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · The Brooks Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · The Little One Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Karl M Johnson Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Volentine Family Foundation · Latkin Charitable 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 William E Weiss Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William E Weiss Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 98 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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