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William M Weiss Foundation at a glance

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William M Weiss Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$334k
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$428kEducation$385kCommunity Improvement$132kHousing & Shelter$119kFood & Nutrition$91kPublic Benefit$86kEnvironment$77kEmployment$77kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $108k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $226k
$6,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELEANOR RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$40,000
CLEVELAND KIDS BOOK BANK$35,000
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI$25,000
GREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATION$23,000
LOOKINGGLASS THEATR$15,000
LITERACY COOPERATIVE$15,000
INSPIRATION CORPORATION$12,000
CLEVELAND CITY CLUB$10,800
HFLA OF NORTHEAST OHIO$10,000
CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE$10,000
COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$10,000
CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$10,000
CHN HOUSING PARTNERS$7,500
FAIRMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS$7,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $3k → 9%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $12k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $3k → 9%INSPIRATION CORPORATION: $12k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $2k → 9%INSPARATION CORPORATION: $10k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $2k → 9%INSPARATION CORPORATION: $10k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $2k → 9%INSPARATION CORPORATION: $6k → 14%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $1k → 9%INSPARATION CORPORATION: $5k → 14%HEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA: $5k → 17%HEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA: $5k → 17%HEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA: $3k → 17%HEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA: $3k → 17%HEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA: $3k → 17%HEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA: $3k → 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

NH
IL
MA
OH
PA
CA
MD
TN
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.
$1.6M · 51 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
33

Total granted

$1.6M
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+14%

Still filing today

55%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CK
    CLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +16%
  • CC
    CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $83k · revenue +38%
  • CN
    COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $74k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • GT
    GOODMAN THEATRE COMP
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • TF
    TWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +102%
  • MA
    MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NET
    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.

1
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
2
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
3
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
6
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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7
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cal champions creative learning, drives educational innovation, and transforms lives through collaborative efforts involving teaching artists, students, educators, and communities.

Education
8
The Cleveland Institute of Art

The mission statement of the cleveland institute of art is as follows: to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art…

Education
9
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
10
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
11
Greater Columbus Arts Council

Mission: to champion and elevate the arts and cultural expression of greater columbus.vision: power of art realized. people engaged. city energized.

Arts & Culture
12
Cleveland Museum of Art

The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lake Erie Ink; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 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

45 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. 45 of the 91 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
29/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELEANOR RAINEY MEMOEIAL INSTITUTE: $136,000 · OtherELEANOR RAINEY MEMOEIAL INSTITUTECLEVELAND CITY CLUB: $76,600 · OtherCLEVELAND CITY CLUBELEANOR RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $75,000 · OtherELEANOR RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTEIndividual grant recipient: $52,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $50,000 · OtherNEW AVENUES TO INDEPENDEN: $45,000 · OtherGREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATION: $39,700 · OtherFAIRMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $35,500 · OtherYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $35,000 · Other+55 more: $426,413 · Other+55 moreCLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK: $105,000 · EducationCLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BA…CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $82,500 · EducationCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLL…COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $74,000 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLE…THE LITERACY COOPERATIVE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $50,500 · EducationTHE LITERACY COOPERATIV…VALUES-IN-ACTION FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationVALUES-IN-ACTION FOUNDA…+5 more: $25,500 · Education+5 moreCLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC: $61,000 · Arts & CulturePlayhouse Square Foundation: $47,000 · Arts & CultureVictory Gardens Theater: $15,000 · Arts & CultureREVERE AND SON HERITAGE TRUST CORPORATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $4,750 · Arts & CultureInspiration Corporation: $55,000 · Human ServicesHEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA: $22,000 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $85,000 · Food & NutritionGEAUGA COUNTY HUNGER TASK FORCE: $3,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $500 · Food & NutritionGMILUTH CHASODIM (THE HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION): $70,700 · Public BenefitGREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONS INC: $5,000 · Public BenefitTHE HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $32,500 · EnvironmentKROKA EXPEDITIONS INC: $11,500 · Environment
Other$971,213Education$367,500Arts & Culture$132,750Human Services$90,000Food & Nutrition$88,500Public Benefit$75,700Environment$44,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK: $105,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $82,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $74,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGMILUTH CHASODIM (THE HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION): $70,700 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetCLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC: $61,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetInspiration Corporation: $55,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LITERACY COOPERATIVE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $50,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $47,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOLDEN ARBORETUM: $32,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC: $32,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVALUES-IN-ACTION FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA: $22,000 over 6y, 44% of budgetOPEN DOORS INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVictory Gardens Theater: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHN HOUSING PARTNERS: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKROKA EXPEDITIONS INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLAKE ERIE INK: $11,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetStorycatchers: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEFIORE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMENORAH PARK FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Bar Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetREVERE AND SON HERITAGE TRUST CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $3,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGEAUGA COUNTY HUNGER TASK FORCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH FORGE RUGBY CLUB: $2,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRETERM CLEVELAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPLAY FOR KIDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIFEACT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $500 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds CLEVELAND KIDS' BOOK BANK ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds GMILUTH CHASODIM (THE HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION) ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds Inspiration Corporation ↗
  • Who funds THE LITERACY COOPERATIVE OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds Playhouse Square Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds VALUES-IN-ACTION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS AND HANDS OF CASA ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Victory Gardens Theater ↗
  • Who funds CHN HOUSING PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds 4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds KROKA EXPEDITIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ERIE INK ↗
  • Who funds TWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Storycatchers ↗

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 Cleveland Foundat…Third Federal Foundat…The Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…The Swagelok Foundati…Jewish Federation of …The Abington Foundati…The Albert B & Audrey…Treu Mart FundHigley Fund of the Cl…Mt Sinai Health Care …Saint Lukes Foundatio…
The Cleveland FoundationOH37.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Abington Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · Treu Mart Fund · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation · Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Revere and Son Heritage Trust Corporation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report 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 91 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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