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Louis F and Florence H Weyand 1977

Milwaukee, WI · EIN 94-2473421. Reported 125 grants totalling $800,462 to 68 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$800,462granted, 2020-2024
68recipients, as named on its returns
55%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,855,599assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Louis F and Florence H Weyand 1977 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
45 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
36 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
42 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Grayson-Jockey Club Research FoundationLexington, KY$37,500552024
Ksut Public RadioIgnacio, CO$35,000222024
Sonoma Land TrustSonoma, CA$35,000552024
Wild Animal SanctuaryKeenesburg, CO$29,000442024
Colorado Cattlemen's AgriculturalArvada, CO$27,500332023
NPRBaltimore, MD$25,000112024
CarmaArcadia, CA$24,000332024
Living With Wolves LtdSun Valley, ID$20,000222022
Metro CaringDenver, CO$20,000552024
PROMISES2KIDSSan Diego, CA$20,000222022
Rancho Coastal Humane SocietyEncinitas, CA$20,000222022
Roundup River RanchGypsum, CO$20,000442024
Shorty's Rescue IncSan Ysidro, CA$20,000222022
Skydog Sanctuary IncMalibu, CA$20,000222022
Culver Educational FoundationCulver, IN$19,500222024
Tru Community CareLafayette, CO$16,500442024
Children S Hospital ColoradoAurora, CO$15,000112024
Colorado Outward Bound SchoolDenver, CO$15,000222024
Hospice of Petaluma CaliforniaPetaluma, CA$15,000332023
The AthenaeumLa Jolla, CA$15,000112020
Halleck Creek RanchNicasio, CA$14,000552024
Respite CareFort Collins, CO$12,500442024
Denver Botanic GardensDenver, CO$12,000442023
Aspen Camp of the Deaf and Hard of HearingSnowmass, CO$10,000112023
Berry Good Food FoundationSan Diego, CA$10,000112022
Carma California Retirement Management AccountArcadia, CA$10,000112023
Comm Foundation ServingDurango, CO$10,000112024
Doctor's Without Borders USAHagerstown, MD$10,000112021
Dzi FoundationRidgway, CO$10,000112023
Garfield County Public LibraryRifle, CO$10,000112023
GreenpeaceWashington, DC$10,000112023
John Austin Cheley FoundationDenver, CO$10,000112023
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyLos Angeles, CA$10,000112022
Lls Light the NightRye Brook, NY$10,000112021
Olivewood GardensNational City, CA$10,000112022
Pinion ProjectCortez, CO$10,000112023
Prescott College IncPrescott, AZ$10,000112023
ResponsibilitySan Ysidro, CA$10,000112021
Shades of Pink FoundationBirmingham, MI$10,000112021
Southwest Colorado Cycling AssociationCortez, CO$10,000112023
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation InitiativeBozeman, MT$10,000112024
WildcareSan Rafael, CA$9,500332024
Planned ParenthoodNew York, NY$9,000222021
Colorado Cattlemens Agricultural Land TrArvada, CO$7,500112024
Makeawish Foundation of ColoradoGreenwood Village, CO$7,500112024
Denver Urban GardensDenver, CO$7,000332024
Make a Wish Foundation of CoGreenwood Village, CO$7,000332023
The Gathering PlaceDenver, CO$7,000332024
The Milo FoundationAlbany, CA$6,000332024
Hearts and HorsesLoveland, CO$5,500222023
California Thoroughbred Horsemens FoundationArcadia, CA$5,000112023
Hearts HorsesLoveland, CO$5,000112024
Hospice of PetalumaPetaluma, CA$5,000112024
Onward a Legacy FoundationCortez, CO$5,000112024
Pinon ProjectCortez, CO$5,000112024
Southwest Colorado Cycling Association ICortez, CO$5,000112024
St Jude Children S ResearchMemphis, TN$5,000112024
Third Street CenterCarbondale, CO$5,000112024
Yampa Valley Community FdnSteamboat Springs, CO$5,000112022
California Thoroughbred Horsemen's FdnArcadia, CA$4,000112021
David Sheldrick Wildlife TrustMbagathi, Nairobi$3,000112020
La Jolla Music SocietyLa Jolla, CA$2,962112020
Champions RetreatHayden, ID$2,500112023
The Old GlobeSan Diego, CA$2,500112020
PdjfLexington, KY$2,000112024
Salvation Army Intermountain-DivisionDenver, CO$2,000112023
Sheldrick Wildlife TrustLaguna Hills, CA$2,000112023
St Joseph Health HospiceWarren, OH$1,000112020

27 of 68 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Animal Welfare
23 grants
Environment
12 grants
Recreation & Sports
12 grants
Human Services
7 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Education
5 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202012$60,462$4,500
202125$160,000$5,000
202225$146,000$5,000
202333$214,000$6,000
202430$220,000$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

43% of its giving went to organizations in Colorado. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Colorado
$346K
California
$270K
Kentucky
$40K
Maryland
$35K
Idaho
$22K
Indiana
$20K
New York
$19K
District of Columbia
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund31 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc30 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program21 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc21 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust19 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation17 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Colorado.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Louis F and Florence H Weyand 1977's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 0634, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 94-2473421 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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