The Weezie Foundation XXXXX0005
Chicago, IL · EIN 13-6090903. Reported 98 grants totalling $5,672,258 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Weezie Foundation XXXXX0005 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $11,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $400,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Wildlife Center | South Weymouth, MA | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Horticultural Society | Wellesley, MA | $432,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nantucket New School | Nantucket, MA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grymes Memorial School | Orange, VA | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Boys and Girls Club | Nantucket, MA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbia University Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center | New York, NY | $250,158 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mclean Hospital | Belmont, MA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise Metrowest Attn Sue Crossley | Natick, MA | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Root | Salem, MA | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Squashbusters Inc Attn Rebecca Latimore | Lawrence, MA | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Miss Porters School Inc | Farmington, CT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Lighthouse School Attn Stephen O'brien | Nantucket, MA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cycle Kids Inc | Cambridge, MA | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chatham Hall School | Chatham, VA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loving Spoonfuls Inc | Newton, MA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Port Royal Sound Foundation | Okatie, SC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our House Nantucket Inc | Nantucket, MA | $111,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hale Education | Westwood, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hale Reservation Inc | Westwood, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Islesboro Community Center | Islesboro, ME | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maria Mitchell Association Attn Jason Bridges | Nantucket, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mystic Learning Center | Somerville, MA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vermont Commons School | S Burlington, VT | $87,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Beginnings | Seattle, WA | $78,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Babson College | Babson Park, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sherborn Library | Sherbon, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Peters Catholic Church | Beaufort, SC | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $57,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New England Baptist Hospital | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Marks School | Southborough, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Richard | Nantucket, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Islesboro Preschool | Islesboro, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Small Friends | Nantucket, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fair Tide Inc | Kittery, ME | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Tree Boating Association | Islesboro, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Place to Turn | Natick, MA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Daniels Table | Framingham, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Committee on Temporary Shelter | Burlington, VT | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Nations Association of Greater Boston (unagb) | Boston, MA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| No Kid Hungry By Share Our Strength | Washington, DC | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charlotte Food Shelf Inc | Charlotte, VT | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holliston Pantry Shelf Inc | Holliston, MA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Lunch Place | Boston, MA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Backyard Growers | Gloucester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of St Stephens Youth Programs | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Giving Tree Inc | Boxford, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ecclesia Ministries Inc | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Bulldogs Running Club | Plymouth, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| School of Leadership Afghanistan Inc | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Family Pantry of Cape Cod | Harwich, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medfield Food Cupboard | Medfield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
28 of 53 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $1,245,000 | $57,500 |
| 2022 | 22 | $1,562,000 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $1,407,858 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 23 | $1,457,400 | $67,500 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 70% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- 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.
- 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 The Weezie Foundation XXXXX0005's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. 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.
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