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Weyand 62 Char Trust

Milwaukee, WI · EIN 41-6011494. Reported 37 grants totalling $220,000 to 30 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$220,000granted, 2021-2024
30organizations funded
13%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,346,613assets, 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. Weyand 62 Char Trust 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 $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $33,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
18 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
13 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The AnthenaeumLa Jolla, CA$33,500112021
Yellowstone to Yukon ConservationBozeman, MT$20,000112024
Land TrustArvada, CO$13,000112021
Roundup River RanchGypsum, CO$11,500332024
The Wild Animal Sanctuary a Colorado NonKeenesburg, CO$11,500112022
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food BankSan Diego, CA$10,000222023
Living With Wolves LtdKetchum, ID$10,000112022
Meals on WheelsArlington, VA$10,000222023
The AtheneumLa Jolla, CA$10,000112022
Tru Community CareLafayette, CO$9,500332024
Colorado Cattlement Land TrustSteamboat Springs, CO$9,000112022
La Jolla Music SocietyLa Jolla, CA$6,500112021
Denver Botanic Gardens IncDenver, CO$5,000112021
National Jewish HealthDenver, CO$5,000112021
ResponsibilitySan Ysidro, CA$5,000112023
Shades of Pink FoundationBirmingham, MI$5,000112023
Shorty's RescueSay Ysidro, CA$5,000112022
Sky Dog Sanctuary IncMalibu, CA$5,000112022
Co Cattlemens Agricultural Land TrDenver, CO$4,000112024
Food Bank for Larimer CountyLoveland, CO$4,000112024
Make-a-Wish Foundation of ColoradoGreenwood Village, CO$4,000222024
Wild Animal SanctuaryKeenesburg, CO$4,000112024
Denver Botanic GardenDenver, CO$3,000112022
The Children's Hospital FoundationAurora, CO$3,000112021
Denver Urban GardensDenver, CO$2,500112022
Sheldrick Wildlife TrustLaguna Hills, CA$2,500112022
The Gathering PlaceDenver, CO$2,500112022
Girls Inc of Metro DenverDenver, CO$2,000112024
Make a WishButler, WI$2,000112022
Maxfund Animal ShelterDenver, CO$2,000112024

5 of 30 (17%) 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 13%, 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 28 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Environment
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
3 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Diseases & Disorders
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20219$80,000$5,000
202215$80,000$5,000
20234$20,000$5,000
20249$40,000$2,000

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 43% of this one's giving went to organizations in Colorado. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Colorado
$96K
California
$78K
Montana
$20K
Virginia
$10K
Idaho
$10K
Michigan
$5K
Wisconsin
$2K

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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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc18 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund17 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust14 shared recipientsThe Blackbaud Giving Fund13 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation13 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  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 Weyand 62 Char Trust'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: 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 41-6011494 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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