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Weyand 62 Char Trust

Eagan, MN · EIN 41-6011494. Reported 43 grants totalling $240,000 to 32 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,000median grant
$240,000granted, 2021-2025
32recipients, as named on its returns
18%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,566,339assets, 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 $4,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 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
23 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
13 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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
The AnthenaeumLa Jolla, CA$33,500112021
Yellowstone to Yukon ConservationBozeman, MT$20,000112024
Roundup River RanchGypsum, CO$13,500442025
Land TrustArvada, CO$13,000112021
Tru Community CareLafayette, CO$12,500442025
The Wild Animal Sanctuary a Colorado NonKeenesburg, CO$11,500112022
DigdeepLos Angeles, CA$10,000112025
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
Colorado Cattlement Land TrustSteamboat Springs, CO$9,000112022
La Jolla Music SocietyLa Jolla, CA$6,500112021
Co Cattlemens Agricultural Land TrDenver, CO$5,500222025
Wild Animal SanctuaryKeenesburg, CO$5,500222025
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
Food Bank for Larimer CountyLoveland, CO$4,000112024
Make-a-Wish Foundation of ColoradoGreenwood Village, CO$4,000222024
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
Makeawish Foundation of ColoradoGreenwood Village, CO$2,000112025
Maxfund Animal ShelterDenver, CO$2,000112024

7 of 32 (22%) 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 18%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 32 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
6 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Environment
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Human Services
4 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
20256$20,000$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

44% 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
$106K
California
$88K
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 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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc18 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 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 $4,000. 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 Weyand 62 Char Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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 64193, Eagan, MN, 55164. 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

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