Weeden Foundation
Bedford Hills, NY · EIN 94-6109313. Reported 270 grants totalling $3,705,332 to 189 recipients across tax years 2023-2024. 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. Weeden Foundation 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $52,000. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolve | Washington, DC | $102,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Bird Conservancy | The Plains, VA | $85,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Population Media Center | South Burlington, VT | $70,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pacific Forest Trust | San Francisco, CA | $69,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Puelo Patagonia | Puerto Varas, Puerto Varas | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Vital Ground Foundation Inc | Missoula, MT | $59,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Large Landscape Conservation | Bozeman, MT | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Earth Island Institute (wild Heritage) | Berkeley, CA | $54,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wildearth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $53,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| African Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc | Gainesville, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alaska Wilderness League | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environment America Research and Policy Center in | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greater Yellowstone Coalition | Bozeman, MT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | Eugene, OR | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Missoula, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Resolve (nightjar) | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Soda Mountain Wilderness Council | Ashland, OR | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wildlands Network | Salt Lake City, UT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative | Bozeman, MT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir | Belmont, MA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Canopy (canopy Planet Foundation) | Blaine, WA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Congo Education Partners Inc | Hillsborough, NC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ecojustice | Vancouver, Vancouver | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Environmental Investigation Agency | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fiscalia Del Medio Ambiente | Santiago, Santiago | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Panthera | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Peregrine Fund | Boise, ID | $41,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| As You Sow | Berkeley, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mongabayorg | Menlo Park, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge | Kailua, HI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Story of Stuff Project | Calabasas, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Upstream Policy Institute Inc | Damariscotta, ME | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Water Climate Trust | Redding, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| People and Carnivores Inc | Bozeman, MT | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fundacin Para La Promocin Del Desarrollo Sustent | Santiago, Santiago | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Futaleufu Riverkeeper | Futaleufu, Futaleufu | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Green Corps | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership | Washington, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Manomet Inc | Manomet, MA | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Water Impact Network | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia Land Trust | Vancouver, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Conservation Through Public Health | Holly Springs, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Creek Lands Conservation | Arroyo Grande, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Paper Network | Asheville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Epic | Arcata, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forests for Monarchs | Dedham, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Birdlife International Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacin Tierra Austral | Santiago, Santiago | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Tierra Austral | Santiago, Santiago | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Forest Generation | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Forest Generation | North Hero, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ktk-Belt | Manhasset Hills, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Margaret Pyke Trust | London, Archway | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Margaret Pyke Trust | London, London | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meredian Institute (nourishn - Beeodiversity) | Dillon, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nature and Culture International | Del Mar, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwoods Alliance Inc | Conover, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pci Media Impact | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| People's Planet Project | Amsterdam, Amsterdam | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Post-Landfill Action Network | Dover, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rewilding Chile | Puerto Varas, Puerto Varas | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smith River Alliance | Crescent City, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stand Earth | Bellingham, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sanctuary Forest Inc | Whitethorn, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Population Institute | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy in Idaho | Hailey, ID | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Pirg Education Fund | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valdivia Legal | Santiago, Santiago | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sea Turtle Conservancy | Gainesville, FL | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Agrupacion De Ingenieros Forestales Por El Bosque | Valdivia, Valdivia | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Copernican Bioscience Inc | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Earth Law Center | Durango, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacin Ngenko | Via Del Mar, Via Del Mar | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fafali Organization | Kissehman, Kissehman | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fundacin Ngenko | Vina Del Mar, Vina Del Mar | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Future West | Bozeman, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jocotoco Conservation Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nourishn - Beeodiversity | Bath, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| People's Planet Project | Amsterdam, North Holland | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rainforest Trust | Warrenton, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sharon Audubon Center | Sharon, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrpreneurs (environ Pa | Asheville, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stand (formerly Forestethics) | Bellingham, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Abraham Group (wildlife Madagascar) | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trout Unlimited | Arlington, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Waterkeeper Alliance | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Zsl America | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Advocates for the West | Boise, ID | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Agrupacion De Ingenieros Forestales Por El Bosque | Valdivia, Los Rios | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Trout | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center | Twain Harte, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Fungi | La Reina, La Reina | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Crane Foundation | Barabo, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwoods Stewardship Center | East Charleston, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ong De Desarrollo Ecosistemas | Santiago, Santiago | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rose Foundation for Communities & the Environment | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save California Salmon | Orleans, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seawatch Inc | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yellowstone Ecological Research Center (conservati | Bozeman, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ridgefield Academy | Ridgefield, CT | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anabam | Calvario, A Guarda | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Solar Energy Society | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chile California Council | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cascadia Action | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chile California Council (chile California Conserv | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clark Fork Coalition | Missoula, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cottonwood Environmental Law Center | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance | East Glacier Park, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwoods Stewardship Center (bald Mountain Meado | East Charleston, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Orca | Seattle, WA | $9,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asociacion San Xerome Emiliani | A Guarda Pontevedra, A Guarda Ponteved | $8,755 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stonewood Community Project Inc | Millbrook, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County | San Luis Obispo, CA | $8,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jmt Wilderness Conservancy | Menlo Park, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rewilding Europe | Nijmegen, Nijmegen | $6,028 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Prairie Reserve | Bozeman, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Conservation Law Foundation Ri | Providence, RI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dutchess Day School | Millbrook, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Footloose Montana | Missoula, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fundacion Accion Fauna | Maipo, Maipo | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Community Foundation (tierra Austral | National, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Taft School | Watertown, CT | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tierra Austral | Santiago, Santiago | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | Seattle, WA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Indian Council of Mariposa County | Mariposa, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Above the Seas LLC | Boulder, CO | $4,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citizens Climate Education | Coronado, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grownyc | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salisbury Association Inc | Salisbury, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Solar Sister Inc | Great Falls, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wave Hill | Bronx, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Savannah Philharmonic Corporation | Savannah, GA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Audubon Sharon | Sharon, CT | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cascades Carnivore Project | Hood River, OR | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elliott Bay Pipe Band | Seattle, WA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Forterra | Seattle, WA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Naturebridge | Sausalito, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Re-Wild (fundacin Rewilding Chile) | Austin, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Re-Wild (fundacion Rewilding Chile) | Austin, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Streetwise Partners | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wild Earth Guardians | Santa Fe, NM | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brunswick School | Greenwich, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Delaware Riverkeeper Network | Bristol, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Valley Conservancy | Sacramento, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Stissing Center | Pine Plains, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American River Conservancy | Coloma, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bear Yuba Land Trust | Grass Valley, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beyond Toxics | Eugene, OR | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cheekwood Estate & Gardens | Nashville, TN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| I Have a Dream Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nols (national Outdoor Leadership School) | Lander, WY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nashville Zoo | Nashville, TN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Resolve (for Qrfn) | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | Nevada City, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save the Bay Ri | Providence, RI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Yuba Citizens League | Nevada City, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Coral Reef Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ellensburg High School | Ellensburg, WA | $1,999 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Billion Oyster Project | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Conservation Northwest | Seattle, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Conservation Northwest (cascades Wolverine Project | Seattle, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grace Episcopal Church | Ellensburg, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenwich Academy | Greenwich, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kittitas Environmental Education Network | Ellensburg, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nashville Public Library Foundation | Nashville, TN | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Nashville Ballet Foundation | Nashville, TN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nashville Ballet | Nashville, TN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adventure Science Center | Nashville, TN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bedford Playhouse | Bedford, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation | Sheffield, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bitter Root Land Trust | Hamilton, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ensworth School | Nashville, TN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Five Valleys Land Trust | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impact 100 Nashville | Nashville, TN | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Open Space Institute | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenwich Land Trust | Greenwich, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Millbrook Free Library | Millbrook, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sansum Diabetes Research Institute | Santa Barbara, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westminster School for Young Children | Nashville, TN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bedford Hills Fire Department | Bedford, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
71 of 189 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 2 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 1 year-to-year transition. 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 181 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 138 | $1,705,283 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 132 | $2,000,049 | $15,000 |
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
16% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Weeden Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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 606, Bedford Hills, NY, 10507. 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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