David & Candace Weir Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The David & Candace Weir Foundation funds a broad range of charitable organisations rather than a single field, with grants recorded for conservation, historic preservation, museums, libraries, the arts, colleges and schools, medical and cancer-related work, food banks, social-service and rescue organisations, churches and humanitarian relief, so there is no single programme to match your work against.
- No geographic focus is stated, though its filings show grants mainly in New York, Rhode Island, Virginia and District of Columbia.
- A realistic request would be modest: most grants fall between $1,500 and $50,000, with a median of $5,000, though one grant reached $1,000,000.
- The foundation states it does not accept unsolicited requests and operates by invitation only, so a cold application is not the way in.
- With 95% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded in the prior two years, its giving looks strongly relationship-led and repeat-focused, so new, unsolicited applicants should not expect an open or competitive process to work in their favour.
Overview
David & Candace Weir Foundation is a US private foundation based in Albany, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's recorded grants support a broad range of charitable organisations, rather than a single field. Its grants have gone to organisations concerned with land and nature conservation, historic preservation, museums, libraries and the arts, including theatre and public media. It has also supported colleges and schools, medical and cancer-related organisations, food banks, social-service and rescue organisations, churches, and humanitarian relief bodies. Most listed purposes are described only as general charitable purposes or needs, so the record does not identify a more specific common programme or set of applicant criteria. Its giving is concentrated in New York, with further substantial grant activity in Rhode Island, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Rhode Island, Virginia and District of Columbia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 95% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 399 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 13% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 95% of grant dollars went to organisations David & Candace Weir Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 129 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Adirondack Land Trust · General charitable needs$800,0002024 tax year
- Nature Conservancy - Block Island · General charitable needs$800,0002024 tax year
- National Trust for Historic Preservation · General charitable needs$500,0002024 tax year
- WNET · General charitable needs$350,0002024 tax year
- Vassar College · General charitable needs$350,0002024 tax year
- Museum of Modern Art · General charitable needs$307,6542024 tax year
- WETA · General charitable needs$250,0002024 tax year
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation · General charitable needs$152,5002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Amelia F Weir — Trustee
- Meredith Prime — Trustee
- Candace K Weir — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,746,631 | $3,397,800 | $81,372,312 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $4,389,009 | $4,251,400 | $115,105,555 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,397,694 | $5,889,854 | $124,467,867 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Albany, NY