The Weiler Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered, and an approach should wait for an invitation.
- Its geographic focus is not stated, although the filing shows grants mainly in Pennsylvania, New York and North Carolina, so location is worth noting but is not a stated rule.
- Most of its grants support recipients' regular operations, and about 8 in 10 of its 34 grants to organisations fall between $3,500 and $100,000, with a median of $25,000, so a request near that size sits within what it has given.
- Repeat giving is substantial: 53% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in the earlier filings.
Overview
The Weiler Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Lancaster, PA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) 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 filings describe the foundation’s grants chiefly as support for recipients’ regular operations; two grants are identified with an advising programme. Recipients include community and social-service organisations, educational institutions and schools, a library, a YMCA, a hospital, recreation and conservation bodies, and a community foundation. Its giving therefore reaches a varied range of charitable organisations rather than concentrating on one kind of recipient. The recorded approach is largely operational support, alongside a small programme-specific strand in educational advising. The grants summary classifies almost all payments as regular operating support.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Pennsylvania, New York and North Carolina.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 53% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 34 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
1 other state: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 20% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 53% of grant dollars went to organisations The Weiler Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 30% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 16 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $20,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Pocono Mountains United Way · To support regular operations$110,0002025 tax year
- Hofstra University · To support regular operations$100,0002025 tax year
- Barrett Friendly Library · To support regular operations$100,0002025 tax year
- Workshop for Warriors · To support regular operations$50,0002025 tax year
- Pocono Family YMCA · To support regular operations$50,0002025 tax year
- Northhampton Community College · To support regular operations$50,0002025 tax year
- Joel Fund · To support regular operations$25,0002025 tax year
- College Horizons · To support regular operations$20,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Karl M Weiler — Director
- Christopher Weiler — Secretary
- Richard K Weiler — Vice President, Treasurer
- James Weiler — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $465,231 | $418,300 | $9,419,606 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $466,917 | $395,000 | $10,556,791 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $803,958 | $558,000 | $11,700,638 | Filing for 2025 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
- Lancaster, PA