The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

• The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation only accepts applications by invitation and does not review unsolicited proposals, so a small nonprofit cannot simply write in cold.
• Its work centres on safe and affordable housing, healthy lives, good jobs, high-quality educational and developmental opportunities, and helping older adults age with dignity, with grantmaking primarily in Baltimore, Hawaiʻi, Israel and Northeastern Pennsylvania, so check your work sits squarely in one of these themes and places before pursuing a connection.
• A modest request fits the pattern here: about 8 in 10 of its 2,653 grants fall between $10,000 and $400,000, and half were $50,000 or less, though the largest was about $6,850,000.
• The Foundation looks relationship-led rather than open to newcomers each cycle, as 84% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in its prior two filings, so building a relationship through intermediaries or existing contacts matters more than a polished unsolicited pitch.
• It does not fund individuals, arts and culture, postsecondary scholarships, debt reduction, colleges and universities, religious institutions and facilities, think tanks, endowments, political action groups, annual appeals in most cases, publications, academic or health research, or fundraising events, and applicants must have 501(c)(3) status (or a qualifying fiscal sponsor or Israeli equivalent), provide direct services to low-income and vulnerable populations, and have audited financial statements or external financial reviews.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Waianae Community Re-Development Corporation · To support mao farms acquisition of additional land for expanding food security and housing via a land grant from the foundation the organizations work-based learning, leadership, post-secondary education, and community health programs..
  $6,835,6202024 tax year
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · To support two of this organizations initiatives: eshel, which helps older adults age with independence and quality of life, and tevet, which provides workforce training to a range of people.
  $3,850,0002024 tax year
• Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore · To support the general operations of this jewish federation, which coordinates anti-poverty work among several direct-services agencies serving the jewish community.
  $3,000,0002024 tax year
• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · To support two of this organizations initiatives: eshel, which helps older adults age with independence and quality of life, and tevet, which provides workforce training to a range of people.
  $1,800,0002024 tax year
• National Fund for Workforce Solutions · To support the general operations of this organization, which works with 34 local collaborative efforts to increase employment opportunities for workers and job seekers.
  $1,300,0002024 tax year
• Robin Hood Foundation · To support mobility labs (learning and action bets), a collaborative that is working to develop new solutions to sustainably lift families out of poverty in diverse urban, suburban, and rural communities and promote dynamic leaders who will aim to change the national conversation around social and economic mobility.
  $1,250,0002024 tax year
• Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies · To support the general operations of this umbrella organization for jewish human service agencies that provide a range of essential services.
  $1,100,0002024 tax year
• Fund for Educational Excellence · To support the baltimore summer funding collaborative, a partnership of organizations that fund high-quality summer programs for city children and youth.
  $1,050,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.