About Weissberg Foundation
The Weissberg Foundation concentrates on a small number of relatively large grants, with a strong tilt toward higher education and civic/public policy work. Nearly half of its dollars go to a single college (Beloit College), while the remainder supports Virginia-focused public policy and grassroots civic engagement organizations. The foundation favors sustained, sizable investments rather than many small gifts.
Focus Areas
Private liberal arts college support (repeated major grants to Beloit College)Progressive state-level public policy research and advocacy in Virginia (e.g., Commonwealth Institute)Grassroots voter engagement and civic organizing in Virginia (e.g., New Virginia Majority, Virginia Organizing)Institutional/operational support for nonprofit initiatives (large unrestricted or program-support grants)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations / community-based organizations
Giving Approach
Concentrated giving: a few large grants (several in the $300k–$1.3M range), repeat funding to a flagship education beneficiary, and targeted multi-year-style support to state-level policy and organizing groups rather than many small or one-off grants.
About Weissberg Foundation
A defining feature of Weissberg Foundation grantmaking is its repeated large support for Beloit College: the college received $400,000 in 2023 and $460,287 in both 2024 and 2025. That kind of repeat award pattern matches the foundation’s broader style, which favors multi-year, flexible commitments over many small gifts. Beyond higher education, its recent grants also show concentrated support for Virginia-based civic and public-policy work. In 2025, New Virginia Majority, Virginia Organizing, and The Commonwealth Institute each received $350,000 in general operating support, placing them among the foundation’s largest current grantees. The foundation’s portfolio is built around power-building work led by Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color, with grants for organizing, political power, narrative change, and economic justice. Recent awards also include support for Indigenous Conservation Council, New Hill Development Corporation, and Virginia Civic Engagement Table, indicating attention to movement infrastructure as well as direct program delivery. Across the portfolio, the foundation appears to favor sustained institutional support and strategic investments in a relatively small number of organizations.
What Weissberg Foundation Funds
Weissberg Foundation’s topic areas cluster around power-building in Virginia and selected regional or national efforts. In organizing, it gave $350,000 to Virginia Organizing for general operating support and $175,000 to New Virginia Majority for program support. In political power, it funded Virginia Civic Engagement Table with $150,000 for general operating support and Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute with $100,000 for general operating support. Narrative change is another visible strand: Media 2070 at Free Press received $100,000 for general operating support. The economic power portfolio also appears in the recent grants list through awards such as $200,000 to Indigenous Conservation Council and $100,000 to Appalachia Community Fund, reflecting attention to land, sovereignty, and regional economic justice work.
How Weissberg Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a middle range of $10,000, with a p25 of $5,000 and a p75 of $38,500. The recent grants list shows many awards at $100,000 or above, including several $350,000 commitments, which fits a strategy of concentrated support rather than broad small-scale grantmaking. Recurrence is a clear pattern: Beloit College appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and several Virginia organizations also recur across multiple years or through multiple awards. Weissberg Foundation is a regular funder and its grants are described as multi-year general operating support in many cases. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in the active grant programs described.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$9.6M
Total Assets
$223M
Total Revenue
$21.5M
Total Expenses
$12.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $39K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$39K
Geographic Reach
Regional22 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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