Funding search · EIN 481224093 · Manhattan, KS

The Weary Family Foundation

Name: The Weary Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

108
grants reported: $12.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational welfare public animals cruelty exploitation free institutionalized

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Ohio State University Foundation - Weary Fdtn Endowed Chair #4840702 grants · $3.0M
Ohio Health Foundation Janet W Bay Endowed Chair Fund1 grant · $1.5M
Ohio State University Foundation - Weary Fdtn Endowed Chair #4840711 grant · $1.5M
Wareham Hall Renovation Fund3 grants · $750,000
Ksu Foundation Excellence - Fund C314914 grants · $670,000
Ksu Foundation McCain Auditorium Endowment - Fund C533754 grants · $605,000
Ksu Beach Museum of Art Endowment - Fund C533704 grants · $605,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund D508343 grants · $400,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund C180104 grants · $400,000
Cl Hoover Opera House4 grants · $390,000

Giving over time

$3.0M

2022

$3.0M

2023

$3.0M

2024

$3.0M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 108 grants.

$1.5M
Ohio State University Foundation - Weary Fdtn Endowed Chair #484071 · Columbus, OH · 2025
General operating support - educational
$1.5M
Ohio State University Foundation - Weary Fdtn Endowed Chair #484070 · Columbus, OH · 2024
General operating support - educational
$1.5M
Ohio State University Foundation - Weary Fdtn Endowed Chair #484070 · Columbus, OH · 2023
General operating support - educational
$1.5M
Ohio Health Foundation Janet W Bay Endowed Chair Fund · Columbus, OH · 2022
General operating support -public welfare
$250,000
Wareham Hall Renovation Fund · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support -public welfare
$250,000
Wareham Hall Renovation Fund · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support -public welfare
$250,000
Wareham Hall Renovation Fund · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support -public welfare
$240,000
Cl Hoover Opera House · Junction City, KS · 2022
General operating support - public welfare
$200,000
Ksu Foundation Excellence - Fund C31491 · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$160,000
Ksu Foundation Excellence - Fund C31491 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$160,000
Ksu Foundation Excellence - Fund C31491 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$155,000
Ksu Beach Museum of Art Endowment - Fund C53370 · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$155,000
Ksu Foundation McCain Auditorium Endowment - Fund C53375 · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Beach Museum of Art Endowment - Fund C53370 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Foundation McCain Auditorium Endowment - Fund C53375 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Beach Museum of Art Endowment - Fund C53370 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund D50834 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Foundation McCain Auditorium Endowment - Fund C53375 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Beach Museum of Art Endowment - Fund C53370 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund D50834 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Foundation Excellence - Fund C31491 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$150,000
Ksu Foundation McCain Auditorium Endowment - Fund C53375 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$100,000
Friends of McCain - Fund #F17600 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$100,000
Junction City Family Ymca · Junction City, KS · 2025
General operating support -public welfare
$100,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund C18010 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$100,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund D50834 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$100,000
The Homecare & Hospice Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support -public welfare
$100,000
Friends of McCain - Fund #F17600 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$100,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund C18010 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$100,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund C18010 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$100,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund C18010 · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$100,000
Ksu Foundation McCain Expansion Project - Fund C31494 · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$100,000
The Crisis Center · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support -public welfare
$90,000
Junction City Family Ymca · Junction City, KS · 2024
General operating support -public welfare
$90,000
Junction City Family Ymca · Junction City, KS · 2023
General operating support -public welfare
$90,000
Junction City Family Ymca · Junction City, KS · 2022
General operating support -public welfare
$75,000
Ksu Foundation McCain Expansion Project - Fund C31494 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$75,000
The Homecare & Hospice Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support -public welfare
$64,000
Friends of McCain - Fund #F17600 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$64,000
Friends of McCain · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$50,000
Cl Hoover Opera House · Junction City, KS · 2025
General operating support - public welfare
$50,000
Cl Hoover Opera House · Junction City, KS · 2024
General operating support - public welfare
$50,000
The Homecare & Hospice Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support -public welfare
$50,000
Cl Hoover Opera House · Junction City, KS · 2023
General operating support - public welfare
$50,000
The Homecare & Hospice Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support -public welfare
$50,000
Riley County Humane Society · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support -public welfare
$35,000
The Crisis Center · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support -public welfare
$35,000
The Crisis Center Inc - Building Fund · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - public welfare
$35,000
The Crisis Center · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support -public welfare
$30,000
Riley County Humane Society · Manhattan, KS · 2025
Animal welfare
$30,000
The Crisis Center Inc - Building Fund · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - public welfare
$30,000
Riley County Humane Society · Manhattan, KS · 2024
Animal welfare
$30,000
The Crisis Center · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support -public welfare
$30,000
Riley County Humane Society · Manhattan, KS · 2023
Animal welfare
$30,000
The Crisis Center Inc - Building Fund · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - public welfare
$25,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund F40102 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$25,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund F40102 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$25,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund F40102 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$25,000
Flint Hills Breadbasket · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support -public welfare
$25,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund F40102 · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$25,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund K94175 · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$25,000
Little Theater Foundation · Junction City, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$20,000
No Stone Unturned Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support -public welfare
$20,000
No Stone Unturned Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support -public welfare
$20,000
Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$19,000
Little Theater Foundation · Junction City, KS · 2025
General operating support - building maintenance
$19,000
Little Theater Foundation · Junction City, KS · 2024
General operating support - building maintenance
$15,000
Flint Hills Breadbasket · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support -public welfare
$15,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund K94175 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$15,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund Q38884 · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$15,000
Flint Hills Breadbasket · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support -public welfare
$15,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund K94175 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$15,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund Q38884 · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$15,000
Flint Hills Breadbasket · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support -public welfare
$15,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund K94175 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$15,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund Q38884 · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$15,000
Little Theater Foundation · Junction City, KS · 2023
General operating support - building maintenance
$15,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund Q38884 · Manhattan, KS · 2022
General operating support - educational
$10,000
Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$10,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund 057594 · Shawnee Mission, KS · 2025
General operating support - educational
$10,000
Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$10,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund N75783 · Shawnee Mission, KS · 2024
General operating support - educational
$10,000
Symphony in the Flint Hills · Cottonwood Falls, KS · 2024
General operating support -public welfare
$10,000
Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational
$10,000
Symphony in the Flint Hills · Cottonwood Falls, KS · 2023
General operating support -public welfare
$10,000
Junction City Geary County United Way · Junction City, KS · 2022
General operating support -public welfare
$10,000
Symphony in the Flint Hills · Cottonwood Falls, KS · 2022
General operating support -public welfare
$5,000
Big Lakes Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2025
General operating support - public welfare
$5,000
Friends of Animals · Junction City, KS · 2025
To free animals from cruelty & institutionalized exploitation
$5,000
Junction City Geary County United Way · Junction City, KS · 2025
General operating support -public welfare
$5,000
Khc Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2025
Scholarships
$5,000
Big Lakes Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2024
General operating support - public welfare
$5,000
Friends of Animals · Junction City, KS · 2024
To free animals from cruelty & institutionalized exploitation
$5,000
Junction City Geary County United Way · Junction City, KS · 2024
General operating support -public welfare
$5,000
Khc Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2024
Scholarships
$5,000
Big Lakes Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2023
General operating support - public welfare
$5,000
Friends of Animals · Junction City, KS · 2023
To free animals from cruelty & institutionalized exploitation
$5,000
Junction City Geary County United Way · Junction City, KS · 2023
General operating support -public welfare
$5,000
Khc Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2023
Scholarships
$5,000
Ksu Foundation - Fund N75783 · Shawnee Mission, KS · 2023
General operating support - educational

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