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Brewster West Foundation at a glance

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Brewster West Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2017
27
Grants FY2017
3
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$86k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DE MARILLAC ACADEMY$150,000
BAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY$100,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
ST VINCENT SCHOOL FOR BOYS$100,000
CALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION$100,000
NATIONAL LIBERTY SHIP MEMORIAL$100,000
THE BISHOPS RANCH$100,000
GEORGE MARK CHILDREN'S HOME$100,000
HOOVER INSTITUTE ON WAR REVOLUTION AND PEACE$100,000
ADA'S CAFE$50,000
RAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO$50,000
ST FRANCIS FOUNDATION$30,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$30,000
MECHANICS INSTITUTE LIBRARY$20,000
TODAYS YOUTH MATTER$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ST VINCENT SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $100k → 8%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $50k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
3
California Historical Society

Our vision is to inspire and empower people to make Californias richly diverse past a meaningful part of their contemporary lives.

Arts & Culture
4
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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5
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
6
Marin Theatre Company

Marin theatre company is the bay area's premier mid-size theater and the leading professional theater in the north bay. mtc produces a six-show season of provocative plays by passionate playwrights from the 20th century and today in an…

Arts & Culture
7
Santa Catalina School

Santa catalina school exists to develop in each student a striving for excellence, a maturing awareness of moral and spiritual values, a sense of responsible purpose, and a determination to serve the world with courage, grace, and…

Education
8
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
9
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
10
The California Museum for History Women and the Arts

The california museum - home of the california hall of fame - engages, educates and enlightens people about california's rich history, its diversity, and its unique influence on the world of ideas, innovation, art, and culture. through…

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11
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
12
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Food Bank. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DE MARILLAC ACADEMY: $150,000 · OtherDE MARILLAC ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY: $100,000 · OtherBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERYTHE BISHOPS RANCH: $100,000 · OtherTHE BISHOPS RANCHHOOVER INSTITUTE ON WAR REVOLUTION AND PEACE: $100,000 · OtherHOOVER INSTITUTE ON WAR REVOLUTION AND PEACEST FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Other+8 more: $70,000 · Other+8 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $100,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITI…RAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL HOUSE OF…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANION…THE NATIONAL LIBERTY SHIP MEMORIAL INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONA…LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLINDSAY WIL…LARK THEATER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLARK THEATE…NORTH LAKE TAHOE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentCALIFORNI…George Mark Childrens Fund: $100,000 · HealthGeorge Ma…Ada's Cafe: $50,000 · EmploymentCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$650,000Human Services$180,000Arts & Culture$125,000Youth Development$100,000Health$100,000Employment$50,000Philanthropy$15,000Public Benefit$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY: $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCALIFORNIA MISSIONS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetTHE NATIONAL LIBERTY SHIP MEMORIAL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetGeorge Mark Childrens Fund: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAda's Cafe: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTODAYS YOUTH MATTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLARK THEATER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH LAKE TAHOE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 35 MARIN COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Marin Community Found…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Marin Community FoundationCA15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Brewster West Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brewster West Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Brewster West Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Brewster West Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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