Arizona · Private foundation
Cu West Cares Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $143k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2025
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,721
- Organizations funded a year
- 49 to 60
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $108k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Cu West Cares Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 49 | $141k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 60 | $102k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $94k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa County Community College District Foundation | $12,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Ocj Kids | $12,095 | 3 | 1% |
| Soldiers Best Friend | $11,489 | 3 | 1% |
| Gowest Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Fetch Foundation Inc | $9,583 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arizona Pet Project | $8,658 | 1 | 1% |
| Streetlightusa | $8,120 | 1 | 1% |
| Halo Helping Animals Live on Inc | $7,929 | 1 | n/a |
| Gift of Adoption Fund Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Mariahs Miracle | $7,500 | 2 | 5% |
Show all 67 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cu West Cares Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Fiesta Events Inc · Thunderbirds Charities · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Desert Financial Credit Union · John F Long Foundation Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Burton Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cu West Cares Inc
- How much does Cu West Cares Inc give?
- Cu West Cares Inc reported 50 grants totaling $142,971 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 60 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Cu West Cares Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Human Services (19%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Cu West Cares Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Maricopa County Community College District Foundation ($12k), Ocj Kids ($12k), Soldiers Best Friend ($11k).
- Does Cu West Cares Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cu West Cares Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cu West Cares Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, American Express Foundation, The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement.
- Where is Cu West Cares Inc based?
- Cu West Cares Inc is based in AZ.
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