Virginia · Private foundation
East West Foundation
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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $219k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations East West Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $26k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $27k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $59k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $34k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $68k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| RepresentUs Education Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 100 Entrepreneurs Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Esperanza Shelter Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Council of the Blind Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The James Blake Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Tidewater Free Clinic Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Outreach Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| VMI Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| RepresentUs Education Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 100 Entrepreneurs Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Esperanza Shelter Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Council of the Blind Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The James Blake Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Tidewater Free Clinic Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Outreach Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| VMI Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Averett University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lees-McRae College Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| M4k Richmond Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget East West Foundation 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: Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About East West Foundation
- How much does East West Foundation give?
- East West Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $5,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does East West Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (29%), Philanthropy (23%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are East West Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: RepresentUs Education Fund ($50k), 100 Entrepreneurs Foundation Inc ($11k), Esperanza Shelter Inc ($10k).
- Does East West Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does East West Foundation 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 East West Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Verizon Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is East West Foundation based?
- East West Foundation is based in VA.
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