California · Private foundation
Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $50M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 72%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $36,400
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $36,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $411M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 72% of the organizations Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $49M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $29M | 72% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $342k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary and Mary West Health Institute | $58,000,000 | 2 | 81% |
| Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc | $18,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Serving Seniors | $1,100,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego | $385,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Interfaith Community Services Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Therapy Center Inc Dba Challenge Center | $160,875 | 3 | 7% |
| The Scan Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Apple Tree Dental | $72,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Intercultural Senior Center | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 24 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Gary and Mary West Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Nextfifty Initiative · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The California Endowment · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust with peer funders
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About Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust
- How much does Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust give?
- Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust reported 23 grants totaling $49,510,525 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (96%), Human Services (2%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Gary and Mary West Health Institute ($58M), Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc ($18M), Serving Seniors ($1.1M).
- Does Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 72% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust 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 Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gary and Mary West Foundation, The Cushman Foundation, The Lozier Foundation.
- Where is Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust based?
- Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust is based in CA.
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