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Gary and Mary West Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9.0M
Granted FY2022
39
Grants FY2022
7
States reached
$6.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2022.

Health$47MHuman Services$11MPhilanthropy$3.4MCrime & Legal$1.1MHousing & Shelter$711kEducation$698kFood & Nutrition$410kCommunity Improvement$151kOther$0
02FY2022 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k6 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $429k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $880k
  • $250k+5 grants · $7.7M
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GARY AND MARY WEST HEALTH POLICY CENTER INC$5,998,879
GARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR DENTAL CENTER INC$900,000
GARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR DENTAL CENTER INC$306,000
OMAHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250,000
OMAHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO INC$192,500
THE SCAN FOUNDATION$150,000
SERVING SENIORS$125,000
SERVING SENIORS$112,500
PROJECT HOUSEWORKS$100,000
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$50,000
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$50,000
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY$50,000
SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
CHALLENGE CENTER$35,750
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–22, $5.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $57k → 10%THE SCAN FOUNDATION: $150k → 14%THE SCAN FOUNDATION: $125k → 14%THE SCAN FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%REBUILDING TOGETHER OMAHA: $50k → 12%REBUILDING TOGETHER OMAHA: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $100k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $60k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $50k → 12%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $200k → 12%INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER: $50k → 12%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $255k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $158k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $158k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $153k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $153k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $150k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $150k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $150k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $140k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $129k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $129k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $125k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $125k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $125k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $125k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $125k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $124k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $124k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $113k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $113k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $110k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $100k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $100k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $99k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $50k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $50k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
MN
IL
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MA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
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DC

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 10% of Gary and Mary West Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 36% of the giving stays in CA; read by stated purpose it is 26% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Gary and Mary West Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.5% directed abroad (not shown)

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$59M · 33 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +68% since the first grant, against +30% for the ones you funded once.

33 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2022, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
30

Total granted

$59M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+30%

Still filing today

94%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GA
    GARY AND MARY WEST HEALTH POLICY CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $33M · revenue +192%
  • GA
    GARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR SERVICES INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $4.9M · revenue +957% · 83% of their budget
  • SS
    SERVING SENIORS
    6× · 2017–2022 · $3.4M · revenue +182%

Funded once

  • CI
    CIVICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M · revenue +194%
  • IS
    ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI - CENTER TO ADVANCE PALLIATIVE CARE
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue +52%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
2
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
3
National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Inc

To enable the access and choice of america's seniors in their housing and care by providing data, analytics and connections that bring together investors and providers in the sector.

Human Services
4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
6
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
7
Community Medical Centers Inc

The organization provides primary medical, behavior health, and dental care to the population of san joaquin, and solano counties without regard to patients' ability to pay.

Health
8
Scan Health Plan

Scan's mission is to keep seniors healthy and independent.

Health
9
Asante

Asante exists to provide quality healthcare services in a compassionate manner, valued by the communities we serve.

Health
10
Emanate Health

Our mission is to help people keep well in body, mind, and spirit by providing quality health care services in a safe, compassionate environment.

Health
11
Integrated Healthcare Association

Iha's mission is to bring the healthcare community together to solve industry-wide challenges that stand in the way of high-value care. as a non-profit industry association, we use objective data, our decades of expertise, and our unique…

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12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Seniors Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%9%5–10yr18%18%10–20yr18%18%20–35yr16%29%35–55yr15%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%12%5–10yr18%67%10–20yr18%2%20–35yr16%15%35–55yr15%4%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/61
the rest of the field
12%
1,600/12,940

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/59
Grantees still filing
46/59
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GARY AND MARY WEST HEALTH POLICY CENTER INC — $33,323,411 · HealthGARY AND MARY WEST HEALTH POLICY CENTER INCGARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR SERVICES INC — $4,948,842 · HealthGARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR SERVICES INCGARY AND MARY WEST HEALTH INSTITUTE — $1,500,913 · Health+7 more — $299,500 · HealthGARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR DENTAL CENTER INC — $9,335,873 · OtherGARY AND MARY WEST SENIO…LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $1,127,576 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN…CIVICA INC — $1,000,000 · OtherCIVICA INCInterfaith Community Services Inc — $500,000 · Other+25 more — $1,890,749 · Other+25 moreSERVING SENIORS — $3,421,034 · Human ServicesSERVING SE…PROJECT HOUSEWORKS — $535,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HO…INTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER — $515,000 · Human ServicesINTERCULTU…SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $375,000 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO …THE SCAN FOUNDATION — $350,000 · Human ServicesTHE SCAN F…+10 more — $518,485 · Human Services+10 moreOmaha Community Foundation — $2,864,500 · Philanthropy+3 more — $146,750 · PhilanthropyCreighton University — $250,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $250,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $200,000 · EducationHOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE NURSES FOUNDATION — $75,000 · Education+1 more — $2,500 · EducationMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA — $225,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC — $175,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $10,000 · Food & NutritionNOTRE DAME HOUSING INC — $166,230 · Housing & ShelterLEADINGAGE CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Health$40,072,666Other$13,854,198Human Services$5,714,519Philanthropy$3,011,250Education$777,500Food & Nutrition$410,000Housing & Shelter$176,230

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR DENTAL CENTER INC — $9,335,873 over 6y, 94% of budgetGARY AND MARY WEST SENIOR SERVICES INC — $4,948,842 over 4y, 83% of budgetSERVING SENIORS — $3,421,034 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation — $2,864,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGARY AND MARY WEST HEALTH INSTITUTE — $1,500,913 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $1,127,576 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCIVICA INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetPROJECT HOUSEWORKS — $535,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetINTERCULTURAL SENIOR CENTER — $515,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc — $500,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHERAPY CENTER INC DBA CHALLENGE CENTER — $436,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetSAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $375,000 over 5y, 47% of budgetTHE SCAN FOUNDATION — $350,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCreighton University — $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteers Assisting Seniors — $240,500 over 6y, 24% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA — $225,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC — $175,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNOTRE DAME HOUSING INC — $166,230 over 5y, 18% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING — $151,985 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetOUTLOOK-NEBRASKA INC — $148,284 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO — $140,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC — $138,500 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetOUTLOOK ENRICHMENT — $135,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION — $95,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN HEALTH — $76,750 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE NURSES FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH — $75,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAPPLE TREE DENTAL — $49,450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMERRYMAKERS ASSOCIATION — $49,300 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetGENERATIONS UNITED INC — $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSAN DIEGO OASIS — $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharp Healthcare Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURA FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGifford Medical Center Inc — $23,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE GROUP INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetLEADINGAGE CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE IN AGING — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOALITION FOR COMPASSIONATE CARE OF CALIFORNIA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCISCAN TERTIARY PROVINCE OF THE SACRED HEART INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gary and Mary West Ch…Jewish Community Foun…California Healthcare…Archstone FoundationPratt Memorial FundAlliance Healthcare F…The Cushman FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Nordson Corporati…The San Diego Foundat…Kaiser Foundation Hos…
Gary and Mary West Charitable TrustCA39.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · California Healthcare Foundation · Archstone Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Gary and Mary West Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Gifford Medical Center Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Gary and Mary West Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gary and Mary 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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