California · Private foundation
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
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $5,998,879
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 9% of the organizations Gary and Mary West Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 23 | $8.5M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $9.0M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $9.3M | 41% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $10M | 19% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $15M | 41% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $8.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
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, FY2017 to FY2022, 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 Policy Center Inc | $33,323,411 | 6 | n/a |
| Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center Inc | $9,335,873 | 6 | 94% |
| Gary and Mary West Senior Services Inc | $4,948,842 | 4 | 83% |
| Serving Seniors | $3,421,034 | 6 | 9% |
| Gary and Mary West Health Institute | $1,500,913 | 2 | 6% |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego | $1,127,576 | 6 | 1% |
| Civica Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Project Houseworks | $535,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Intercultural Senior Center | $515,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Interfaith Community Services Inc | $500,000 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($467k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gary and Mary West Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 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 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
How this is measured
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About Gary and Mary West Foundation
- How much does Gary and Mary West Foundation give?
- Gary and Mary West Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $9,036,679 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Gary and Mary West Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (73%), Human Services (16%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are Gary and Mary West Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc ($33M), Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center Inc ($9.3M), Gary and Mary West Senior Services Inc ($4.9M).
- Does Gary and Mary West Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gary and Mary 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 Gary and Mary West Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gary and Mary West Charitable Trust, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, California Healthcare Foundation.
- Where is Gary and Mary West Foundation based?
- Gary and Mary West Foundation is based in CA.
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