Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc
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.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $126,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $950,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $4.1M | 36% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $1.9M | 24% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $2.3M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.6M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $1.7M | 45% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $1.1M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $480k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $330k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | $1,535,000 | 6 | 0% |
| National Pace Association | $1,166,867 | 7 | 3% |
| Center for Health Care Strategies Inc | $1,143,296 | 6 | 5% |
| Families USA Foundation Inc | $1,075,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget | $1,006,225 | 5 | 10% |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas | $950,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Health Care Cost Institute Inc | $553,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Purchaser Business Group on Health | $515,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $493,934 | 3 | n/a |
| Tradeoffs Inc | $320,000 | 4 | 18% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center 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: Laura and John Arnold Foundation · The Commonwealth Fund · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · California Healthcare Foundation · The John a Hartford Foundation Inc · The Scan Foundation · AARP · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Peter G Peterson Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging · Scan Health Plan
How this is measured
Compare Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc with peer funders
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About Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc
- How much does Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc give?
- Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc reported 22 grants totaling $4,067,258 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (79%), Human Services (9%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc ($1.5M), National Pace Association ($1.2M), Center for Health Care Strategies Inc ($1.1M).
- Does Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center 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 Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Laura and John Arnold Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation.
- Where is Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc based?
- Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc is based in DC.
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