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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 FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$950k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$11MHuman Services$1.2MPublic Benefit$1.1MEducation$471k
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.4M
$126,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF TEXAS$950,000
DUKE-MARGOLIS CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY$508,764
COMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET$320,000
CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES INC$300,942
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC$285,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$225,000
FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC$200,000
HEALTH CARE COST INSTITUTE INC$175,000
CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT$150,000
UNITED STATES OF CARE CAMPAIGN$150,000
ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH POLICY$126,500
TRADEOFFS INC$120,000
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$115,263
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HEALTH INSTITUTE$100,000
MEDICARE RIGHTS CENTER INC$85,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $29k → 9%FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $500k → 14%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $26k → 9%FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $200k → 14%GRANTMAKERS IN AGING: $11k → 9%FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $200k → 14%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $34k → 10%FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 14%AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $30k → 10%FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 14%ACCOUNTABLE FOR HEALTH INSTITUTE: $100k → 14%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 21 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against -24% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
6

Total granted

$11M
$527k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
-24%

Still filing today

76%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • RF
    RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +24%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PACE ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +46%
  • CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +118%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT
    one grant, 2022 · $400k
  • TU
    T1INTERNATIONAL USA T1International
    one grant, 2023 · $65k · revenue -24%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $27k · revenue +106%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
2
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
3
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Inc

To accelerate the nation's progress towards safe, efficient, high - quality health care and the improved health status of the american population.

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4
Consumer Healthcare Products Association

Empower self-care by preserving and expanding choice and availability of consumer healthcare products.

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5
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
6
Business Group On Health

To convene employers and health industry stakeholders to address the financing, delivery and affordability experience as they relate to health, well-being and workforce strategy issues.

Health
7
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
8
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
9
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
10
National Alliance for Care At Home

The association represents and advocates for home health agencies, hospices, and home care providers across the united states. it advances high quality, accessible home based care through federal and regulatory advocacy, professional…

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11
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium

The national nurse-led care consortium (nncc) strives to advance nurse-led healthcare through policy, consultation, and programs to reduce health disparities and meet people's primary care and wellness needs.

Health
12
American College Health Association

The american college health association (acha) serves as the principal leadership organization for advancing the health of college students and campus communities through advocacy, education, and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United States of Care Campaign; the most unlike its peers is Bentley University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $1,535,000 · HealthRESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INCNATIONAL PACE ASSOCIATION: $1,166,867 · HealthNATIONAL PACE ASSOCIATIONCENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES INC: $1,143,296 · HealthCENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES INCMEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS: $950,000 · HealthMEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXASHEALTH CARE COST INSTITUTE INC: $553,000 · HealthHEALTH CARE COST INSTITUTE INCPURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH: $515,000 · HealthPURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH+8 more: $735,500 · Health+8 moreDUKE-MARGOLIS CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY: $1,402,076 · OtherDUKE-MARGOLIS CENTER FOR HEALTH…DUKE UNIVERSITY ON BEHALF OF DUKE-MARGOLIS CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY: $497,719 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY ON BEHALF OF DU…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $493,934 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CA…CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT: $400,000 · OtherCENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY DEVELO…THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $373,663 · OtherTHE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY O…LONG-TERM QUALITY ALLIANCE: $251,130 · OtherLONG-TERM QUALITY ALLIANCECENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT: $150,000 · Other+3 more: $137,702 · OtherFAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $1,075,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES US…Accountable for Health Institute: $100,000 · Human ServicesAccountable…GRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $65,500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $63,373 · Human Services+1 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET: $1,006,225 · Public BenefitCOMMITTEE…BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $70,000 · Public BenefitBIPARTISA…TRADEOFFS INC: $320,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $225,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $138,202 · EducationBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $107,771 · Education
Health$6,598,663Other$3,706,224Human Services$1,323,873Public Benefit$1,076,225Education$790,973

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $1,535,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PACE ASSOCIATION: $1,166,867 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetCENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES INC: $1,143,296 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetFAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC: $1,075,000 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET: $1,006,225 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetMEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS: $950,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHEALTH CARE COST INSTITUTE INC: $553,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetPURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH: $515,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTRADEOFFS INC: $320,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetLONG-TERM QUALITY ALLIANCE: $251,130 over 4y, 21% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $225,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Health Policy: $218,500 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetUNITED STATES OF CARE CAMPAIGN: $150,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT: $150,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $138,202 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICARE RIGHTS CENTER INC: $135,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPATIENTS FOR AFFORDABLE DRUGS: $115,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $107,771 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAccountable for Health Institute: $100,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGRANTMAKERS IN AGING INC: $65,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetT1INTERNATIONAL USA T1International: $65,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: $63,373 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCE: $27,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVING: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMEDICAID MEDICARE CHIP SERVICES DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL COALITION ON HEALTH CARE: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

Laura and John Arnold…The Commonwealth FundGordon E and Betty I …California Healthcare…The John a Hartford F…The Scan FoundationAARPThe Robert Wood Johns…Peter G Peterson Foun…Kaiser Foundation Hea…Retirement Research F…Scan Health Plan
Laura and John Arnold FoundationTX34.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Center for Health Care Strategies Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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