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Harry and Ethel West Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Harry and Ethel West Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$187k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$166kHousing & Shelter$164kEducation$159kArts & Culture$148kReligion$138kYouth Development$123kCommunity Improvement$62kCivil Rights$54kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $122k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$36,970
RESURRECTION CHURCH$30,000
KERN CO MUSEUM$24,950
BAKERSFIELD HOMELESS CENTER$18,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF KERN COUNTY$12,000
FLOOD MINISTRIES$9,000
ALLIANCE AGAINST FAM VIOLENCE$6,000
ASISTANCE LEAGUE OF BAKERSFIELD$5,530
Individual grant recipient$5,500
GLOBAL FAMILY CARE NETWORK$5,125
CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC$5,000
COYOTE CLUB$5,000
THE CAT PEOPLE$5,000
JJ'S LEGACY$5,000
BRIDGES FOR PEACE$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 18%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 18%BAGS 4 KIDS: $500 → 18%BAGS 4 KIDS: $500 → 18%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BAKERSFIELD: $14k → 18%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE BAKERSFIELD: $5k → 18%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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 49 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
38

Total granted

$1.2M
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+1%

Still filing today

24%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • BS
    BETHANY SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $153k · revenue +63%
  • BM
    BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
    2× · 2018–2024 · $65k · revenue +53%
  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $59k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • HB
    HOUCHIN BOOD BANK
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • DS
    DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SUPPLY FDN
    one grant, 2022 · $7k
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
Kern County Network for Children

Assure community services to children

Human Services
2
Bakersfield Art Foundation Inc Dba Bakersfield Museum of Art

The Bakersfield Museum of Art inspires and engages diverse audiences by providing a broad spectrum of creative visual arts experiences through the exhibition and preservation of fine art, educational programs, community outreach and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Youth Development
4
Kern County Library Foundation
Education
5
Valley Relics

Displaying historical artifacts pertaining to the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley areas for the education and benefit of the public.

Arts & Culture
6
Bakersfield Parent-Nursery

Bakersfield Parent Nursery is a parent cooperative preschool serving children and families from our community.

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7
SJVWater

Education

Environment
8
Central Valley Foster Care Inc

Operation of a foster family care agency

Human Services
9
Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

To create, promote and enhance business opportunities for our membership, and provide business, cultural and resource linkages, with special emphasis on the Hispanic community.

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10
Volunteer Center of Kern County Inc

Provide the community with volunteer services

Philanthropy
11
Condors Community Foundation

The Condors Community Foundation (the Foundation) mission is to support community organizations whose purpose is to enhance the health, education and general well-being of Kern County residents, particularly children and families in need.…

Youth Development
12
Kern County Law Enforcement Foundation

Support of local law enforcement

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center; the most unlike its peers is West Kern Oil Museum Inc. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 93 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETHANY SERVICES INC: $153,072 · OtherBETHANY SERVICES INCKERN CO MUSEUM: $139,558 · OtherKERN CO MUSEUMBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF KERN COUNTY: $109,250 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF KERN COUNTYFLOOD MINISTRIES: $77,750 · OtherFLOOD MINISTRIESIndividual grant recipient: $71,870 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $62,860 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALLIANCE AGAINST FAM VIOLENCE: $53,600 · OtherRESURRECTION CHURCH: $51,807 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · Other+66 more: $329,353 · Other+66 moreBAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $65,000 · HealthBAKERSFIEL…VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $50,000 · HealthVALLEY CHI…JJs Legacy: $5,000 · HealthBAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $5,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $58,850 · EducationCountry Christian School Inc: $9,500 · EducationNORRIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER CLUB: $3,150 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationCOYOTE CLUB: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BAKERSFIELD: $19,435 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human ServicesBags4Kids LaJuana Moser: $1,000 · Human ServicesGlobal Family Care Network Inc: $21,625 · InternationalTHE CAT PEOPLE INC: $13,000 · AnimalsBakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $7,000 · Arts & CultureBUENA VISTA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $250 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $200 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,089,120Health$125,000Education$72,000Recreation & Sports$45,000Human Services$22,435International$21,625Animals$13,000Arts & Culture$7,450

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBETHANY SERVICES INC: $153,072 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION: $58,850 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOYOTE CLUB: $45,000 over 9y, 23% of budgetGlobal Family Care Network Inc: $21,625 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BAKERSFIELD: $19,435 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CAT PEOPLE INC: $13,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCountry Christian School Inc: $9,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBags4Kids LaJuana Moser: $1,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMONARCH JOINT VENTURE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUENA VISTA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST KERN OIL MUSEUM INC: $100 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds BETHANY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds COYOTE CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Global Family Care Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BAKERSFIELD ↗
  • Who funds THE CAT PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Country Christian School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds JJs Legacy ↗
  • Who funds BAKERSFIELD CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER ↗

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.

Ben H and Gladys Arke…Kern Community Founda…The Virginia and Alfr…Bakersfield West Rota…Diane S Lake Charitab…The Cynthia Lake Char…Resnick FoundationDignity HealthCharities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Ben H and Gladys Arkelian FoundationCA39.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ben H and Gladys Arkelian Foundation · Kern Community Foundation · The Virginia and Alfred Harrell Foundation · Bakersfield West Rotary-Stroope Family Foundation · Diane S Lake Charitable Trust Lake Diane S Ttee · The Cynthia Lake Charitable Trust · Resnick Foundation · Dignity Health · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Harry and Ethel West Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry and Ethel West Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Harry and Ethel West Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Harry and Ethel 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 93 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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