Kentucky · Private foundation
J Robert Westerman Foundation
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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $210k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations J Robert Westerman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 8 | $12k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $7k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $7k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $6k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $969 | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $500 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosair Charities Committee Inc | $7,450 | 4 | 0% |
| Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue | $5,873 | 6 | 0% |
| Equestrian Connection NFP | $5,823 | 7 | 0% |
| Save-A-Pet Inc | $5,450 | 5 | 0% |
| Dare to Care Inc | $4,051 | 3 | 0% |
| The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) | $1,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Norton Healthcare Foundation Inc | $1,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Franciscan Shelter House Inc | $900 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arrow Fund Inc | $323 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J Robert Westerman Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
About J Robert Westerman Foundation
- How much does J Robert Westerman Foundation give?
- J Robert Westerman Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $12,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does J Robert Westerman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (29%), Health (26%), Human Services (24%).
- Who are J Robert Westerman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kosair Charities Committee Inc ($7k), Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue ($6k), Equestrian Connection NFP ($6k).
- Does J Robert Westerman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Robert Westerman 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 J Robert Westerman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Republic Bank Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc.
- Where is J Robert Westerman Foundation based?
- J Robert Westerman Foundation is based in KY.
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