· Private foundation
Pacific Western Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k30 grants · $65k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY | $18,000 |
| DOLORES MISSION SCHOOL | $12,500 |
| SONG FOR CHARLIE | $10,000 |
| LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| SANTA CHIARA CHILDREN'S CENTER | $5,000 |
| MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY | $4,000 |
| LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR-SAN PEDRO | $4,000 |
| PROVINCE OF THE WEST - SOCIETY OF JESUS | $3,000 |
| SANTA TERESITA SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| MAYFIELD SENIOR SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR-SAN FRANCISCO | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| PROYECTO PASTORAL | $2,500 |
| LOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- POPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE7× · 2018–2024 · $120k · revenue +39%
- SFSONG FOR CHARLIE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $48k · revenue ×35
- MSMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY7× · 2018–2024 · $32k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- LHLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL - SJ SCHOLARSHIPone grant, 2018 · $8k
- DMDOLORES MISSION SCH - ADOPT-A-STUDEone grant, 2017 · $7k
- LSLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POORone grant, 2019 · $4k
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.
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.
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
Saint mary's college of california invites you to passionately embrace knowledge, the challenges of scholarship, and the capacity to make lasting change in the world. the foundation for this is our mission. to probe deeply the mystery of…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…
Mount marty university, an academic community in the catholic benedictine liberal arts tradition, prepares students for a contemporary world of work, service to the human community, and personal growth. the institution is a private,…
St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.
Faithful to the spirit of the congregation of the daughters of mary, sancta maria nursing facility's mission is to witness christ's compassion, caring and love, reflecting the catholic church's role in the continuation of christ's healing…
The University of Mary exists to serve the religious, academic and cultural needs of the people in this region and beyond.(Continued on Schedule O)
Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 65 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SONG FOR CHARLIE INC ↗
- Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MARYCREST MANOR ↗
- Who funds MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds University of San Francisco ↗
- Who funds DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SAN MATEO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST JOHN OF GOD RETIREMENT AND CARE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Santa Chiara Childrens 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.
Open a dossier: Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Klm Foundation · The Michael & Patricia Smith Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Edmund and Mary Shea Family Foundation · Ccf-La Supporting Organization · American Endowment Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Dignity Health
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pacific Western Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pacific Western Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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