Michigan · Private foundation
Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund
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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% 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 | 14 | $1.2M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $42k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $36k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $33k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $72k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $32k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $30k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragdale Foundation | $927,700 | 8 | 38% |
| Benjamin's Hope | $140,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Stateline Down Syndrome Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zion Development Corporation | $49,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Project Onward | $47,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Maryland Institute | $44,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fenix Family Health Center | $31,400 | 4 | 2% |
| The Lambs Farm Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Holland Museum | $14,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Lake Forest Foundation for Historic Preservation | $12,000 | 3 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragdale Foundation | $927,700 | 8 | 38% |
| Benjamin's Hope | $140,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Stateline Down Syndrome Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zion Development Corporation | $49,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Project Onward | $47,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Maryland Institute | $44,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fenix Family Health Center | $31,400 | 4 | 2% |
| The Lambs Farm Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Holland Museum | $14,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Lake Forest Foundation for Historic Preservation | $12,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Beacon Place NFP | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rosecrance Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosecrance Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Preservation Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($91k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund
- How much does Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund give?
- Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund reported 14 grants totaling $1,193,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (69%), Health (16%), Education (8%).
- Who are Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ragdale Foundation ($928k), Benjamin's Hope ($140k), Stateline Down Syndrome Foundation ($50k).
- Does Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund 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 Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund based?
- Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund is based in MI.
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