· 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.
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
- $10k–50k10 grants · $211k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $233k
- $250k+1 grant · $750k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RAGDALE FOUNDATION | $750,000 |
| BENJAMIN'S HOPE | $130,000 |
| ACOR | $52,500 |
| STATELINE DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| ZION DEVELOPMENT | $40,000 |
| PROJECT ONWARD | $40,000 |
| MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART | $40,000 |
| FENIX FAMILY HEALTH CENTER | $30,000 |
| HOLLAND MUSEUM | $11,000 |
| ROSECRANCE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| BEACON PLACE | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF PALMETTO BLUFF CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| LAKE FOREST PRESERVATION FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
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 (FY21–24, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RFRagdale Foundation8× · 2017–2024 · $928k · revenue +117% · 38% of their budget
- BHBENJAMIN'S HOPE4× · 2021–2024 · $140k · revenue +67%
- POPROJECT ONWARD8× · 2017–2024 · $47k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- SDSTATELINE DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $50k
- RFROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -41%
- NINORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANKone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +5%
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.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
Provide community-based residential housing to adults with autism and/or severe developmental disabilities. also provide developmental training and other supports to this same population.
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…
The Design Museum of Chicago strives to inspire, educate and innovate through design. As a resource for the Chicago design community and beyond, the museum facilitates an open dialogue about contemporary and historical design through…
Cedille Chicago, NFP is devoted to the activity of producing and marketing recordings of classical music by Chicago-area musicians and composers.
The driehaus museum engages and inspires the global community through exploration and ongoing conversations in art, architecture, and design of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. its permanent collection and temporary…
The Rose House helps adults with developmental disabilities pursue full, active lives by providing them and their families with: 1) Innovative choices for living and learning - 2) Opportunities for independent living to the full extent of…
Operate homes for the aged and to conduct charitable and benevolent enterprises
To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…
The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…
The chicago psychoanalytic institute transforms the lives of individuals, families and communities, using psychoanalytic knowledge to help them grow and thrive.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 21 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 Ragdale Foundation ↗
- Who funds BENJAMIN'S HOPE ↗
- Who funds ZION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ONWARD ↗
- Who funds Maryland Institute ↗
- Who funds Fenix Family Health Center ↗
- Who funds THE LAMBS FARM INC ↗
- Who funds HOLLAND MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds LAKE FOREST FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ↗
- Who funds The Beacon Place NFP ↗
- Who funds Chicago Symphony Orchestra ↗
- Who funds ROSECRANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds ROSECRANCE INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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