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Stedman West Foundation (Fka Neva and Wesley West Foundation) at a glance

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Stedman West Foundation (Fka Neva and Wesley West Foundation)

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$2.6MHealth$1.7MEducation$1.2MAnimals$650kRecreation & Sports$449kArts & Culture$415kFood & Nutrition$395kPublic Benefit$95kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $250k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $700k
  • $250k+2 grants · $615k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY (UCSD)$350,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL)$265,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$200,000
CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE KINGSVILLE$125,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - JEFFERSON CENTER$100,000
THE MENNINGER CLINIC$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL)$75,000
HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
NAVY SEAL MUSEUM SAN DIEGO$50,000
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA$40,000
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$30,000
YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS$25,000
SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST$25,000
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$20,000
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$20,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 54% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY (UCSD): $350k → 11%SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $25k → 10%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $90k → 16%THE HEALTH MUSEUM: $25k → 16%CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE KINGSVILLE: $250k → 27%NAVY SEAL MUSEUM SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%TEXAS 2036: $25k → 14%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $200k → 16%CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE KINGSVILLE: $200k → 27%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $200k → 16%CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE KINGSVILLE: $125k → 27%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $45k → 16%METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $150k → 16%CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE KINGSVILLE: $125k → 27%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL): $1.1M → 10%BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $30k → 16%MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $100k → 16%CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE KINGSVILLE: $125k → 27%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL): $635k → 10%METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $70k → 16%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ( CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL): $500k → 10%HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL): $265k → 10%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - JEFFERSON CENTER: $200k → 10%METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $50k → 16%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - JEFFERSON CENTER: $100k → 10%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ( CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL): $100k → 10%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - JEFFERSON CENTER: $100k → 10%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - JEFFERSON CENTER: $75k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL): $75k → 10%MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION: $75k → 16%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $50k → 10%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: $50k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART): $25k → 10%THE MENNINGER CLINIC: $200k → 16%THE MENNINGER CLINIC: $200k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $40k → 16%THE MENNINGER CLINIC: $100k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $40k → 16%THE MENNINGER CLINIC: $100k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $40k → 16%THE MENNINGER CLINIC: $100k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $40k → 16%HOUSTON GRAND OPERA: $40k → 16%ST THOMAS MORE CATHLOIC HIGH SCHOOL: $100k → 16%YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $100k → 16%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.5M · 26 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
12

Total granted

$6.5M
$390k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+13%

Still filing today

46%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $820k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TM
    THE MENNINGER CLINIC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $738k · revenue +25%
  • BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $285k · revenue +24%
  • YP
    YES Prep Public Schools Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $200k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • ST
    ST THOMAS MORE CATHLOIC HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • MH
    Memorial Hermann Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +13%
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
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
2
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
3
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

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4
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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5
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

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6
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
7
Memorial Hermann Health System

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
8
Mhs Physicians of Texas

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
9
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
10
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation

To recognize the accomplishments and contributions of our outstanding Texas business leaders and to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit, personal integrity, and community leadership in all generations of Texans.

Community Improvement
11
Texas Heart Medical Group

To provide cutting-edge cardiac care to diagnose, treat, and prevent cardiovascular diseases.

Health
12
Lone Star Flight Museum

Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM) celebrates flight and achievements in Texas aviation, engages youth through STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and believes aviation inspires achievement and endless possibilities.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memorial Hermann Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

24 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. 24 of the 44 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL): $2,345,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL)CAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE KINGSVILLE: $839,500 · OtherCAESAR KLEBERG WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE KINGSVILLEMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $500,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - JEFFERSON CENTER: $475,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - JEFFERSON CENTERSCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY (UCSD): $350,000 · OtherSCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY (UCSD)UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL): $340,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN (CAMPUS BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL)METHODIST HOSPITAL: $290,000 · Other+16 more: $645,000 · Other+16 moreTHE MENNINGER CLINIC: $737,500 · HealthTHE MENNINGER…Memorial Hermann Foundation: $75,000 · HealthMemorial Herm…THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthTHE METHODIST…+2 more: $40,000 · HealthBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $285,000 · EducationYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $200,000 · EducationTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $50,000 · Education+3 more: $28,250 · EducationHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $200,000 · Arts & CultureJohn P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMenil Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $75,000 · PhilanthropySouth Texas Charity Weekend Inc: $45,000 · PhilanthropyTEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTexas 2036: $45,000 · Public BenefitMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $5,000 · EnvironmentHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $3,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$5,784,500Health$902,500Education$563,250Arts & Culture$245,000Philanthropy$135,000Public Benefit$45,000Environment$5,000Recreation & Sports$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MENNINGER CLINIC: $737,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $285,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMemorial Hermann Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $75,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTexas 2036: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Texas Charity Weekend Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetJohn P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTIRR Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSt John's School: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrime Stoppers of Houston Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Area Parkinson Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSWOOD ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $3,250 over 2y, 0.4% 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 THE MENNINGER CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds Houston Grand Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Memorial Hermann Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS TRIBUNE INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas 2036 ↗
  • Who funds South Texas Charity Weekend Inc ↗
  • Who funds John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science ↗
  • Who funds TIRR Foundation ↗
  • Who funds St John's School ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds Menil Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Crime Stoppers of Houston Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds Small Steps Nurturing 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.

Greater Houston Commu…Strake FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Mechia FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …Florence and William …Hobby Family Foundati…Vivian L Smith Founda…The Crain FoundationJohn P McGovern Found…The Elkins Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX24.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Mechia Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Florence and William K McGee Jr Family Foundation · Hobby Family Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · The Crain Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · The Elkins Foundation

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 Stedman West Foundation (Fka Neva and Wesley West Foundation) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stedman West Foundation (Fka Neva and Wesley West Foundation). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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