Virginia · Private foundation
The Ronald West Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $189k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Ronald West Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $50k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $38k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $26k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $21k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $25k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $22k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $26k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $34k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn | $70,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Avalon a Center for Women and Children | $32,640 | 9 | 1% |
| Anne Arundel County Casa Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Williamsburg House of Mercy | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Virginia Peninsula Foodbank | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fish Inc | $6,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Colonial Court Appointed Special Advocate Program Inc | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| South River Youth Athletics Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn | $70,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Avalon a Center for Women and Children | $32,640 | 9 | 1% |
| Anne Arundel County Casa Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Williamsburg House of Mercy | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Virginia Peninsula Foodbank | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fish Inc | $6,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Colonial Court Appointed Special Advocate Program Inc | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| South River Youth Athletics Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc | $1,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Williamsburg Community Chapel | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Child Development Resources | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Families Rising | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Jam Anonymous Foundation Inc | $300 | 1 | 8% |
| National Military Family Association | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Casey Cares Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($108k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ronald West Family 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Williamsburg Community Trust · Williamsburg Community Health Foundation · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Dan and Micki Chapin Fund Inc · United Way of the Virginia Peninsula · Houff Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Ronald West Family Foundation
- How much does The Ronald West Family Foundation give?
- The Ronald West Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $49,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ronald West Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Human Services (14%), Religion (13%).
- Who are The Ronald West Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn ($70k), Avalon a Center for Women and Children ($33k), Anne Arundel County Casa Inc ($18k).
- Does The Ronald West Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ronald West Family 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 The Ronald West Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Williamsburg Community Trust, Williamsburg Community Health Foundation, Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc.
- Where is The Ronald West Family Foundation based?
- The Ronald West Family Foundation is based in VA.
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