Michigan · Private foundation
The Warren Westrate 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.
- $9k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $75k
- 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 Warren Westrate Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 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 | 11 | $9k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $9k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $10k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $10k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $9k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $8k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $5,600 | 9 | n/a |
| Resthaven | $2,850 | 7 | 0% |
| Hope College | $2,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| Hospice of Holland Inc | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| Holland Museum | $425 | 3 | 0% |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | $400 | 5 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakeshore Pregnancy Center Inc | $350 | 4 | 0% |
| Positive Options Inc | $150 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $5,600 | 9 | n/a |
| Resthaven | $2,850 | 7 | 0% |
| Hope College | $2,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| Hospice of Holland Inc | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| Holland Museum | $425 | 3 | 0% |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | $400 | 5 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakeshore Pregnancy Center Inc | $350 | 4 | 0% |
| Positive Options Inc | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Renew Therapeutic Riding Center | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Commons Church Inc | $35 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Warren Westrate 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: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Edward H & Diana H Marsilje Charitable Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Marvin G & Jerene L Dewitt Family Foundation · De Witt Families Conduit Foundation · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Onequest Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About The Warren Westrate Foundation
- How much does The Warren Westrate Foundation give?
- The Warren Westrate Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $8,610 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Warren Westrate Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (63%), Human Services (8%), Animals (4%).
- Who are The Warren Westrate Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lakeshore Rescue Missions ($6k), Resthaven ($3k), Hope College ($2k).
- Does The Warren Westrate Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Warren Westrate 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 Warren Westrate Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Edward H & Diana H Marsilje Charitable Foundation, Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation.
- Where is The Warren Westrate Foundation based?
- The Warren Westrate Foundation is based in MI.
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