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The West Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$291k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

International$907kHealth$222kEducation$90kPhilanthropy$70kCommunity Improvement$40kAnimals$30kEnvironment$28kEmployment$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UBUNTU PATHWAYS INC$20,000
MOTHERS 2 MOTHERS$17,500
TRICKLE UP$15,000
HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES$15,000
COMPANION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES$13,178
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL$10,000
STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (SID)$10,000
GOODWEAVE INTERNATIONAL$10,000
PROLITERACY$10,000
VISIONSPRING$10,000
BUILDING TOMORROW$10,000
PLANT WITH PURPOSE$10,000
COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE & RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC$10,000
H2O FOR LIFE$10,000
READ GLOBAL$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%READ GLOBAL: $10k → 10%KARIMU INTERNATIONAL HELP FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%HOPE IGNITES: $10k → 21%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
NC
DC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 27% of The West Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 11% of the giving stays in IN; by stated purpose, 4%.

The West Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 43% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 33 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
10

Total granted

$1.4M
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
-5%

Still filing today

91%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • TU
    TRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +49%
  • TI
    TECHNOSERVE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +51%
  • VI
    VISIONSPRING INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $70k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • RD
    ROTARY DISTRICT 6560graduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +43%
  • ST
    ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH OF HAITI COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • OI
    OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
2
Charity Global Inc

Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world. continued on schedule o.

Human Services
3
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
4
Splash International

The mission of Splash International and its subsidiaries is to ensure clean water for children. Splash partners with governments and local organizations to deliver sustainable water, sanitation, hygiene, and menstrual health programs in…

Environment
5
Empowering Lives International

Empowering Lives International (ELI) ignites world changers. We equip families and orphans to crush poverty, embrace Christ, and share their transformation with others through their God-honoring income, their deepening relationship with…

Religion
6
Water to Thrive

Water to Thrive transforms lives in rural Africa by working with partners and beneficiaries to bring the blessing of clean, safe water, connecting communities in need with supporters who have the heart and spirit to make a difference

International
7
Zoe Empowers

Zoe Empowers is a global network of local organizations throughout Africa and India providing a replicable and scalable framework whereby youth led or resourced families are provided the training, resources, and community support to become…

International
8
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
9
Aqua-Africa Inc

Transform east african communities by providing access to clean well water and water systems.

International
10
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
11
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
12
Water for South Sudan Inc

Water for South Sudan delivers direct, transformative and sustainable quality-of-life service to the people of South Sudan by efficiently providing access to clean, safe water and improving hygiene practices in areas of great need.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity International Inc D/B/a Opportunity International-Us; the most unlike its peers is WILD4LIFE. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

37 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. 37 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
22/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TECHNOSERVE INC: $80,000 · InternationalTECHNOSERVE INCHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES: $75,000 · InternationalHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESCOMPANION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES INC: $60,178 · InternationalCOMPANION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES INCFLORESTA USA INCORPORATED: $60,000 · InternationalFLORESTA USA INCORPORATEDSTRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 · InternationalSTRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $45,000 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY IN…VILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $41,000 · InternationalVILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUNDSHARED INTEREST INC: $40,000 · InternationalSHARED INTEREST INCCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $30,000 · InternationalWATER FOR GOOD: $30,000 · InternationalMalembe Rise Inc: $22,500 · International+6 more: $110,000 · International+6 moreUBUNTU PATHWAYS INC: $60,000 · EducationUBUNTU PATHWAYS …COOPERATIVE FOR EDUCATION: $60,000 · EducationCOOPERATIVE FOR …SMILES FOREVER: $60,000 · EducationSMILES FOREVERNURTURING MINDS INC: $27,500 · EducationNURTURING MINDS …BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $40,000 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOP…PROLITERACY: $32,000 · OtherPROLITERACYREAD GLOBAL: $20,000 · OtherREAD GLOBALDigital Divide Data: $20,000 · OtherDigital Divide DataROTARY DISTRICT 6560: $12,500 · OtherST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH OF HAITI COMMITTEE: $10,000 · OtherOUTREACH INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · OtherAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · OtherAFRICAN WILDLIFE FO…CARE 2 COMMUNITIES FKA CONTAINERS TO CLINICS INC: $30,000 · OtherCARE 2 COMMUNITIES …RURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $10,000 · OtherHOPE IGNITES: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $25,900 · Other+4 moreTRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC: $105,000 · Community ImprovementTRICKLE UP …MALI HEALTH ORGANIZING PROJECT INC: $40,000 · Community ImprovementMALI HEALTH…VISIONSPRING INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropySCHOOL OF CHOICE EDUCATION ORGANIZATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC: $55,000 · HealthLIFEWATER INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentBLUEENERGY: $20,000 · Environment
International$643,678Education$207,500Other$250,400Community Improvement$145,000Philanthropy$95,000Health$55,000Environment$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES: $75,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetVISIONSPRING INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPANION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES INC: $60,178 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetFLORESTA USA INCORPORATED: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUBUNTU PATHWAYS INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR EDUCATION: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSMILES FOREVER: $60,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetMOTHERS2MOTHERS UNITED STATES INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE ENTERPRISE FUND: $41,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMALI HEALTH ORGANIZING PROJECT INC: $40,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetSHARED INTEREST INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWATER FOR GOOD: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCARE 2 COMMUNITIES FKA CONTAINERS TO CLINICS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLIFEWATER INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNURTURING MINDS INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMalembe Rise Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetEducate: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUPAYA SOCIAL VENTURES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBUILDING TOMORROW INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGoodWeave International: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDigital Divide Data: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBLUEENERGY: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetH2O FOR LIFE: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetROTARY DISTRICT 6560: $12,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetOUTREACH INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRURAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHOPE IGNITES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCHOOL OF CHOICE EDUCATION ORGANIZATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

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.

John F and Mary a Gei…Dovetail Impact Found…Silicon Valley Commun…Together Women RiseKathryn B McQuade Fou…ImpactassetsincWellspring Philanthro…Globalgiving Foundati…Hampshire Foundation …CG Charitable FundFollow Your Dream Fou…The Ray and Tye Noord…
John F and Mary a Geisse FoundationOH20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John F and Mary a Geisse Foundation · Dovetail Impact Foundation (Fka David Weekley Family Foundation) · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Together Women Rise · Kathryn B McQuade Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · Hampshire Foundation Inc · CG Charitable Fund · Follow Your Dream Foundation Inc · The Ray and Tye Noorda 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 The West Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The West Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The West Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The West Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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