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The West Inc

Profits from the retail store, the west, are donated to qualifying exempt organizations under section 501c3 of the irc.

$53k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$9k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$213kFood & Nutrition$107kCrime & Legal$60kYouth Development$50kHealth$33kHousing & Shelter$32kEducation$28kReligion$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $40,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $53,363 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $12,863 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$701k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS ADVOCA$9,000
ERIK HITE FOUND$8,500
CANDLELIGHTERS$8,000
MOBILE MEALS$7,500
EMERGE CENTER DV$7,500
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 (FY17–25, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Haven Totes: $6k → 15%Emerge Center Against Domestic Abus: $10k → 15%EMERGE CENTER DV: $8k → 15%ERIK HITE FOUND: $9k → 15%Erik Hite Foundation: $6k → 15%Erike Hite Foundation: $5k → 15%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$456k · 18 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +181% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
11

Total granted

$456k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+181%
0%

Still filing today

22%
9%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SJ
    Sister Jose Women's Center
    2× · 2017–2018 · $21k · revenue +469%
  • EH
    ERIK HITE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +181%
  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $19k · revenue +213%

Funded once

  • OF
    OUR FAMILY SERVICES
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • TN
    TU NIDITO
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • CC
    CANDLELIGHTERS CHILDHOOD CANCER FOU
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
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
Laced With Love

To provide resources to children in AZ DCS Custody

Human Services
2
Sunshine Rescue Mission

Since 1957, SRM has provided safe emergency shelter, meals, and clothing to anyone in need. All participants are experiencing homelessness and living below the federal poverty line at intake. Located in Flagstaff, we have three facilities.…

Religion
3
Justa Center Inc

A resource and day-center for seniors, age 55+, providing guidance and support on the PATH back to housing; and CARE supportive services to prevent a return to homelessness.

—
4
Arizona Safe Baby Haven Foundation

Promotes Safe Haven education and awareness on the existing Safe Haven Law in Arizona to prevent the illegal abandonment of infants across the state.

Human Services
5
Cancer Support Community Arizona

CSCAZ uplifts and strengthens people impacted by cancer by providing support, fostering compassionate communities, and breaking down barriers to care.

Health
6
Umom New Day Centers Inc

To end family homelessness by restoring hope and rebuilding lives, so no child will ever have to sleep on the streets.

Housing & Shelter
7
Sedona Area Homeless Alliance

Sedona Area Homeless Alliance is the primary source of services, information and personal support for the homeless community in the Sedona Arizona area and was established to fill the void of services.

Human Services
8
Azcend

AZCEND nourishes minds and bodies so that neighbors in need experience a brighter future.

Human Services
9
Az Hugs
Human Services
10
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance

Bridging the gap for arizona communities with nourishment for today and hope for tomorrow.

Food & Nutrition
11
Impact of Southern Arizona

Impact of southern arizona is a private non-profit volunteer based organization which empowers southern arizonans with the resources required to pursue a stabilized and enhanced quality of life.

Community Improvement
12
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Az Childrens Advocacy Ctr Inc; the most unlike its peers is Miracle Square 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

10 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. 10 of the 32 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)
8/10
Grantees still filing
4/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SISTER JOSE WOMEN'S CENTER: $78,000 · OtherSISTER JOSE WOMEN'S CENTEREMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUS: $62,700 · OtherEMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSMOBILE MEALS OF SO AZ: $52,900 · OtherMOBILE MEALS OF SO AZSO AZ CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $32,940 · OtherSO AZ CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERWHEELS FOR KIDS: $31,520 · OtherWHEELS FOR KIDSMobile Meals: $20,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY OF SOUTHERN ARI: $18,000 · OtherYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $18,000 · OtherAVIVA: $17,000 · Other+15 more: $125,545 · Other+15 moreERIK HITE FOUNDATION INC: $19,305 · Human ServicesERIK HITE FO…NATIVE AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION: $19,000 · Human ServicesNATIVE AMERI…TUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $17,500 · Human ServicesTUCSON CENTE…HAVEN TOTES INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesHAVEN TOTES …Sister Jose Women's Center: $20,500 · Housing & ShelterSOUTHERN AZ CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CTR INC: $9,000 · Crime & LegalCandlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona: $8,000 · HealthMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $7,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$456,605Human Services$61,805Housing & Shelter$20,500Crime & Legal$9,000Health$8,000Food & Nutrition$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSister Jose Women's Center: $20,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetERIK HITE FOUNDATION INC: $19,305 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMIRACLE SQUARE INC: $11,695 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetSOUTHERN AZ CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CTR INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCandlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona: $8,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SHYANN KINDNESS PROJECT INC: $6,500 over 2y, 10% 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 Sister Jose Women's Center ↗
  • Who funds ERIK HITE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE SQUARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN AZ CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CTR INC ↗
  • Who funds Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHYANN KINDNESS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN TOTES 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.

Community Foundation …Jewish Community Foun…Arizona Community Fou…Community Food Bank I…The Hs Lopez Family F…United Way of Tucson …Union Pacific Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Community Food Bank Inc · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Union Pacific Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The West Inc. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The West 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 32 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 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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