Texas · Private foundation
The Westerman Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 80
- Grants FY2024
- 81
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 66 to 166
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $36M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations The Westerman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $509k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 77 | $1.8M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 81 | $1.6M | 32% |
| FY2022 | 66 | $1.2M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 102 | $1.7M | 56% |
| FY2020 | 99 | $1.6M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 166 | $1.7M | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Education$6.0MHuman Services$2.5MReligion$636kHousing & Shelter$93kPhilanthropy$73kFood & Nutrition$41kHealth$40kCrime & Legal$25kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
SD
IA
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
NC
SC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnelly College | $214,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Mount St Scholastica | $154,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities- Diocese of Tyler | $139,360 | 6 | 5% |
| Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Las Cruces Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities Gallup Inc | $115,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Benedicts Abbey | $114,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley | $105,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Community Services Odessa Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc | $102,500 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnelly College | $214,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Mount St Scholastica | $154,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities- Diocese of Tyler | $139,360 | 6 | 5% |
| Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Las Cruces Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities Gallup Inc | $115,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Benedicts Abbey | $114,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley | $105,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Community Services Odessa Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc | $102,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of North Louisiana | $100,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Laredo | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana in the Roman Catholic Diocese | $95,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Benedictine College | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Holy Savior | $90,896 | 6 | n/a |
| St Patrick Catholic School | $88,564 | 4 | n/a |
| Marian Middle School | $87,000 | 4 | 1% |
| St Mary of Carmel School Inc | $86,962 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas | $85,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Good Shepherd Catholic School | $77,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The San Miguel School of Tulsa | $75,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Holy Trinity Catholic School | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Central Texas | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Philip & St Augustine Catholic Academy Inc | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| John Paul the Great Academy | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri Inc | $63,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Dominican Literacy Center Aurora | $62,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Resurrection Catholic School at the Cathedral | $59,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | $57,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Austin Catholic School | $56,875 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge Inc | $56,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School | $53,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Louis | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Our Lady of Sorrows School | $44,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Holy Family Catholic Academy | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wings of a Butterfly | $40,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Vincent Gray Academy | $39,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Father Vincent Capodanno High School | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Lake Academy | $37,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mount St Michael Catholic School | $37,000 | 3 | 1% |
| De la Salle Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| St Agnes School | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Holy Family Day Home | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Joseph Catholic School | $33,749 | 4 | n/a |
| Chwc Inc | $32,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Acadiana Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bishop Dunne Catholic School Inc | $29,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Prince of Peace Catholic School | $27,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Mater Filius of Dallas Inc | $27,400 | 1 | 16% |
| St Agnes Catholic School | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Symphorosa School | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mother Teresa Shelter Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Saint Eugene Parish - OKC | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Restored Hope Ministries Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cues Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Tulsa | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Annes Catholic Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Parish in Longmont | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sts Peter & Paul Catholic Church & School | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Michael Indian School | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Erie Catholic School System Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Williamson County Crisis Center | $13,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Villa Marie Home and School for Exceptional Children | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Notre Dame of Dallas Schools Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Paul Catholic School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Covenant House Texas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Jesuit Prep | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Santa Fe Catholic High School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lillian Vallely School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| San Juan Diego Catholic High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| El Centro Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Bernadette Catholic Parish in Lakewood | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Guardian Angels Regional School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Simply Grace | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hayden High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Social Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Flower School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Peter's Catholic School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bishop Luers High School | $9,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Edgewood University Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Summit Academy Inc | $8,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Franciscan Baton Rouge Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters Place Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Holy Spirit Life Learning Center | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Center | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haven of Hope | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Wellsprings Village Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Mercy College of Health Sciences | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Emmaus House Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Shenango Valley Catholic School System Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Corpus Christi School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Light House Inc | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Sojourner Truth House Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Inclusion Connections Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth With Faces | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Set Me Free Project | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Annunciation Maternity Home Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dwelling Place | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dress for Success Oklahoma City Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Literacy Action of Central Arkansas Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bright Futures Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossroads Safehouse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Northern Kentucky | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carmelite Sistershome for Girls | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Partnership for Education | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reach for Excellence Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children First Ceo Kansas Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Newman University Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center of Family Love | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fosteradopt Connect Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Assistance Network Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Supply Co | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Starfish Stories Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Exodus Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Well Community | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dear Neighbor Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Serviam Girls Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Denton County Friends of the Family Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corpus Christi Hope House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kings Kids Christian Academy of Tampa Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Promise House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Bridge Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Home Point | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Works For Children Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reconciliation Outreach Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Ignatius School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peppers Ranch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bishop Gorman Regional Catholic School | $4,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisters Academy of Baltimore Inc | $4,420 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Nativity Academy | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Gregory the Great School Inc | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Brighter Tomorrows Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wichita Women's Initiative Network Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Soup Bowl Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sent Ones | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 168 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Westerman Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 93.
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.
Koch Foundation IncFL43.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Koch Foundation Inc · Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities Inc · The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · The Aileen and Jack Pratt Foundation · Strake Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Bar Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Union Pacific 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.
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About The Westerman Foundation
- How much does The Westerman Foundation give?
- The Westerman Foundation reported 80 grants totaling $1,784,357 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 166 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Westerman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (62%), Human Services (27%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Westerman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Donnelly College ($214k), Mount St Scholastica ($154k), Catholic Charities- Diocese of Tyler ($139k).
- Does The Westerman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Westerman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Westerman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Koch Foundation Inc, Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities Inc, The John G and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation.
- Where is The Westerman Foundation based?
- The Westerman Foundation is based in TX.
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