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The Westerman Foundation at a glance

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The Westerman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
80
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% 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
02FY2024 · 80 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $74k
  • $10k–50k60 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $350k
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST EUGENE CATHOLIC SCHOOL$50,000
OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP SCHOOL$50,000
SAINT CECILIA CATHOLIC SCHOOL$50,000
DONNELLY COLLEGE$50,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAREDO$50,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES FORT WORTH$50,000
ST EUGENE CATHOLIC CHURCH$50,000
MOUNT ST SCHOLASTICA$45,000
BISHOP WARD HIGH SCHOOL$45,000
JAMES L COLLINS CATHOLIC SCHOOL$41,000
ST BENEDICT'S ABBEY$40,000
MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL$40,000
SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA SCHOOL$36,200
ST BENILDE SCHOOL METAIRIE$34,000
SAINT MICHAEL INDIAN SCHOOL$32,000
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 (FY19–24, $944k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE DWELLING PLACE: $5k → 7%CHILD BRIDGE: $5k → 18%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $30k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES FORT WORTH: $50k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ODESSA: $30k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $20k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $30k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $50k → 20%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES DBA CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF S: $30k → 23%PEPPERS RANCH: $5k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS: $30k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $30k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF GARY: $20k → 15%SACRED HEART CENTER: $8k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF: $50k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE: $30k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS: $30k → 23%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $5k → 11%THE SET ME FREE PROJECT: $5k → 12%HOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $5k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES FORT WORTH: $35k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ODESSA INC: $30k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $10k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $30k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES: $30k → 23%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $20k → 15%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE INC: $6k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC: $11k → 19%CORNERSTONE ASSISTANEE NETWORK: $5k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ODESSA INC: $25k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $25k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES DBA CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF S: $30k → 23%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $8k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DENVER INC: $20k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC: $10k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ODESSA INC: $20k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES: $20k → 23%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $5k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $30k → 21%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF: $20k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC: $5k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES: $10k → 23%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $5k → 9%DRESS FOR SUCCESS OKLAHOMA CITY LLC: $5k → 16%FOSTER ADOPT CONNECT INC: $5k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $10k → 21%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $5k → 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

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NE
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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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 130 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

130 repeat relationships: 67 still active in FY2024, 63 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

130
178

Total granted

$7.4M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+46%

Still filing today

28%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • DC
    Donnelly College
    6× · 2019–2024 · $214k · revenue +66%
  • CC
    Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $120k · revenue +25%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $120k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SM
    SAINT MARY OF CARMEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $45k
  • FV
    FATHER VINCENT CAPODANNO HIGH SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $38k · revenue +124%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA DIOCESE OF LAKE CHARLES
    one grant, 2021 · $35k
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
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
2
Catholic Charities Inc

Catholic charities alleviates poverty & builds strong families through numerous programs: homeless shelter, domestic violence shelter, adult day services program, food pantry, counseling.

Human Services
3
Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida

Catholic charities carries out the social mission of the catholic church in northwest florida to serve, empower, and advocate for vulnerable families and individuals of any race, religion, or national origin.

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4
House of the Good Shepherd

House of Good Shepherd serves with love and compassion women and children affected by domestic violence by offering a safe place with opportunities for emotional, educational and spiritual growth, giving hope and continued support for a…

Human Services
5
Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri

Inspired by the gospel of the beatitudes as proclaimed by Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri is committed to providing care and creating hope for the lives of the vulnerable through compassionate social…

Human Services
6
Catholic Charities Community Services Inc

Helping our community's most vulnerable with solutions that permanently improve lives. we serve people of all faiths, backgrounds, and abilities with more than 20 programs in a service area covering 67,000 square miles.

Human Services
7
St Elizabeth Catholic Charities Inc

St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities exists to affirm the dignity of and respect for all human life by assisting individuals and families in need to achieve empowerment and self-sufficiency.

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8
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington Inc

Our mission is to serve christ by accompanying individuals, families, and communities with compassion, support, and resources as they move from hardship to stability with dignity.

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9
Catholic Council for Social Concern Inc Catholic Charities

For more than 100 years, catholic charities of the diocese of des moines has been committed to transforming lives through service, guided by the core principles of catholic social teaching. our mission - to provide family-centered services…

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10
Catholic Charities Counseling & Adoption Services of the Diocese of Erie Inc

Provide adoption, counseling services, and refugee assistance

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11
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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12
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Inc

Catholic charities atlanta (cca), provides supportive services that enable families to overcome barriers and achieve self-sufficiency. 87% of clients are low income. cca ensures that vulnerable individuals can attain economic…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lillian Vallely School 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

100 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. 100 of the 318 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
97/100
Grantees still filing
76/100
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+170 more: $6,938,318 · Other+170 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CH…CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ODESSA INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CH…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE: $95,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CH…Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas: $85,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Ch…CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH: $85,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CH…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $80,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CH…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $63,400 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CH…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC: $56,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CH…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $45,000 · Human ServicesHOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $35,000 · Human Services+6 more: $142,500 · Human Services+6 moreDonnelly College: $214,000 · EducationDonnelly …Benedictine College: $95,000 · EducationBenedicti…MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $87,000 · EducationMARIAN MI…JOHN PAUL THE GREAT ACADEMY: $65,000 · EducationJOHN PAUL…DOMINICAN LITERACY CENTER AURORA: $62,000 · EducationDOMINICAN…GOOD SHEPHERD NATIVITY MISSION SCHOOL INC: $45,000 · EducationGOOD SHEP…FATHER VINCENT CAPODANNO HIGH SCHOOL: $38,000 · EducationEast Lake Academy: $37,000 · EducationMOUNT ST MICHAEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $37,000 · EducationDE LA SALLE INC: $35,000 · EducationCATHOLIC CHARITIES- DIOCESE OF TYLER: $139,360 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL OF TULSA: $75,000 · ReligionCUES FUND: $20,000 · ReligionCHWC INC: $32,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$6,938,318Human Services$911,900Education$715,000Philanthropy$139,360Religion$95,000Housing & Shelter$32,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetDonnelly College: $214,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES- DIOCESE OF TYLER: $139,360 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of Northern Kansas Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES INC: $120,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY: $105,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ODESSA INC: $105,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INC: $102,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTH LOUISIANA: $100,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE: $95,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBenedictine College: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $87,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCatholic Charities of Southeast Texas: $85,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH: $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: $80,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL OF TULSA: $75,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of Central Texas: $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJOHN PAUL THE GREAT ACADEMY: $65,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI INC: $63,400 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDOMINICAN LITERACY CENTER AURORA: $62,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC: $57,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE INC: $56,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $53,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD NATIVITY MISSION SCHOOL INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWings of a Butterfly: $40,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetVincent Gray Academy: $39,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetEast Lake Academy: $37,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMOUNT ST MICHAEL CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $37,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetDE LA SALLE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHOLY FAMILY DAY HOME: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHWC INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of Southwest Kansas: $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CORPUS CHRISTI INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMater Filius of Dallas Inc: $27,400 over 1y, 16% of budgetMOTHER TERESA SHELTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetRestored Hope Ministries Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCUES FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWILLIAMSON COUNTY CRISIS CENTER: $13,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 Donnelly College ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES- DIOCESE OF TYLER ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF LAS CRUCES INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ODESSA INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTH LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE ↗
  • Who funds Benedictine College ↗
  • Who funds MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL OF TULSA ↗

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 IncRaskob Foundation for…The John G and Marie …W P & Bulah Luse Foun…Hillcrest FoundationThe Dallas FoundationThe Aileen and Jack P…Strake FoundationCommunities Foundatio…Texas Bar FoundationThe Moody FoundationUnion Pacific Foundat…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Westerman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Westerman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Serviam Girls Academy Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Westerman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Westerman Foundation 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 318 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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