Alabama · Private foundation
The Westervelt 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.
- $383k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 44
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $88k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations The Westervelt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k 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 | 24 | $383k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $334k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $263k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $183k | 66% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $146k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of West Alabama Inc | $262,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Saban Center Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Alabama Wildlife Federation | $130,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Jimmy Rane Foundation | $84,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Freshwater Land Trust | $39,000 | 5 | 1% |
| United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc | $32,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacramento Splash | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $14,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Arts' N Autism Inc | $10,500 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($404k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Westervelt 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 Reese Phifer Jr Memorial Attn Susan Cork · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Nick's Kids Foundation Inc · Hewson Family Foundation Inc · United Way of West Alabama Inc · The James I Harrison Family Foundation · Holle Family Foundation · The Maynard Nexsen Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About The Westervelt Foundation
- How much does The Westervelt Foundation give?
- The Westervelt Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $383,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 44 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Westervelt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Philanthropy (25%), Animals (10%).
- Who are The Westervelt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: United Way of West Alabama Inc ($262k), Saban Center Foundation ($200k), Alabama Wildlife Federation ($131k).
- Does The Westervelt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Westervelt 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 Westervelt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Reese Phifer Jr Memorial Attn Susan Cork, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Alabama Power Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Westervelt Foundation based?
- The Westervelt Foundation is based in AL.
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