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The Westervelt Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$420kPhilanthropy$332kAnimals$135kHousing & Shelter$127kEnvironment$61kHealth$53kYouth Development$28kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $279k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$88k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMMANITY OF TUSCALOSA$125,000
SABAN CENTER FOUNDATION$100,000
UNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA$54,000
JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION$24,000
NEW HEIGHTS FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
AUBURN UNIVERSITY$6,000
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION$6,000
ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION$5,500
SACRAMENTO SPLASH$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
BLACK WARRIOR COUNCIL - SCOUTING AMERICA$5,000
FRESHWATER LAND TRUST$5,000
ROOTED TUSCALOOSA$5,000
TUSCALOOSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION$3,600
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 (FY22–25, $84k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $24k → 16%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%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

IL
OH
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
TN
SC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 32 repeat orgs$309k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
55

Total granted

$1.0M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+2%

Still filing today

59%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $262k · revenue +35%
  • SC
    SABAN CENTER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $200k · revenue +153%
  • AW
    ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $131k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • WA
    WEST ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +2%
  • FF
    FULTON FIRE AND RESCUE
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils

Coordinate rc&d activity in alabama

Environment
2
South Alabama Land Trust Inc

The South Alabama Land Trust protects land and promotes environmental education in coastal Alabama so current and future residents can enjoy clean water and the seafood, wildlife, and outdoor recreation that define our area.

Environment
3
Alabama Rivers Alliance Inc

Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama's water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement.

Environment
4
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

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5
Alabama Forest Land Trust Inc

The Organization focuses on providing services via conservation easements, administration of various grants, educational outreach and planning.

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6
Alabama Forestry Foundation

The alabama forestry association works to promote good stewardship of our renewable forest resources for the benefit of society, our members, and the forest products industry.

Environment
7
Alabama Bankers Association Inc

To promote the preservation and continued development of commercial banking in alabama.

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8
Alabama Forest Owners Association Inc

The business and purpose of this corporation shall be to promote, protect, and represent the interest of owners of forest lands in the state of Alabama; to make Alabama Forest Owners Association members the most knowledgeable forest…

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9
Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives

A statewide trade association which serves as a resource through which its electric cooperative members are provided services for the continuation and advancement of the rural electrification program in Alabama.

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10
Alabama Association of Conservation Districts Inc

The alabama association of conservation districts (aacd) is the unified voice of alabama's 67 conservation districts. organized as a 501(c)3, aacd works in cooperation with the alabama soil & water conservation committee, federal, state,…

Environment
11
Alabama Forestry Association Inc

Promote forest industry & forest products

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12
American Water Works Association Alabama-Mississippi Section

Advancement and dissemination of knowledge concerning the water works industry.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brierfield Fire and Rescue 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

28 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. 28 of the 93 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMMANITY OF TUSCALOSA: $125,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMMANITY OF TUSCALOSAIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOTTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $32,000 · OtherCOTTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+73 more: $280,908 · Other+73 moreUNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $262,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAM…UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $32,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST A…+1 more: $3,600 · PhilanthropySABAN CENTER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Public BenefitSABAN CENTER FOUN…ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $130,500 · AnimalsALABAMA WIL…JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $84,000 · Human ServicesThe Kristen Amerson Youth Foundation In: $5,750 · Human ServicesFRESHWATER LAND TRUST: $39,000 · EnvironmentCUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC: $6,000 · Environment+2 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentAmerican Heart Association Inc: $17,000 · HealthARTS' N AUTISM INC: $10,500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $10,000 · HealthUnited Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama: $3,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · Health
Other$502,908Philanthropy$297,600Public Benefit$200,000Animals$130,500Human Services$89,750Environment$47,000Health$41,500

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $262,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSABAN CENTER FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $130,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetJIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $84,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetFRESHWATER LAND TRUST: $39,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $32,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSacramento Splash: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $14,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTS' N AUTISM INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWEST ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA KXPR/KXJZ INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kristen Amerson Youth Foundation In: $5,750 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST ALABAMA INC: $4,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTUSCALOOSA CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL: $1,258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society for Ecological Restoration Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUSCALOOSA CHILDREN'S THEATRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLACER LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA STATE TROOPER ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIERFIELD FIRE AND RESCUE INC: $300 over 2y, 0.1% 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 UNITED WAY OF WEST ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds SABAN CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRESHWATER LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Sacramento Splash ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARTS' N AUTISM INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST ALABAMA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO FDBA KXPR/KXJZ INC ↗
  • Who funds CUMBERLAND RIVER COMPACT INC ↗
  • Who funds The Kristen Amerson Youth Foundation In ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ↗

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.

The Reese Phifer Jr M…The Daniel Foundation…Alabama Power Foundat…Nick's Kids Foundatio…Hewson Family Foundat…United Way of West Al…The James I Harrison …Holle Family Foundati…The Maynard Nexsen Fo…Publix Super Markets …The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…
The Reese Phifer Jr Memorial Attn Susan CorkAL26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Westervelt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Westervelt Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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.

    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 93 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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