New Jersey · Public charity
The Westfield Foundation
The Organization is a not-for-profit established to support the public well-being and improve the quality of life in the community. It administers endowment and other funds established by individuals and organizations, invests them and makes grants to meet community needs.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $401k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $30M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations The Westfield Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $658k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $401k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $904k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $306k | 79% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $349k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $318k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $395k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $313k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $317k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Children's Specialized Hospital | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Hope Hospice Inc | $97,673 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Street Youth Center Inc | $59,700 | 3 | 1% |
| St Joseph Social Service Center | $53,756 | 1 | 2% |
| Our House Foundation Inc | $53,305 | 3 | 2% |
| Overlook Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Fanwood-Scotch Plains | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| El Centro Hispanoamericano | $40,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Family Promise Inc | $39,025 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
Plus 97 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Westfield 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 Hyde and Watson Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Ej Grassmann Trust · Columbia Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Provident Bank Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · The Summit Foundation · Union Foundation · Plainfield Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Westfield Foundation
- How much does The Westfield Foundation give?
- The Westfield Foundation reported 26 itemized grants totaling $400,803, out of $1,189,894 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Westfield Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (41%), Health (14%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Westfield Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County Inc ($115k), Children's Specialized Hospital ($100k), Center for Hope Hospice Inc ($98k).
- Does The Westfield Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Westfield Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Community Foundation of New Jersey, Ej Grassmann Trust.
- Where is The Westfield Foundation based?
- The Westfield Foundation is based in NJ.
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