· Private foundation
The Westlake Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SHIELDS & STRIPES | $15,000 |
| THE FUND OF AMERICAN STUDIES | $7,500 |
| ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH | $5,550 |
| A PLACE TO BE | $5,250 |
| GABRIEL PROJECT | $5,250 |
| VETERANS ADVOCACY SERVICES | $5,250 |
| FOOD FOR THE POOR | $5,250 |
| A FARM LESS ORDINARY | $5,000 |
| WOMEN GIVING BACK | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $750 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASHIELDS AND STRIPES INC4× · 2021–2024 · $34k · revenue +163%
- TFTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES5× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +80%
- AFA FARM LESS ORDINARY4× · 2019–2024 · $28k · revenue +234%
Funded once
- GCGONZAGA COLLEGE HSone grant, 2017 · $5k
- UAU AND D JESUITone grant, 2017 · $5k
- LILINK INCORPORATEDone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue -17%
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.
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.
The Forum connects civil society experts to strengthen public efforts on arms transfers, security, and weapons issues, offering a hub for expertise, analysis, and resources.
To encourage individuals, corporations, foundations and donor governments to support the global fund, an international foundation focused on ending three of the world's most deadly infectious diseases.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
To advance knowledge and facilitate research of the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of lyme disease and other tick-borne infections.
To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.
Foreign Policy For America is a nonpartisan advocacy organization founded to strengthen support for principled American engagement in the world.
Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…
Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.
FDD Action is a non-profit, non-partisan 504(c)4 organization established to advocate for effective policies to promote U.S. National Security and defend free nations.
Founded in 1995 wfpg works to expand the foreign policy dialogue across policital divides and generations and to support women at every stake of their careers. as champions of womens leadership we are proud of our role in expanding the…
Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.
Farm bureau is a voluntary, grassroots advocacy organization representing the social economic interests of farm and ranch families at the local, state, and national levels. by providing leadership and organizational skills, farm bureau…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 34 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SHIELDS AND STRIPES INC ↗
- Who funds THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES ↗
- Who funds A FARM LESS ORDINARY ↗
- Who funds VETERANS ADVOCACY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CAPITAL LYME DISEASE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds SOCCER WITHOUT BORDERS ↗
- Who funds A PLACE TO BE ↗
- Who funds Women Giving Back Inc ↗
- Who funds LINK INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Border Patrol Foundation ↗
- Who funds SHOOTING TOUCH INC ↗
- Who funds LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC ↗
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: Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Westlake Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Westlake Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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