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Two West 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.

$46k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$179kEducation$79kYouth Development$68kHuman Services$45kRecreation & Sports$40kInternational$35kReligion$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$329k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVERSIDE LANGUAGE PROGRAM$5,000
FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL$5,000
STAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$5,000
CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES$5,000
INSPIRICA INC$5,000
STRAWTOWN ART & GARDEN STUDIO$3,000
ANGELICA CENTER FOR ARTS$3,000
SURVIVORS EMPOWERED INC$3,000
VICTORY UNITED INC$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
WILCOX THEATER AND ARTS INC$3,000
PRISON DHARMA NETWORK INC$2,000
ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOR$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $99k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE READING TEAM: $10k → 17%THE READING TEAM: $7k → 17%THE READING TEAM: $7k → 17%CIRCESTEEM: $15k → 14%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $20k → 9%CIRCESTEEM: $10k → 14%CIRCESTEEM: $10k → 14%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $10k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $10k → 9%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

VT
IL
NY
MA
SD
CT
CA
CO
AZ
DC
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$387k · 17 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$387k
$115k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+5%

Still filing today

76%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BO
    BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP
    3× · 2020–2023 · $40k · revenue +96%
  • CI
    CIRCESTEEM INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $35k · revenue +66%
  • R
    REFUGEEONE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +211%

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -3%
  • CE
    CIVIC ENSEMBLE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • FRACTURED ATLAS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +5%
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
The Dreamyard Project Inc

The dreamyard project, inc. (dreamyard) is an arts and social justice organization dedicated to working with bronx youth, families, and schools to build pathways toward equity and opportunity.

Arts & Culture
2
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
3
Company One Inc

Company one theatre builds community at the intersection of art and social change. vision: a boston defined by justice, equity, and artistic innovation. manifesto: welcome to our community, where every audience member, artist, student, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Studio in a School Association Inc

From classrooms to careers, studio in a school expands access to visual arts education and professions in the arts by partnering with practicing artists, schools, and cultural institutions.

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5
Community-Word Project Inc

Our mission is to facilitate culturally responsive, multidisciplinary art programs for students, teaching artists, and communities to develop and amplify their voices and creative skills.

Education
6
Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc

Bax/brooklyn arts exchange is a multigenerational arts organization nurturing creative expression and artistic process through education, residencies, and performance at the intersection of arts and social justice.

Arts & Culture
7
People's Theatre Project Inc

Rooted in washington heights and inwood, the peoples theatre (formerly peoples theatre project) makes theatre with and for immigrant communities to build a more just and equitable world.

Arts & Culture
8
Opening Act Inc

Opening Acts theater programs provide students attending New York Citys most under-served public schools the opportunity to gain confidence, pride and the knowledge that they can succeed at anything in life. We strive to offer an…

Arts & Culture
9
Brooklyn Acting Lab Inc

Brooklyn Acting Lab, Inc. (the Organization) was incorporated in February 2011 under the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of the State of New York. Brooklyn Acting Labs mission is to create innovative theatrical works that reflect our…

Arts & Culture
10
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
11
The Actors Center Inc

Creative residency programs, artist development workshops, advanced training opportunities, and mentorship for professional actors and people who wish to participate in the performing arts.

Arts & Culture
12
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc

Reel works mentors, inspires and empowers underserved nyc youth to share their stories through filmmaking, creating a springboard to successful careers in media and beyond.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Reach Out and Read of Greater New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the City of New York. 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 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
14/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL: $35,000 · OtherFULLER PROJECT FOR INTERNATIONALIrondale Productions Inc: $25,000 · OtherIrondale Productions IncSTILL WATERS IN A STORM: $25,000 · OtherSTILL WATERS IN A STORMHOOK ARTS MEDIA INC: $20,000 · OtherHOOK ARTS MEDIA INCCITY ARTS: $20,000 · OtherCITY ARTSFENCING IN THE PARK INC: $20,000 · OtherFENCING IN THE PARK INCCIVIC ENSEMBLE INC: $10,000 · OtherCHRIS ANTHONY YOUTH INITIATIVE PROJECT: $10,000 · OtherARTSPACE INC: $10,000 · OtherSANDGLASS CENTER FOR PUPPETRY & THEATER: $10,000 · OtherTHE NEW ENGLAND YOUTH THEATER INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE NEW ENGLAND YOUTH THEATER INCTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $22,000 · Other+6 moreBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $40,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING ONE COMMUNIT…CIRCESTEEM INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesCIRCESTEEM INCREADING TEAM INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesREADING TEAM INCMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE …FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLA…RADIO DIARIES INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRADIO DIARIES …The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Metropolit…STRAWTOWN ART & GARDEN STUDIO INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureSTRAWTOWN ART …KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 · Arts & CultureKATONAH MUSEUM…Willcox Theater and Arts Inc: $3,000 · Arts & CultureINNERCITY WEIGHTLIFTING INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsSouth Bronx United Inc: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsRiverside Language Program Inc: $15,000 · EducationPROJECT BIKE TECH: $10,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $5,000 · EducationVictory United Inc: $3,000 · EducationREFUGEEONE: $30,000 · ReligionPrison Dharma Network Inc: $2,000 · ReligionSTAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropySURVIVORS EMPOWERED INC: $3,000 · Philanthropy
Other$232,000Human Services$99,000Arts & Culture$66,000Recreation & Sports$40,000Education$33,000Religion$32,000Philanthropy$28,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCIRCESTEEM INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetREFUGEEONE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIrondale Productions Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSTAMFORD PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetREADING TEAM INC: $24,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetINNERCITY WEIGHTLIFTING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOOK ARTS MEDIA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSouth Bronx United Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFENCING IN THE PARK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRiverside Language Program Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NEW ENGLAND YOUTH THEATER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCIVIC ENSEMBLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BIKE TECH: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRADIO DIARIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTRAWTOWN ART & GARDEN STUDIO INC: $8,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWillcox Theater and Arts Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPrison Dharma Network Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Pinkerton FoundationLaureus Sport for Goo…New York Council for …Select Equity Group F…Pwc Foundation IncThe Hyde and Watson F…Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…
Pinkerton FoundationNY15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinkerton Foundation · Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA · New York Council for the Humanities · Select Equity Group Foundation · Pwc Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · 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 Two West Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Two West Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Stamford Public Education Foundation Inc: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report 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

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How do I get to Two West Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Two West 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 38 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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