Florida · Public charity
West Bay Community Charitable Foundation
We give and make grants to a limited number of 501(c) 3 organizations in lee and collier counties in the following of need areas: (continued on schedule o) organizations that provide human services for at-risk women, children and the elderly, organizations that serve people who need food, shelter and/or medical services, and/or…
- $392k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 31
- FY2021 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $89k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations West Bay Community Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 17 | $388k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $295k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $255k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $215k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $202k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL Inc | $71,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Interfaith Charities of South Lee Inc | $68,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Laces of Love Charitable Foundation | $67,500 | 5 | 4% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $67,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc | $66,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Ana's Friends Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cafe of Life Inc | $59,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Youth Haven Inc | $57,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul District Council Of | $53,000 | 4 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
West Bay Community Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The League Club Inc · The United Way of Lee County Inc · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Copperleaf Charitable Foundation Inc · Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Pelican Sound Charitable Foundation Inc · Spring Run Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ammerman Foundation · Smith Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About West Bay Community Charitable Foundation
- How much does West Bay Community Charitable Foundation give?
- West Bay Community Charitable Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $391,745 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 31 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does West Bay Community Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Education (15%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are West Bay Community Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Alliance for Period Supplies of SWFL Inc ($71k), Interfaith Charities of South Lee Inc ($68k), Laces of Love Charitable Foundation ($68k).
- Does West Bay Community Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as West Bay Community Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Collier Community Foundation Inc, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, The League Club Inc.
- Where is West Bay Community Charitable Foundation based?
- West Bay Community Charitable Foundation is based in FL.
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