· Private foundation
West Bay View 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $63k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $85,000 |
| RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN | $20,000 |
| JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER | $12,500 |
| COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN | $10,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND | $10,000 |
| NEWPORT ART MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| THE WOMXN PROJECT | $5,000 |
| CONANICUT ISLAND SAILING FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER | $5,000 |
| SAVE THE BAY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN7× · 2019–2025 · $100k · revenue +8%- JAJAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER7× · 2019–2025 · $95k · revenue +73%
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- RMRISD MUSEUM CONSERVATIONone grant, 2019 · $30k
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF RHODE ISLANDone grant, 2019 · $10k
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSone grant, 2019 · $8k · 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.
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.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.
A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The mission of the gibbes museum of art is to enhance lives through art by engaging people of every background and experience with art and artists of enduring quality; collect and preserve the art that touches charleston; and provide…
Bainbridge island museum of art (bima) inspires curiosity, wonder and understanding by connecting people with the contemporary art and craft of the puget sound region.
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
The virginia museum of contemporary art (virginia moca) is a non-profit institution which exists to foster awareness, exploration, and understanding of the significant art of our time. accredited by the american alliance of museums,…
The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 17 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 RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN ↗
- Who funds JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds NEWPORT ART MUSEUM AND ART ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Hand Papermaking Inc ↗
- Who funds CONANICUT ISLAND SAILING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CLEAN OCEAN ACCESS INC ↗
- Who funds The 5 Gyres Institute ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE BAY INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
- Who funds THE WOMXN PROJECT ↗
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 Rhode Island Community Foundation · 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 West Bay View Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from West Bay View Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
- Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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