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West Davis & Bergard 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.

$882k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
28%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$13,522
Largest grant, FY2025
$290,273
Organizations funded a year
25 to 39
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$8.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 28% of the organizations West Davis & Bergard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterInternationalHealthCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$882k5%
FY202439$492k28%
FY202335$329k20%
FY202235$378k31%
FY202130$212k47%
FY202027$198k7%
FY201925$146k4%
FY201826$151k35%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$543kHousing & Shelter$483kCrime & Legal$392kHealth$177kRecreation & Sports$175kArts & Culture$168kYouth Development$167kFood & Nutrition$167kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Youth Alive$355,77384%
Prescott Circus Theatre$124,000610%
Oakland Catholic Worker$121,00096%
Operation Dignity Inc$101,00070%
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors$100,0001n/a
Alameda County Community Food Bank$100,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$90,00040%
Friendship House$87,5009n/a
East Bay Spca$82,00080%
A Safe Place$76,50093%
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All grantees of West Davis & Bergard Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Youth Alive$355,77384%
Prescott Circus Theatre$124,000610%
Oakland Catholic Worker$121,00096%
Operation Dignity Inc$101,00070%
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors$100,0001n/a
Alameda County Community Food Bank$100,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$90,00040%
Friendship House$87,5009n/a
East Bay Spca$82,00080%
A Safe Place$76,50093%
Native American Health Center Inc$66,50080%
Oakland Elizabeth House$65,00073%
St Mary's Center$63,50070%
Samaritan Neighborhood Center$63,50069%
Side By Side$60,25060%
Grateful Gatherings$59,50052%
Dorothy Day House$52,00071%
Beyond Emancipation$47,50060%
Stagebridge$43,50055%
Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project$40,50040%
Legal Assistance for Seniors$36,05060%
Alameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank$32,50030%
Make It Home - Bay Area$32,50031%
Options Recovery Services$32,50060%
Regional Parks Foundation$30,00020%
Reading Partners$30,00020%
St Vincents Day Home$27,50030%
Aspire Education Project$26,60051%
Diocese of Oakland Ca Department of Education$25,0003n/a
Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc$20,00030%
Loved Twice$20,00022%
Center for Elders' Independence Inc$18,00040%
Harbor House Ministries Inc$17,50021%
Lincoln$15,00030%
Family Emergency Shelter Coalition$10,0001n/a
Nova Ukraine$10,00010%
Next Step Learning Center Inc$7,50011%
Prescott Joseph Center for Community Enhancement$7,0002n/a
Camps in Common$5,00010%
Prospera Community Development$5,00011%
Womens Daytime Drop-In Center$4,50011%
Cycles of Change$2,50010%
East Oakland Youth Development Center$2,5001n/a
Oral Lee Brown Foundation$2,50011%
Sequoyah Country Club$2,00040%
Be A Mentor Inc$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($699k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget West Davis & Bergard Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYouth Alive: $355,773 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetPrescott Circus Theatre: $124,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetOakland Catholic Worker: $121,000 over 9y, 6.1% of budgetOperation Dignity Inc: $101,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEast Bay Spca: $82,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetA Safe Place: $76,500 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetNative American Health Center Inc: $66,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Elizabeth House: $65,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetSt Mary's Center: $63,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSamaritan Neighborhood Center: $63,500 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetSide By Side: $60,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGrateful Gatherings: $59,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetDorothy Day House: $52,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetBeyond Emancipation: $47,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetStagebridge: $43,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetInsight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $40,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Assistance for Seniors: $36,050 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAlameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank: $32,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMake It Home - Bay Area: $32,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOptions Recovery Services: $32,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRegional Parks Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetReading Partners: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Vincents Day Home: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAspire Education Project: $26,600 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetOakland Childrens Fairyland Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLoved Twice: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCenter for Elders' Independence Inc: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHarbor House Ministries Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLincoln: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNova Ukraine: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNext Step Learning Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCamps in Common: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProspera Community Development: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWomens Daytime Drop-In Center: $4,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCycles of Change: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOral Lee Brown Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSequoyah Country Club: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBe A Mentor Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Lowell Berry Foundati…East Bay Community Fo…Bernard E & Alba Witk…The San Francisco Fou…The California Wellne…Alameda County Commun…Kaiser Foundation Hos…The Barrios TrustSunlight GivingSilicon Valley Commun…The Banks Family Foun…San Jose Mercury News…
Lowell Berry FoundationCA55.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lowell Berry Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Alameda County Community Food Bank · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Barrios Trust · Sunlight Giving · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Banks Family Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc

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.

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How do I get to West Davis & Bergard Foundation?

Find your warmest path to West Davis & Bergard 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.

About West Davis & Bergard Foundation

How much does West Davis & Bergard Foundation give?
West Davis & Bergard Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $881,795 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does West Davis & Bergard Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Housing & Shelter (17%), Crime & Legal (13%).
Who are West Davis & Bergard Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Youth Alive ($356k), Prescott Circus Theatre ($124k), Oakland Catholic Worker ($121k).
Does West Davis & Bergard Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does West Davis & Bergard Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as West Davis & Bergard Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lowell Berry Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation.
Where is West Davis & Bergard Foundation based?
West Davis & Bergard Foundation is based in CA.

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 85 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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