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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 FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$290k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% 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
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $404k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $290k
$13,522
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTH ALIVE$290,273
ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$50,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$50,000
PRESCOTT CIRCUS THEATRE$50,000
CRISTO REY DE LA SALLE$40,000
GRATEFUL GATHERINGS$25,000
OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER$25,000
OPERATION DIGNITY$25,000
NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH CENTER$20,000
EAST BAY SPCA$20,000
REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION$20,000
A SAFE PLACE$20,000
SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES$20,000
OAKLAND ELIZABETH HOUSE$15,000
FRIENDSHIP HOUSE$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $412k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $25k → 10%STEP SAMARITAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $15k → 10%MAKE IT HOME: $15k → 10%SAMARITAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $15k → 10%STEP SAMARITAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $10k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $10k → 10%MAKE IT HOME: $10k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $10k → 10%SAMARITAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $9k → 10%SAMARITAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $8k → 10%STEP SAMARITAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $8k → 10%MAKE IT HOME: $8k → 10%CENTER FOR ELDERS INDEPENDENCE: $6k → 10%CENTER FOR ELDERS INDEPENDENCE: $6k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $5k → 10%CENTER FOR ELDERS INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 10%CENTER FOR ELDERS INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $5k → 10%BERKELEY FOOD & HOUSING PROJECT: $11k → 10%BERKELEY FOOD & HOUSING PROJECT: $10k → 10%BERKELEY FOOD & HOUSING PROJECT: $10k → 10%BERKELEY FOOD & HOUSING PROJECT: $10k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $25k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $20k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $18k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $15k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $15k → 10%LOVED TWICE: $15k → 10%LOVED TWICE: $5k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $13k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $5k → 10%OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $5k → 10%BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $5k → 10%BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $5k → 10%CAMPS IN COMMON-OAKLAND FEATHER RIVER CAMP: $5k → 10%BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $15k → 10%BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $10k → 10%BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $8k → 10%BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $5k → 10%WOMENS DAYTIME DROP IN CENTER: $5k → 10%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 59 repeat orgs$245k to everyone else

59 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
23

Total granted

$2.7M
$230k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+55%

Still filing today

54%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • YA
    YOUTH ALIVE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $356k · revenue +110%
  • PC
    Prescott Circus Theatre
    6× · 2017–2025 · $124k · revenue +59%
  • OD
    OPERATION DIGNITY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $101k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • BA
    BAY AREA ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED SAILORS
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -54%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • FM
    FRANCISCAN MISSIONS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
Bay Area Community Services Housing Corp

Improve the quality of life for individuals in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Solano County, Monterey County, Sacramento County and the surrounding area in the State of California.

Housing & Shelter
2
East Bay Agency for Children

For more than 70 years, East Bay Agency for Children continues to improve the well-being of children, youth and families by reducing the impact of trauma and social inequalities.

Health
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
Alameda County Homeless Action Center

HAC assists homeless and mentally ill clients in the long and difficult process of becoming eligible for SSI and MediCal benefits. HAC provides assistance with other public benefits that clients need in the interim to survive until their…

Housing & Shelter
5
Alameda Family Services Inc

Nonprofit human services organization active in the City of Alameda and the East Bay whose mission is to improve the emotional, psychological, and physical health of children, youth, and their families.

Human Services
6
Alzheimers Services of the East Bay

The mission of Alzheimer's Services of the East Bay is to provide services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia; provide support for their caregivers; and educate and inform the general community about issues…

Health
7
East Bay Housing Organizations

East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) is a member-driven organization working to create, preserve, and protect affordable housing opportunities for low-income communities by advocating, organizing, educating, and building coalitions. EBHO…

Housing & Shelter
8
Oakland Kids First

The mission of Oakland Kids First is to increase youth voice, leadership and power to create engaging and equitable public schools where all students learn and lead.

Youth Development
9
Eviction Defense Collaborative Inc

The Eviction Defense Collaborative strives to prevent homelessness, preserveaffordable housing, and protect the diversity of San Francisco. We work toward thesegoals by providing emergency rental assistance and by helping low-income…

Housing & Shelter
10
Family Violence Law Center

FVLC helps diverse communities in Alameda County heal from domestic violence and sexual assault, advocating for justice and healthy relationships. We provide survivor-centered legal and crisis intervention services, offer prevention for…

Crime & Legal
11
San Francisco Casa

San Francisco CASA transforms the lives of children and youth traumatized and displaced in the foster care and related systems by providing one consistent, caring volunteer advocate, trained to address each childs needs in the court and…

Civil Rights
12
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Harbor House Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oral Lee Brown Foundation. 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

45 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. 45 of the 85 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/45
Grantees still filing
30/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH ALIVE: $355,773 · OtherYOUTH ALIVESWORDS TO PLOWSHARES: $102,000 · OtherSWORDS TO PLOWSHARESBAY AREA ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED SAILORS: $100,000 · OtherALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $100,000 · OtherFRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $87,500 · OtherA SAFE PLACE: $76,500 · OtherINNER WHEEL OF SAN LEANDRO: $71,215 · OtherNative American Health Center Inc: $66,500 · OtherST MARY'S CENTER: $63,500 · Other+55 more: $866,186 · Other+55 moreOAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER: $121,000 · Human ServicesOAKLAND CATHOLI…SAMARITAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $63,500 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN NEIGH…GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $59,500 · Human ServicesGRATEFUL GATHER…BEYOND EMANCIPATION: $47,500 · Human ServicesBEYOND EMANCIPA…Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $40,500 · Human ServicesInsight Housing…MAKE IT HOME - BAY AREA: $32,500 · Human ServicesMAKE IT HOME - …Loved Twice: $20,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR ELDERS' INDEPENDENCE INC: $18,000 · Human Services+2 more: $9,500 · Human ServicesOPERATION DIGNITY INC: $101,000 · Housing & ShelterOakland Elizabeth House: $65,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterPrescott Circus Theatre: $124,000 · Arts & CultureSTAGEBRIDGE: $43,500 · Arts & CultureSide By Side: $60,250 · HealthOPTIONS RECOVERY SERVICES: $32,500 · HealthLincoln: $15,000 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $90,000 · InternationalNOVA UKRAINE: $10,000 · InternationalEAST BAY SPCA: $82,000 · Animals
Other$1,889,174Human Services$412,000Housing & Shelter$168,500Arts & Culture$167,500Health$107,750International$100,000Animals$82,000

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

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 budgetNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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 YOUTH ALIVE ↗
  • Who funds Prescott Circus Theatre ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND CATHOLIC WORKER ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION DIGNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BAY AREA ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED SAILORS ↗
  • Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds A SAFE PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Native American Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Oakland Elizabeth House ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Side By Side ↗
  • Who funds GRATEFUL GATHERINGS ↗
  • Who funds Dorothy Day House ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND EMANCIPATION ↗
  • Who funds STAGEBRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS ↗
  • Who funds Alameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds MAKE IT HOME - BAY AREA ↗
  • Who funds OPTIONS RECOVERY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENTS DAY HOME ↗
  • Who funds ASPIRE EDUCATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Oakland Childrens Fairyland 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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization West Davis & Bergard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from West Davis & Bergard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    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.

    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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