Virginia · Private foundation
West End 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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $117k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations West End Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 6 | $11k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $10k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $17k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $8k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $4k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $13k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstones Inc | $16,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro DC PFLAG | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ali Forney Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loudoun Hunger Relief Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Facets Cares Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brockton Visiting Nurse Association Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,667 | 2 | 0% |
| Rise Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstones Inc | $16,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro DC PFLAG | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ali Forney Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Loudoun Hunger Relief Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Facets Cares Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brockton Visiting Nurse Association Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,667 | 2 | 0% |
| Rise Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| St Annes Episcopal Church | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Abused and Homeless Children's Refuge Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haymakers for Hope Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massasoit Community College Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pflag | $667 | 1 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia | $666 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget West End Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Van Metre Companies Foundation Inc · The Jv Schiro Zavela Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Northrop Grumman Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good
How this is measured
About West End Foundation
- How much does West End Foundation give?
- West End Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $14,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does West End Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Health (20%), Education (8%).
- Who are West End Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cornerstones Inc ($16k), Translifeline DBA Trans Lifeline ($5k), Metro DC PFLAG ($4k).
- Does West End Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does West End 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 End Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, Van Metre Companies Foundation Inc, The Jv Schiro Zavela Foundation.
- Where is West End Foundation based?
- West End Foundation is based in VA.
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