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West End Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$26kHealth$16kEducation$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kPhilanthropy$5kCivil Rights$4kReligion$4kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$117k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief$3,500
Community Foundation For Loundoun and Northern Fauquier Counties$3,500
Loudoun Hunger Relief$3,500
Rise Foundation$1,500
World Central Kitchen$667
PFLAG$667
ACLU Foundation of Virginia$666
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Rise Foundation: $2k → 14%Second Story: $1k → 6%FACETS: $1k → 6%FACETS: $1k → 6%FACETS: $833 → 6%FACETS: $167 → 6%Cornerstones: $8k → 6%Cornerstones: $3k → 6%Cornerstones: $3k → 6%Cornerstones: $2k → 6%Cornerstones: $1k → 6%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of West End Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

West End Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$52k · 10 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
8

Total granted

$52k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+75%

Still filing today

60%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • CI
    CORNERSTONES INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $16k · revenue +53%
  • AF
    ALI FORNEY CENTER INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +71%
  • FC
    FACETS CARES INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • TD
    Translifeline DBA Trans Lifelinegraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +84%
  • SA
    ST ANNES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • WE
    West End House Boys & Girls Club
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
2
Transgender Law Center

Transgender Law Center TLC changes law, policy and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.

Civil Rights
3
Human Rights Campaign Foundation

The human rights campaign foundation is organized for the charitable and educational purposes of promoting public education and welfare for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (lgbtq+) community. the hrc foundation envisions…

Civil Rights
4
Federation of Virginia Food Banks

Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.

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5
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc

Loaves & fishes provides nourishing food with respect and dignity to all who seek assistance, while offering robust opportunities for community engagement through volunteerism, partnerships, and nutrition education.

Food & Nutrition
6
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
7
United States Association for Unhcr

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

International
8
Arlington Food Assistance Center

To provide dignified access to free groceries for qualified families in Arlington, VA and surrounding counties.

Food & Nutrition
9
Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store

To fight hunger in fauquier county by providing our neighbors in need with nourishing food and encouraging self-sufficiency through vibrant community partnerships

Food & Nutrition
10
Volunteer Legal Advocates

To advocate for domestic violence victims, at-risk children, and other vulnerable individuals by providing over $22.8m in pro bono legal services, social service referrals, and on-going support; to train and support a strong network of…

Housing & Shelter
11
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy

Working within the faith community to educate and mobilize citizen to create systemic social change for low income Virginians.

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12
Transformca dba Transform

Transform works to ensure that people of all incomes thrive in a world safe from climate chaos.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cornerstones Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metro Dc Pflag. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 24 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
7/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORNERSTONES INC: $16,150 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONES INCMetro DC PFLAG: $4,000 · Human ServicesMetro DC PFLAGFACETS CARES INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesFACETS CARES INCRISE FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Human ServicesRISE FOUNDATIONABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesPlanned Parenthood: $8,500 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodUniversity of Massachusetts: $5,350 · OtherUniversity of MassachusettsJust Neighbors: $4,000 · OtherJust NeighborsMetropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia (MCC NOVA): $3,000 · OtherMetropolitan Community Church of Northern…ST ANNES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $1,250 · OtherWest End House Boys & Girls Club: $1,000 · OtherArt Business Collaborative Inc: $1,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,667 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCMassasoit Community College Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $1,333 · OtherTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $4,500 · HealthTranslifeli…Brockton Visiting Nurse Association Inc: $2,500 · HealthBrockton Vi…HAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC: $1,000 · HealthHAYMAKERS F…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES: $3,500 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterLOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF INC: $3,500 · ReligionMUTUAL AID DISASTER RELIEF INC: $3,500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Human Services$25,650Other$28,100Health$8,000Philanthropy$4,500Housing & Shelter$4,000Religion$3,500Public Safety & Disaster$3,500

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 budgetCORNERSTONES INC: $16,150 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUTUAL AID DISASTER RELIEF INC: $3,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFACETS CARES INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrockton Visiting Nurse Association Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,667 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRISE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassasoit Community College Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPFLAG: $667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia: $666 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Van Metre Companies F…The Jv Schiro Zavela …United Way of the Nat…The Northrop Grumman …Greater Washington Co…Verizon FoundationVanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Network for Good
The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia IncVA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 End Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from West End Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Brockton Visiting Nurse Association Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.

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 24 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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