Iowa · Private foundation
West Family 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations West Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 27 | $92k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $69k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $74k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $85k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $66k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $66k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $45k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $97,706 | 7 | 0% |
| Orchestra Iowa Inc | $53,800 | 8 | 1% |
| Save the Music Foundation | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Riverside Theatre Co | $38,225 | 2 | 3% |
| The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District | $20,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Iowa Alliance for Arts Education | $16,000 | 4 | 8% |
| The Iowa Children's Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Quad City Symphony Trust | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Childserve Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Terrace Hill Partnership | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($212k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget West Family 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: Community Foundation of Johnson County · GreenState Credit Union · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Gary Wicklund Family Foundation · Dne Caplan Family Foundation · Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About West Family Foundation
- How much does West Family Foundation give?
- West Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $94,738 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does West Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (57%), Education (31%), Health (8%).
- Who are West Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: State University of Iowa Foundation ($98k), Orchestra Iowa Inc ($54k), Save the Music Foundation ($40k).
- Does West Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does West Family 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 Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Johnson County, GreenState Credit Union, The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation.
- Where is West Family Foundation based?
- West Family Foundation is based in IA.
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