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West for Charities Tw

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.

$101k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
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.

Health$235kHuman Services$157kArts & Culture$118kEducation$78kPhilanthropy$78kReligion$78kEnvironment$30kSocial Science$10k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $91k
$10,137
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$10,137
ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LI$10,137
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION$10,137
THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH$10,137
UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY$10,137
CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$10,137
WAYNESBORO YMCA$10,137
THE SALVATION ARMY$10,137
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$10,137
RENFREW COMMITTEE INC$5,069
BUTTONWOOD NATURE CENTER$5,069
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 44% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $10k → 9%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 14%THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $10k → 17%ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $10k → 9%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 14%THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $10k → 17%ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $10k → 9%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 14%THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $10k → 17%ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $10k → 9%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 14%THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $10k → 17%ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $9k → 9%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $9k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $9k → 14%THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $9k → 17%ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: $9k → 13%UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $8k → 9%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $8k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $8k → 14%THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $8k → 17%ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: $8k → 13%ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LI: $10k → 9%CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 9%WAYNESBORO YMCA: $10k → 9%CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 9%WAYNESBORO YMCA: $10k → 9%ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LI: $10k → 9%ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LI: $10k → 9%WAYNESBORO YMCA: $10k → 9%CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 9%WAYNESBORO YMCA: $10k → 9%ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LI: $10k → 9%CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 9%ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LI: $9k → 9%WAYNESBORO YMCA: $9k → 9%CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $9k → 9%ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LI: $8k → 9%CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $8k → 9%WAYNESBORO YMCA: $8k → 9%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$784k · 12 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
0

Total granted

$784k
$0

Still filing today

67%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • AH
    ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LIBRARY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +83%
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +120%
  • YM
    Young Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro
    9× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +36%

Funded once

    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
    American College of Radiology

    The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

    Health
    2
    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

    Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

    Health
    3
    Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

    Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.

    Health
    4
    New York Genome Center Inc

    Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

    Health
    5
    Access to Advanced Health Institute

    Aahi is a nonprofit biotech research institute, bringing together the best experts, technologies, and platforms to create accessible, high-quality products and solutions for harnessing the immune system to alleviate disease.

    Health
    6
    American College of Rheumatology Inc

    The american college of rheumatology is an organization of and for physicians, health professionals, and scientists that advances rheumatology through programs of education, research, advocacy and practice support that foster excellence in…

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    7
    Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

    We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

    Education
    8
    Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

    The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

    Science & Tech
    9
    Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance

    To marshal and focus the resources and relationships needed to cure fa by raising funds for research, promoting public awareness and aligning scientists, patients, clinicians, government agencies and pharmaceutical companies dedicated to…

    Health
    10
    American Museum of Natural History

    The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

    Arts & Culture
    11
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

    Health
    12
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

    Health
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arthritis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. 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

    8 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. 8 of the 12 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)
    8/8
    Grantees still filing
    5/8
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LIBRARY: $78,441 · OtherALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LIBRARYPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $78,441 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYCHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $78,441 · OtherCHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHTHE SALVATION ARMY: $78,441 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYYoung Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro: $78,441 · OtherYoung Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro+1 more: $9,500 · OtherARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $78,441 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INCTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $78,441 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCHSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $78,441 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENUNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $78,441 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …RENFREW COMMITTEE INC: $39,219 · Arts & CultureBUTTONWOOD NATURE CENTER INC: $29,719 · Environment
    Other$401,705Health$235,323Philanthropy$78,441Arts & Culture$39,219Environment$29,719

    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 budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $78,441 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $78,441 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LIBRARY: $78,441 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $78,441 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $78,441 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro: $78,441 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetRENFREW COMMITTEE INC: $39,219 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetBUTTONWOOD NATURE CENTER INC: $29,719 over 7y, 1.3% 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 ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY ↗
    • Who funds ALEXANDER HAMILTON MEMORIAL FREE LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH ↗
    • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
    • Who funds Young Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro ↗
    • Who funds RENFREW COMMITTEE INC ↗
    • Who funds BUTTONWOOD NATURE CENTER INC ↗

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization West for Charities Tw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from West for Charities Tw. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
    • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–15%
    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 12 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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