Texas · Private foundation
West 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.
- $818k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $516,813
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- 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 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k 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 | 5 | $738k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $402k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $399k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $430k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $506k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $548k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $541k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Mens Christian Association of Wichita Falls | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc | $99,999 | 3 | 0% |
| Park Cities Baptist Church | $70,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wichita Falls Faith Mission Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wichita Falls Area Food Bank | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Bible Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
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: Dillard Family Foundation · James N McCoy Foundation · Perkins-Prothro Foundation · The Fain Foundation · Bryant Edwards Foundation Inc · J S Bridwell Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About West Foundation
- How much does West Foundation give?
- West Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $817,582 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does West Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (81%), Philanthropy (11%), Religion (3%).
- Who are West Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Young Mens Christian Association of Wichita Falls ($150k), Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc ($100k), Park Cities Baptist Church ($70k).
- Does West Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does West 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dillard Family Foundation, James N McCoy Foundation, Perkins-Prothro Foundation.
- Where is West Foundation based?
- West Foundation is based in TX.
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