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Westcliff 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.

$2k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$2,400
Largest grant, FY2023
$2,400
Organizations funded a year
1 to 6
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$445k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Westcliff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23
EnvironmentYouth DevelopmentHealthInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20231$2k100%
FY20216$3k100%
FY20205$5kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Environment$4kPhilanthropy$4kAnimals$2kHealth$2kYouth Development$500International$500Civil Rights$500Housing & Shelter$400Other$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2,40010%
Humane Farming Association$1,00010%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$1,00010%
Rainforest Action Network$1,00010%
Native Animal Rescue$80010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County$50010%
Nami Santa Cruz County$50010%
Direct Relief$50010%
Community Bridges$40010%
Warming Center Program$40010%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Westcliff Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Farming Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNative Animal Rescue: $800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNami Santa Cruz County: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWarming Center Program: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 10.

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.

Community Foundation …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Monterey Peninsula Fo…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation Santa Cruz CountyCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About Westcliff Foundation

How much does Westcliff Foundation give?
Westcliff Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $2,400 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Westcliff Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (32%), Philanthropy (28%), Animals (13%).
Who are Westcliff Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: World Wildlife Fund Inc ($2k), Humane Farming Association ($1k), Center for Biological Diversity Inc ($1k).
Does Westcliff Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Westcliff 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 Westcliff Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Monterey Peninsula Foundation.
Where is Westcliff Foundation based?
Westcliff Foundation is based in CA.

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 13 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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