Colorado · Private foundation
Westen 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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 24
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $335k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Westen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $35k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $19k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salisbury School Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fish of Galesburg | $5,250 | 2 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgeway Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clothes to Kids of Denver Inc | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $650 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Colorado | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $450 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Boston College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salisbury School Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fish of Galesburg | $5,250 | 2 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgeway Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clothes to Kids of Denver Inc | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $650 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Colorado | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| Tact Kids Inc | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $450 | 2 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $270 | 1 | 0% |
| The 11 Day Power Play Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| United Service Organizations Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Westen 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Westen Family Foundation
- How much does Westen Family Foundation give?
- Westen Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $34,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 24 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Westen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (59%), Philanthropy (20%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Westen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Trustees of Boston College ($20k), Salisbury School Inc ($16k), Fish of Galesburg ($5k).
- Does Westen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Westen 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 Westen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Westen Family Foundation based?
- Westen Family Foundation is based in CO.
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