Illinois · Nonprofit
Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund
Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,323 to it, the largest being The Bauer Family Foundation Inc ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $66k
- Net assets
- $851k
What Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund does
Mission
The mission of the Caitlin Westerfield WiSTEM Women in STEM Fund is to help create the conditions that enable girls and women to discover pursue persist and thrive in STEM. We accomplish this mission by providing grants to other 501c3 organizations. We do not operate any direct programming ourselves.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Grants to organizations that provide STEM programming for girls and women.
$81,800 spentof which $81,800 as grants100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $81,800.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
62% of Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund?
- Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,323 to it, the largest being The Bauer Family Foundation Inc ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $66,323 in grants to Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund?
- The Bauer Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Caitlin Westerfield Wistem Fund find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing