California · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION WEST
FOUNDATION WEST (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,868 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($23,690). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $842k
What Foundation West does
Mission
Support co-curricular activities, provide student tutoring & support services, provide teacher grants, recognition of student and staff achievement, provide graduating seniors with scholarships, support student awareness programs, provide financial assistance to needy students & programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Uniforms, equipment, clothing/apparel, and coaching expenses were provided for the benefit of approximately 1,000 men and women clovis west high school athletes.uniforms: $86,593equipment: $63,658clothing/apparel: $165,976coaching related expenses: $52,548
$368,775 spent28% of program spendingTravel and related expenses were provided for the benefit of approximately 1,200 students in order to participate in various local, state, and national athletic and academic/scholastic/arts competitions. These travel expenses included, but are not limited to transportation (air fares, car rentals, bus and van transportation, lodging, fuel, meals), tournament and competition entry fees and registrations.competition, registration, and other fees: $39,075tournament entry fees and expenses: $48,328travel and transportation expenses: $149,984
$237,387 spent18% of program spendingUniforms, clothing/apparel, fees and registrations, equipment, musical instruments, travel, vehicle expense (truck for transporting equipment to competitions), and miscellaneous program expenses for approximately 175-225 students active in clovis west high school's marching band & colorguard program, as well as other musical arts programs.uniforms, clothing/apparel: $5,424equipment: $6,019fees & registrations: $7,595colorguard and percussion expenses: $7,456marching band expense: $8,324musical instruments and miscellaneous music related expenses: $45,415staff expense: $40,723travel and transportation expenses: $71,113
$192,069 spent14% of program spending1.) awards, appreciation, and recognition of both students and staff for their endeavors: $69,0202.) end-of-season banquets to recognize and congratulate organized groups/teams for their endeavors: $38,1873.) various programs and co-curricular funding assistance: $209,1474.) food and beverages to various teams, groups, staff committees: $107,9185.) meals, food, beverages for various staff, team, and coach meetings and luncheons throughout the school year: $40,7236.) student support and awareness: $5,9437.) athletic and marching band camps: $22,9108.)photo and video expenses: $34,741
$528,589 spentof which $48,300 as grants40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,326,820.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $541k to $689k (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
18% of FOUNDATION WEST’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $447 → $7k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 FOUNDATION WEST’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
FOUNDATION WEST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
75% 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 FOUNDATION WEST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 89% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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
75% of FOUNDATION WEST'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 $8k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FOUNDATION WEST runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION WEST
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOUNDATION WEST: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION WEST?
- FOUNDATION WEST (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,868 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($23,690). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION WEST have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $31,868 in grants to FOUNDATION WEST, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION WEST?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $23,690 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION WEST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing