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The Westphal Family Foundation

Concord, CA · EIN 91-6491365. Reported 102 grants totalling $447,286 to 73 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,250median grant
$447,286granted, 2021-2024
73organizations funded
27%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Westphal Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
7 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
58 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
27 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
8 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Als - Therapy Development InstituteWatertown, MA$57,000222022
Oakland Lacrosse ClubOakland, CA$27,000332023
Lacrosse Education and TrainingSan Francisco, CA$20,000222022
Druzhinina Euguena-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonLos Angeles, CA$11,500112022
Margalit Mika-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonMedford, MA$11,500112022
Reynolds Penelope-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonSan Luis Obispo, CA$11,500112022
Stephen J Wampler Foundation IncCoronado, CA$11,500222022
Acalanes Parents ClubLafayette, CA$10,000112022
Carondelet High School FoundationConcord, CA$10,000222024
East Bay Integrated Care IncPleasant Hill, CA$10,000222022
Make Santa Fe IncSanta Fe, NM$10,000222022
Piedmont Education FundPiedmont, CA$10,000222022
Salisbury SchoolSalisbury, CT$10,000222022
Santa Fe Art InstituteSanta Fe, NM$10,000222022
Girls IncOakland, CA$9,000222022
Perry Cherish-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonSan Francisco, CA$9,000112022
Hofer Mitch-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonSan Francisco, CA$8,500112022
Watson Calvin-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonBaltimore, MD$8,500112022
Okizu FoundationNovato, CA$8,000222022
Santa Fe Dreamers ProjectSanta Fe, NM$8,000222022
The Food DepotSanta Fe, NM$8,000222022
Wheeler Joseph-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonChico, CA$8,000112022
Association for the Preservation of the Presidential Yacht PotomacOakland, CA$7,500222022
Lafayette Partners in EducationLafayette, CA$7,500222022
Shelter IncConcord, CA$7,000222022
De La Salle High SchoolConcord, CA$5,000112021
Lindsay Wildlife ExperienceWalnut Creek, CA$5,000222022
Los Banos Tiger Trap TeamLos Banos, CA$5,000112022
Margalit Yonatan Co Tufts UniversityMedford, MA$5,000112021
Piedmont Recreational Facilities OrganizationOakland, CA$5,000112022
University of California Irvine FoundationOrange, CA$5,000112022
Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL$5,000222022
Strive for Change FoundationOakland, CA$4,500222022
Chainbreaker CollectiveSanta Fe, NM$4,000222022
Children's Health GuildLafayette, CA$4,000112021
Hammond Aidan Co Biola UniversityLa Mirada, CA$4,000112021
Hammond Arela Co Biola UniversityLa Mirada, CA$4,000112021
Porath Chloe Co UC DavisWest Sacramento, CA$4,000112021
Lafayette Water Polo FoundationLafayette, CA$3,500222022
Miller Lauren Co Sacramento State UniversitySacramento, CA$3,500112021
Reynolds Penelope Co Cal Poly SloSan Luis Obispo, CA$3,500112021
Wheeler Sophie Co University of Nevada RenoReno, NV$3,500112021
Baun (bay Area Urban Network)Oakland, CA$3,000222022
Bay Area Rescue MissionRichmond, CA$3,000222022
Druzhinina Euguena Co USCLos Angeles, CA$3,000112021
Ngo Jenny Co Ca State University Channel IslandsCamarillo, CA$3,000112021
Nguyen Chau Tran Co UC DavisWest Sacramento, CA$3,000112021
No Barriers USAFort Collins, CO$3,000112021
Piedmont Police Officers AssociationOakland, CA$3,000222022
Reardon Jessica-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonSan Francisco, CA$3,000112022
Reynolds Daisy Co Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, CA$3,000112021
Smith Mitchell Co UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA$3,000112021
Vasquez-Niles Conner-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disq PersonWalnut, CA$3,000112022
Wheeler Joseph Co Csu ChicoChico, CA$3,000112021
High Fives FoundationTruckee, CA$2,500112022
Mid-Coast School of TechnologyRockland, ME$2,500112022
Carney Hannah Co Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, CA$2,000112021
Delta Sigma Phi FoundationIndianapolis, IN$2,000112022
Hofer Mitch Co San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, CA$2,000112021
Lillenthal Kali Co Cal State Channel IslandsCamarillo, CA$2,000112021
May Hannah Co Csu ChicoChico, CA$2,000112021
Navarro Britany Co Napa Valley CollegeNapa, CA$2,000112021
Trust in EducationLafayette, CA$2,000112021
Brewer Zoey Co Northland Pioneer CollegeHolbrook, AZ$1,500112021
Brighter BeginningsRichmond, CA$1,500222022
Give Foundation IncPalo Alto, CA$1,500112021
Boys and Girls Clubs of OaklandOakland, CA$1,000112021
Ramos Kevin Co Chabot CollegeHayward, CA$1,000112021
St Mary's Center (a Friendly Manor Inc)Oakland, CA$1,000222022
Waterside WorkshopsBerkeley, CA$1,000112022
East Bay SPCAOakland, CA$500222022
Ramos Kevin-Donee Is Related By Employment to a Disqualified PersonHayward, CA$500112022
Marine Toys 4 Tots FoundationTriangle, VA$286112024

28 of 73 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 27%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 14 grants to individuals totalling $73,500 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
16 grants
Education
9 grants
Recreation & Sports
8 grants
Arts & Culture
7 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Medical Research
2 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202153$207,000$3,000
202246$230,000$4,000
20231$5,000$5,000
20242$5,286$2,643

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 67% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$298K
Massachusetts
$74K
New Mexico
$40K
Connecticut
$10K
Maryland
$8K
Florida
$5K
Nevada
$4K
Colorado
$3K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,250. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Westphal Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 5130 Commercial Circle, Concord, CA, 94520. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 91-6491365 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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