West Family Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “psilocybin” · $1,000

• $1,000

  Healing Advocacy Fund · Portland, OR · 2021

  Suppport psilocybin therapy programs

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• California Community Foundation4 grants · $134,500
• Academy Museum Foundation4 grants · $40,000
• Reconsider1 grant · $26,000
• Pitzer College1 grant · $25,000
• Chabad of Northridge3 grants · $21,000
• Asheville Humane Society3 grants · $20,000
• Concern Foundation4 grants · $20,000
• Multidisciplinary Assoc Psychedlic1 grant · $15,000
• Adopt Fire Station 712 grants · $15,000
• Shulgin Farm2 grants · $12,500

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 119 grants.

• $82,000

  California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

  Advocacy, outreach & investment

• $40,000

  California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Advocacy, outreach & investment

• $26,000

  Reconsider · Accord, NY · 2022

  Bridge medical mystical scientific

• $25,000

  Pitzer College · Claremont, CA · 2022

  Financial support for students

• $15,000

  Multidisciplinary Assoc Psychedlic · San Jose, CA · 2022

  Research use of psychedelics

• $11,000

  California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  Advocacy, outreach & investment

• $10,717

  California Film Institute · San Rafael, CA · 2024

  Dedicated to advancing film and media arts

• $10,000

  Academy Museum Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

  Celebrates art & science of movies

• $10,000

  Healing Hearts Changing Minds · Derry, NH · 2024

  Committed to empowerment and trust-based philanthropy, aiming to expand the healing potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy.

• $10,000

  Ifp Fiscal Sponsorship · Washington, DC · 2024

  Celebrates and nurtures, independent, film and media creators

• $10,000

  Academy Museum Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

  Celebrates art & science of movies

• $10,000

  Chabad of Northridge · Northridge, CA · 2023

  Help children embrace jewish roots

• $10,000

  Shulgin Farm · Lafayette, CA · 2023

  Preserve legacy of shuglin farm

• $10,000

  Academy Museum Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

  Celebrates art & science of movies

• $10,000

  Adopt Fire Station 71 · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  Provide fund for fire station

• $10,000

  Academy Museum Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2021

  Celebrates art & science of movies

• $10,000

  Asheville Humane Society · Asheville, NC · 2021

  Pet adoption & animal control svcs.

• $6,000

  Adopt Fire Station #71 · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Provide fund for fire station

• $6,000

  Chabad of Northridge · Northridge, CA · 2024

  Help children embrace jewish roots

• $6,000

  Fairfield Cares · Fairfield, IA · 2023

  Help elders stay in their homes

• $5,500

  Church of Munay · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  Fostering spiritual community

• $5,400

  House of 42 · Woodside, CA · 2023

  Support collective healing evolution

• $5,000

  1440 Foundation · Saratoga, CA · 2024

  Creating hope for living well

• $5,000

  Alchemy Community Therapy Center · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To provide affordable psychedelic-assisted therapy to underserved communities

• $5,000

  Concern Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

  Cancer research

• $5,000

  Earth Codes Observatory · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  A non-profit focused on creating a regenerative future

• $5,000

  Fireside Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Minimize risks of psychedelic experi

• $5,000

  Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2024

  Helps individual artists and arts organizations at every level of the cultural ecosystem

• $5,000

  Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fu · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

  Ensure future of indigenous people

• $5,000

  Limina Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

  Supports the healing aspects of psychedelic medicine

• $5,000

  Maps · San Jose, CA · 2024

  Develops medical, legal & cultural contexts for people to benefit from uses of psychedelics and marijuana

• $5,000

  Nautilus Sanctuary · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Advance the understanding and practice of innovative, mental health

• $5,000

  Open Mind Collective · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Conducts research, teach, and provide direct care using psychedelic medicine

• $5,000

  Wonderland Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Connects marginalized women who have experienced domestic violence, rape, or sexual exploitation seeking alternative healing modalities to ethical and responsible plant medicine and psychedelic therapies.

• $5,000

  1440 Foundation · Saratoga, CA · 2023

  Creating hope for living well

• $5,000

  Adopt Fire Station 71 · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Provide fund for fire station

• $5,000

  Asheville Humane Society · Asheville, NC · 2023

  Pet adoption & animal control svcs.

• $5,000

  Cloud Forest Institute · Boonville, CA · 2023

  Balance ecological systems

• $5,000

  Concern Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

  Cancer research

• $5,000

  Gelsons Charitable Foundation · Santa Fe Springs, CA · 2023

  Giving back to the community

• $5,000

  Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fu · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

  Ensure future of indigenous people

• $5,000

  The Movement Network · Rolling Hills Estates, CA · 2023

  Free physical therapy services

• $5,000

  Asheville Humane Society · Asheville, NC · 2022

  Pet adoption & animal control svcs.

• $5,000

  Chabad of Northridge · Northridge, CA · 2022

  Help children embrace jewish roots

• $5,000

  Concern Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

  Cancer research

• $5,000

  Creative Visions Foundation · Nipomo, CA · 2022

  Empower creative activists

• $5,000

  The Movement Network · Rolling Hills Estates, CA · 2022

  Free physical therapy services

• $5,000

  Concern Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2021

  Cancer research

• $4,000

  Etheridge Foundation · Encino, CA · 2024

  Support new scientific research into the causes and effects of opioid addiction

• $4,000

  Weldon Community Center · Weldon, IA · 2024

  Develop community involvement

• $4,000

  Weldon Community Center · Weldon, IA · 2023

  Develop community involvement

• $4,000

  Zero Line Logistics · Aspen, CO · 2022

  Help ukranians w/ medicine delivery

• $3,200

  Sonoma International Film Festival · Sonoma, CA · 2024

  Support community with film

• $3,000

  Chacruna Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Education & cultural understanding

• $3,000

  Working Wardrobe · Santa Ana, CA · 2024

  Help people overcome barriers to gainful employment

• $3,000

  Youth Leadership Incubator · Fremont, CA · 2024

  Financial relief to families in crisis

• $2,500

  Comedy Celebration Day · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Production of each year's annual event;

• $2,500

  Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausilito, CA · 2024

  Provides an unparalleled environment for the creative process and the development of new work and ideas

• $2,500

  Shulgin Farm · Lafayette, CA · 2024

  Preserve legacy of shuglin farm

• $2,500

  Weldon Community Center · Weldon, IA · 2022

  Develop community involvement

• $2,500

  Arlington Education Foundation · Lagrangeville, NY · 2021

  To support & adv public education

• $2,100

  Sonoma International Film Festival · Sonoma, CA · 2023

  Support community with film

• $2,000

  Brooklyn Psychedelic Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Community based healing & transforma

• $2,000

  Illinois English Bulldog Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Find homes for purebred english bulldogs

• $2,000

  Living Canvas Foundation · Venice, CA · 2024

  Dedicated to advancing healing, connection, and social impact through creativity

• $2,000

  Shefa · Berkeley, CA · 2024

  Support jewish psychedelic experienc

• $2,000

  Solar Living Institute · Hopland, CA · 2024

  Hosts training & events demonstrating concern for nature

• $2,000

  Upper Midwest Great Dane Rescue · Eagan, MN · 2024

  We serve the animal community by providing foster homes, medical treatment, and behavioral assessments to great danes in need of forever homes.

• $2,000

  Brooklyn Psychedelic Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  Community based healing & transforma

• $2,000

  Amelia Air · Towson, MD · 2022

  Rescue at risk animals

• $2,000

  The Board of Medicine · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

  Safety education in public health

• $2,000

  Ica Cristo Rey Academy · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  Support school with work/study compo

• $2,000

  Illinios English Bulldog Rescue · Chicago, IL · 2021

  Care for abandoned animals

• $2,000

  Jmhs Alumni Association Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

  Support academic programs at jmhs

• $2,000

  Planting Justice · Oakland, CA · 2021

  Food justice education

• $2,000

  Upper Midwest Great Dane Rescue · St Paul, MN · 2021

  Care for abandoned animals

• $1,500

  California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Advocacy, outreach & investment

• $1,500

  Church of Munay · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Fostering spiritual community

• $1,500

  Chacruna Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Education & cultural understanding

• $1,500

  Fireside Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Minimize risks of psychedelic experi

• $1,190

  Good Plus Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

  Dismantle multi generational poverty

• $1,000

  Edward Charles Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

  Oversee and administer disbursing funds for charitable purposes like saving endangered species, solving food poverty, ending homelessness, curing incurable disease, preventing and treating mental health related issues, … read allOversee and administer disbursing funds for charitable purposes like saving endangered species, solving food poverty, ending homelessness, curing incurable disease, preventing and treating mental health related issues, etc. less
• $1,000

  Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2024

  Specializes in research and advocacy in the areas of agricultural subsidies, toxic chemicals, drinking water pollutants, and corporate accountability

• $1,000

  Kqed -Public Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Support public broadcasting

• $1,000

  Marin Agricultural Land Trust · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2024

  Preserve land for agricultural use

• $1,000

  Pomona College · Claremont, CA · 2024

  Resources for academic programs

• $1,000

  Chakana Media · Accord, NY · 2023

  Produce educational documentaries

• $1,000

  Illuminate · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Support to create public art

• $1,000

  Kqed -Public Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Support public broadcasting

• $1,000

  Marin Agricultural Land Trust · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2023

  Preserve land for agricultural use

• $1,000

  Planetwork Ngo · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Use it to address the issues

• $1,000

  Pomona College · Claremont, CA · 2023

  Resources for academic programs

• $1,000

  Shefa · Berkeley, CA · 2023

  Support jewish psychedelic experienc

• $1,000

  Consumer Reports · Yonkers, NY · 2022

  Create a safer healthier world

• $1,000

  Fireside Project · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Minimize risks of psychedelic experi

• $1,000

  Kqed -Public Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Support public broadcasting

• $1,000

  Marin Agricultural Land Trust · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2022

  Preserve land for agricultural use

• $1,000

  Pomona College · Claremont, CA · 2022

  Resources for academic programs

• $1,000

  Reimagine · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Help face adversity,loss & mortality

• $1,000

  Grof Legacy Project USA · New Mexico, NM · 2021

  Promote holotropic studies

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