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Funding search · EIN 726018637 · Shreveport, LA

West Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

54
grants reported: $134,410
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,050
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational religious

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Lsu Tiger Athletic Foundation4 grants · $43,240
Baylor Bear Foundation4 grants · $37,500
Broadmoor Baptist Church4 grants · $13,750
First Baptist Church4 grants · $8,000
Cru Macedonia Mission Work4 grants · $6,000
Minden Charity Classics4 grants · $4,400
East Texas Baptist University4 grants · $4,000
Logo Preparatory Academy4 grants · $4,000
St Jude'S4 grants · $4,000
Brf1 grant · $2,000

Giving over time

$32,650

2022

$32,430

2023

$34,280

2024

$35,050

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$11,200
Lsu Tiger Athletic Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2025
Educational
$10,680
Lsu Tiger Athletic Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
Educational
$10,680
Lsu Tiger Athletic Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
Educational
$10,680
Lsu Tiger Athletic Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
Educational
$9,500
Baylor Bear Foundation · Waco, TX · 2025
Educational
$9,500
Baylor Bear Foundation · Waco, TX · 2024
Educational
$9,500
Baylor Bear Foundation · Waco, TX · 2023
Educational
$9,000
Baylor Bear Foundation · Waco, TX · 2022
Educational
$4,000
Broadmoor Baptist Church · Shreveport, LA · 2025
Charitable
$4,000
Broadmoor Baptist Church · Shreveport, LA · 2024
Charitable
$3,750
Broadmoor Baptist Church · Shreveport, LA · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Logo Preparatory Academy · Sugar Land, TX · 2025
Educational
$2,000
First Baptist Church · Minden, LA · 2025
Religious
$2,000
Brf · Shreveport, LA · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
First Baptist Church · Minden, LA · 2024
Religious
$2,000
First Baptist Church · Minden, LA · 2023
Religious
$2,000
Broadmoor Baptist Church · Shreveport, LA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
First Baptist Church · Minden, LA · 2022
Religious
$1,500
Cru Macedonia Mission Work · Orlando, FL · 2025
Religious
$1,500
Cru Macedonia Mission Work · Orlando, FL · 2024
Religious
$1,500
Cru Macedonia Mission Work · Orlando, FL · 2023
Religious
$1,500
Cru Macedonia Mission Work · Orlando, FL · 2022
Religious
$1,500
Imb · Richmond, VA · 2022
500
$1,100
Minden Charity Classics · Minden, LA · 2025
Charitable
$1,100
Minden Charity Classics · Minden, LA · 2024
Charitable
$1,100
Minden Charity Classics · Minden, LA · 2023
Charitable
$1,100
Minden Charity Classics · Minden, LA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
East Texas Baptist University · Marshall, TX · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude'S · Minden, LA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
East Texas Baptist University · Marshall, TX · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude'S · Minden, LA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
East Texas Baptist University · Marshall, TX · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude'S · Minden, LA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
East Texas Baptist University · Marshall, TX · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude'S · Minden, LA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Volunteers of America · Shreveport, LA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Providence Classical Academy · Bossier City, LA · 2025
Educational
$500
Logo Preparatory Academy · Sugar Land, TX · 2024
Educational
$500
Ymca Shreveport · Shreveport, LA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Logo Preparatory Academy · Sugar Land, TX · 2023
Educational
$500
Ymca Shreveport · Shreveport, LA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Grace Church · Waco, TX · 2022
Charitable
$500
Logo Preparatory Academy · Sugar Land, TX · 2022
Educational
$400
American Legion Louisiana · Natchitoches, LA · 2023
500
$370
American Legion Louisiana · Natchitoches, LA · 2022
500
$250
Christus Foundation · Shreveport, LA · 2025
Charitable
$250
Isaiah 117 House · Elizabethton, TN · 2025
Charitable
$250
Volunteers of America · Shreveport, LA · 2025
Charitable
$250
Christus Foundation · Shreveport, LA · 2024
Charitable
$250
Volunteers of America · Shreveport, LA · 2024
Charitable
$250
Christus Foundation · Shreveport, LA · 2023
Charitable
$250
Volunteers of America · Shreveport, LA · 2023
Charitable
$250
Christus Foundation · Shreveport, LA · 2022
Charitable
$250
Ymca Shreveport · Shreveport, LA · 2022
Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.