About Westly Foundation
Westly Foundation is based in Wilmington, DE. It reported $3,139,869 in annual grants and $4,085,283 in total assets in the latest 990 year on file, 2025. The foundation funds individuals and is classified as a regular funder. Its giving record centers on college student basic needs, campus-level support for student services, education, youth development, and health. Recent grants show a strong concentration in California and in institutional recipients. The largest grant in the record was $200,000 to University of California Berkeley Foundation in Berkeley, CA for the Berkeley Basic Needs Fund. Westly Foundation also gave $75,000 to KQED Inc in San Francisco, CA in 2025, following similar awards of $75,000 in 2024 and 2023. Other notable grants include $50,000 to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley in San Jose, CA, $50,000 to KIND Inc in Washington, DC for staff attorney position support at the Central Valley office, and $40,000 to Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health in Palo Alto, CA for mobile clinic work tied to Summer Scamper. The grant history also includes support for mindfulness, reproductive health education, food access, and youth mentoring. Typical grant size in the data is $15,000 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $25,000 at the 75th percentile.
What Westly Foundation Funds
Recent grantmaking spans college student basic needs, food access, reproductive health education, mobile health services, and youth mental health. Notable grants include $200,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION for the Berkeley Basic Needs Fund, $25,000 to CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK for a school-based pantry program, and $25,000 to ACT FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS for EZE Kit Distribution, Staff Hiring, Staff Training, and Reproductive Health Education. The record also shows $40,000 to LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDRENS HEALTH for Mobile Clinic Program support, $25,000 to MINDFUL LIFE PROJECT for expansion in the Central Valley, and $25,000 to ASIAN HEALTH SERVICES for AHS' Community Healing Unit. These grants reflect funding for student support, health access, and community-based service delivery.
How Westly Foundation Gives
Westly Foundation’s recent grants cluster around institutional and nonprofit recipients serving children, youth, and students, especially in California. The foundation’s typical grant size is $15,000 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $25,000 at the 75th percentile. Its active grant programs include relationship-based general grants, the Westly Prize for Young California Social Innovators, and Teacher Arts Grants. Several programs do not accept unsolicited applications, while Teacher Arts Grants and the Westly Prize do. The record shows both multi-year repeat grants and one-time awards, with many grants at $25,000 and a smaller set at $40,000, $50,000, $75,000, and $200,000.
