About Westwind Foundation
Westwind Foundation concentrates its philanthropic activity almost entirely on supporting adolescent sexual and reproductive health advocacy, providing substantial operating support to a single national organization. Its grants are large, repeat gifts intended to sustain core operations rather than one-off project funding, indicating a strategic, focused commitment rather than broad diversification. The foundation appears to prioritize policy, education, and advocacy work aimed at improving youth sexual health outcomes at the national level.
Focus Areas
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health advocacy (national)Operating support for policy and advocacy organizationsYouth-focused sexual health education and rights
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: very few grants, all directed to one repeat grantee; large unrestricted/operating support payments rather than small or program-restricted gifts.
Funding Style
operating supportunrestricted/general operating fundingcapacity maintenancecore expenses support
About Westwind Foundation
Westwind Foundation’s giving is anchored by repeated, large operating grants to Advocates for Youth, which received $2,782,860 in 2023, $2,206,860 in 2024, and $2,209,629 in 2025. That pattern signals a funder that supports organizational continuity rather than short-term project funding. Across the recent grants list, the foundation backs a small set of organizations working in adolescent sexual and reproductive health advocacy, youth sexual health education, and related policy and rights work. Its grants are structured as operating support, and the same recipients appear across multiple years, suggesting a sustained relationship with core grantees. The largest named recipients include Advocates for Youth, DKT International, Fos Feminista, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, all funded for operating needs. Westwind Foundation also shows an interest in organizations that connect advocacy with public health and environmental issues, but the clearest pattern in the grant list is concentrated support for reproductive health and rights organizations at national scale.
What Westwind Foundation Funds
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health advocacy is the foundation’s clearest focus. It gave $225,000 in 2025 to Fos Feminista for operating needs, following $200,000 grants in both 2023 and 2024. Policy and legal advocacy are also present in the portfolio: the Center for Reproductive Rights received $125,000 in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025 for operating needs. Another recurring grantee, Ipas, received $100,000 in 2024, showing support for organizations working in the broader reproductive health field. The grant list also includes DKT International, funded at $329,775 in 2023, $325,000 in 2024, and $200,000 in 2025, again for operating needs. These awards point to sustained support for groups advancing rights, education, and access through nonprofit advocacy and service organizations.
How Westwind Foundation Gives
Westwind Foundation’s typical grant size is $2,000 at the 25th percentile, $7,000 at the median, and $30,000 at the 75th percentile, while the recent grant list also includes much larger operating awards. The same organizations appear in multiple years, showing a recurring-grant pattern rather than one-time giving. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its grants are generally unrestricted operating support, with recipients funded for core needs such as operating expenses and staff support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.9M
Total Assets
$87.9M
Total Revenue
$3.5M
Total Expenses
$7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $30K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
About 5% of grants go to recipients in VA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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