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Tr Uw Vivian S West -

Raleigh, NC · EIN 56-6520255. Reported 53 grants totalling $1,407,523 to 30 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$1,407,523granted, 2021-2024
30organizations funded
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$9,330,940assets, latest filing

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. Tr Uw Vivian S West - 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $32,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $62,988. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
6 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant
$10,000 - $25,000
17 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
20 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
9 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
The Ecu Foundation IncGreenville, NC$240,000442024
Hooker Memorial ChristianGreenville, NC$135,000442024
Emerge Gallery Art CenterGreenville, NC$122,500332023
Food Bank of Central & Eastern NcGreenville, NC$100,000442024
Greenville Museum of Art IncGreenville, NC$92,203222022
Straightway ChurchAyden, NC$79,380222024
Hope of Glory MinistriesGreenville, NC$70,000442024
Grifton Mission Ministries IncGrifton, NC$60,000112021
Lives of Purpose IncGreenville, NC$53,297332024
Carenet Counseling EastGreenville, NC$52,000332024
Habitat for Humanity of Pitt CountyGreenville, NC$50,000112022
South Central High SchoolWinterville, NC$38,000112024
Third Street Education CenterGreenville, NC$35,900222023
Aces for AutismGreenville, NC$30,000112023
Nc Museum of Natural SciencesGreenville, NC$30,000112024
Rebuilding Together Pitt CountyGreenville, NC$30,000222023
A Time for ScienceGreenville, NC$25,000112022
North Carolina Symphony SocietyRaleigh, NC$25,000112024
Autism Society of North CarolinaGreenville, NC$22,500112024
Boys & Girls Clubs- Coastal PlainWinterville, NC$20,000112023
Community Feeding Our ChildrenGreenville, NC$17,750112024
Ecu Health FoundationGreenville, NC$15,000112023
Univ Health Sys-Eastern Carolina FdGreenville, NC$15,000112022
University Health SystemsGreenville, NC$15,000112024
Eastern Carolina Village of YesteryGreenville, NC$10,000112022
Greenville Choral SocietyGreenville, NC$10,000112021
Building Hope Community Life CenterGreenville, NC$4,796112022
Building Hope Community Life CtrGreenville, NC$4,734112024
Children's Cancer PartnersSpartansburg, SC$2,463112024
Girl Scouts - Nc Coastal PinesRaleigh, NC$2,000222023

12 of 30 (40%) 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 50%, across 3 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.

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 26 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
6 grants
Arts & Culture
6 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
3 grants
Employment
3 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202111$309,619$25,900
202214$383,784$22,500
202313$339,530$25,000
202415$374,590$25,000

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. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

North Carolina
$1.4M
South Carolina
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

James J & Mamie Richardson Perkins13 shared recipientsMildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust13 shared recipientsUniversity Health Systems of Eastern10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsSouthern Bank Foundation6 shared recipientsThe Cannon Foundation Inc6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. 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 North Carolina.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Tr Uw Vivian S West -'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: 4242 Six Forks Rd 17TH Floor US Tr, Raleigh, NC, 27601. 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 56-6520255 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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