Western Wind Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 46-5138494. Reported 109 grants totalling $1,711,280 to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Western Wind Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $128,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inland Empire Community Foundation | Coachella, CA | $354,830 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Find Food Bank | Indio, CA | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Foundation for Psusd | Palm Springs, CA | $183,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alianza Coachella Valley | Coachella, CA | $117,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Chijnaya Foundation | Palm Springs, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Cultural Center Inc | Palm Desert, CA | $82,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Audobon Society | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Lgbt Community Center of the Desert | Palm Springs, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs | Palm Springs, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Palm Springs Young Playwrights Festival | Palm Springs, CA | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Desert AIDS Project | Palm Springs, CA | $31,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Science & Technology Education Partnership | Riverside, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhowe | Rancho Mirage, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Palm Springs Dance Project | Palm Springs, CA | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alzheimers Coachella Valley | Palm Desert, CA | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Caravanserai Project | Palm Springs, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| College of the Desert Foundation | Palm Desert, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Desert Biennial | Palm Springs, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wishes for Whitley | Edwardsville, IL | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pacific Institute for Studies in Dev Environment | Palm Desert, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Del Shores Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $14,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Broad Horizons Theatre Company Inc | New York City, NY | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Capital & Main | Los Angeles, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Desert Ensemble Theatre Company Inc | Palm Springs, CA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Corporation of the Arts | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Community Stewardship | Madison, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Help Now Advocacy Center | Medford, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Northampton Inc | Northampton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oak Grove Institute Foundation Inc | Murrieta, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Palm Springs Unified School District | Palm Springs, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voices for Children | Riverside, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicagoland Toys for Tots | Bridgeview, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coachella Valley Workforce Excellence Inc | Palm Springs, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | Palm Springs, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Advancing Steps | Desert Hot Springs, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Paws Rescue | Palm Desert, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cathedral City Senior Center | Cathedral City, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dezart Performs | Palm Springs, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ganas | Thermal, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guide Dogs of the Desert | Whitewater, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ives Torres Foundation | Corona, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maine Maritime Museum | Bath, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Victory Institute | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Well in the Desert | Palm Springs, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cove Communities Youth Soccer Assn | Palm Desert, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Academic Solutions USA | Palm Desert, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Defeating Epilepsy Foundation | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Get in Motion Entrepreneurs | Palm Desert, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Green Room Theater Company | Coachella, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Malo Motivating Action Leadership Opportunity | Ontario, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Modern Men Coachella Valley Men's Chorus | Palm Springs, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Springs Cultural Center | Palm Springs, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Powan Initiative Inc | Irvine, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Refocus-on-U | Redlands, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Cultural Media Archive | San Diego, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| UC Riverside Foundation | Riverside, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Education Connection | La Verne, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equality California Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Anne's Church & School | Le Sueur, MN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blessons Nfp | Palm Springs, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| No Salt Sailing | Chicago, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
23 of 63 (37%) 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.
- Inland Empire Community Foundation
Economic Development, Infrastructure Support, Community Development - Alianza Coachella Valley
program grant - Community Development - Friends of the Cultural Center Inc
Program Grant - Arts/Cultural - National Audobon Society
Program Grant - Environmental/ Natural Resources - The Chijnaya Foundation
Scholarships, Economic, and Water Projects - The Lgbt Community Center of the Desert
PROGRAM GRANT - Community Development LGBTQ
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 76 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $482,700 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $451,000 | $8,750 |
| 2023 | 28 | $428,330 | $6,250 |
| 2024 | 18 | $349,250 | $8,250 |
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. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Western Wind Foundation'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: 1000 N West Street Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE, 19801. 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.
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