Westen Family Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to providing general support to various charitable causes. Its mission reflects a commitment to education, food security, affordable housing, and environmental conservation, as evidenced by its funding to educational institutions, food banks, and organizations focused on habitat preservation. The foundation serves a diverse range of recipients, including universities, community service organizations, and youth development programs. While it operates primarily in Colorado, its funding extends across multiple states, supporting a wide array of nonprofit initiatives.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small or mid-sized nonprofit whose work fits the foundation's prior recipients (education, community service, food security, youth programs) and that can be introduced or nominated by a relationship in the funder's network.
Good Fit
- • Alignment with prior recipient types (universities, schools, food banks, youth development or community service groups).
- • Ability to accept or use unrestricted/general support funding.
- • Existing relationship, referral, or nomination from someone connected to the foundation.
- • Requests sized to match observed grants (small general-support awards).
Geography
The latest year shows grants to organizations in nine different states, with most dollars going out of state and a single large award in Massachusetts accounting for a big share.
Recipient Variety
In the most recent year the foundation funded 20 distinct recipients that include universities, schools and local service organizations, indicating a broad institutional mix despite dollar concentration to a few grantees.
New Applicants
The foundation's filings and application data state it funds only preselected recipients and there is no public application route; because only one year is available direct turnover evidence is limited, but unsolicited entrants appear unlikely without nomination.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
