James E West Foundation

OMAHA, NE EIN: 84-4364398

TO MANAGE AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE BENEFIT AND SUPPORT OF MID-AMERICA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$25.7M

+23.3% YoY

Annual Giving

$1.6M

-28.8% YoY

Grant Count

1

+0.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$1.6M

-28.8% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$6M$13M$19M$26M20202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$25,653,394$20,804,289$19,742,938
Revenue$7,351,749$4,699,519$1,545,995
Expenses$1,713,232$2,377,811$1,821,818
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income$2,962,917$4,671,922$1,242,383
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$560K$1M$2M$2M1 grants20202 grants20211 grants20221 grants20231 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 1 recipients in 2024

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 32…$1.6M

Grant Size Distribution

6 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K1$500K–1M4$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
CHRIS MEHAFFEYSECRETARY/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1
BOB HOWARDCHAIRMAN1
PATRICK COOPERVICE CHAIRMAN1
MARK WYNEGARTREASURER1
JC VAN GINKELDIRECTOR1
TIM HARRISONDIRECTOR1
DAN HAMANNDIRECTOR1

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

1states

States

Cities

Omaha

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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