· Private foundation
Macauley & Helen Dow Whiting Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $101k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRINITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $51,200 |
| FLORIDA COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE | $50,000 |
| INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $40,000 |
| GIFFORD YOUTH ACTIVITY CENTER | $25,000 |
| ROANOKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| BRAVO VAIL MUSIC FESTIVAL | $10,000 |
| SWALLOWTAIL WALDORF SCHOOL & FARM | $5,000 |
| DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| PARK MAITLAND SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| FIRST TEE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | $1,000 |
| USSGA MEMORIAL FUND | $1,000 |
| THE SHARING CENTER | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF PRINCETON GOLF | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DUKE UNIVERSITY4× · 2017–2022 · $86k · revenue +51%- OSORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC3× · 2020–2022 · $50k · revenue +91%
- TAThe Alden Kindred of America Inc2× · 2019–2020 · $10k · revenue +84%
Funded once
- BHBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUSTone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +4%
- ASALL SAINTS' UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $15k
- COCITY OF WINTER PARKone grant, 2018 · $15k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…
Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Canterbury school is pk3-12, coeducational, college preparatory day school with approximately 650 students. the school is dedicated to academic excellence within a caring and supportive community emphasizing character, leadership and…
Operation, promotion, direction, supervision, and regulation of interscholastic athletics of member high schools in florida.
To support healthy communities and a healthy earth, the institute for conservation leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions and networks.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FLORIDA COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC ↗
- Who funds BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST ↗
- Who funds BRAVO COLORADO AT BEAVER CREEK-VAIL INC DBA BRAVO VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Alden Kindred of America Inc ↗
- Who funds RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds USSGA MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
- Who funds KIDS BUILDING CHARACTER INC ↗
- Who funds PARK MAITLAND SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Macauley & Helen Dow Whiting Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Macauley & Helen Dow Whiting Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Orlando Science Centerinc: 4% of income from government
- The Alden Kindred of America Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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