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The Charles and Betty White Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Charles and Betty White Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$14kCrime & Legal$11kMembership Benefit$8kPhilanthropy$6kArts & Culture$5kFood & Nutrition$5kEnvironment$4kPublic Benefit$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$55k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHAPEL AT CROSSPOINT$5,500
FLORIDA FEDERATION OF GARDEN CLUBS$500
EMERALD COAST THEATRE CO$500
SCENIC AMERICA$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $350) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CARING AND SHARING OF SOUTH WALTON: $350 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$50k · 12 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
16

Total granted

$50k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+81%

Still filing today

58%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentCrime & LegalReligionAnimalsMembership BenefitArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EC
    EMERALD COAST CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $11k · revenue +41%
  • DC
    DESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +2%
  • FF
    FLORIDA FEDERATION OF GARDEN CLUBS INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $4k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • SO
    SPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +11%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF OKALOOSA/WALTON COUNTIES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +6%
  • I1
    IMPACT 100 NWF
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Florida Watch Inc

Educating the public and promoting social welfare in florida by holding elected officials accountable and ensuring representation of their constituents.

Education
2
Southwest Florida Regional Coalition to End Homelessness Inc

To support the planning, delivery and coordination of high quality services to the hungry, homeless and those at-risk of homelessness in collier county.

Human Services
3
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes Inc

To promote life safety, property protection, & resiliency by empowering the community with knowledge & resources for strengthening homes & safeguarding families from natural and man-made disasters.

Community Improvement
4
Florida Society of Association Executives Inc

Success for our members and our profession through connecting, learning, and leading.

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5
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice's mission is to be the center to improve life for those touched by advanced illness, death, dying, grief, bereavement and other end-of-life issues.

Human Services
6
Florida Forestry Association

To promote the responsible use of florida's forest resources

—
7
The Education Foundation of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Inc

Implementation of industry developed school-to-career programs through interaction with students, instructors and industry leaders.

—
8
Florida Coalition for Children Foundation Inc

To provide educational materials, training and information technology to agencies who work on behalf of florida's abused and neglected children and function as a service agency for the membership.

Human Services
9
Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts Inc

To promote policies that build effective primary prevention and early intervention systems of support for florida's children and families by engaging and enhancing the collective strengths of the individual children's services councils of…

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10
Florida Council Against Sexual Violence Inc

Sexual violence shatters lives, wounds communities and perpetuates injustice. the florida council against sexual violence leads, informs and inspires the people of florida to create safe and just communities.

Health
11
Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc

To champion a collaborative campaign to permanently connect, protect and restore the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a statewide network of lands and waters that supports wildlife and people. We combine conservation science with compelling…

Environment
12
Florida Home Builders Association Inc

The mission of the florida home builders association is to create a climate in which the construction industry can prosper.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House of the Emerald Coast Inc; the most unlike its peers is Florida Federation of Garden Clubs Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHAPEL AT CROSSPOINT: $9,500 · OtherTHE CHAPEL AT CROSSPOINTIMPACT 100 OF NWFL: $5,100 · OtherIMPACT 100 OF NWFLIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE GATHERING AT SANDESTIN: $1,500 · OtherFOOD FOR THOUGHT OUTREACH INC: $2,250 · OtherFOOD FOR THOUGHT OUTREACH INC+16 more: $8,975 · Other+16 moreEMERALD COAST CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $10,750 · Crime & LegalEMERALD COAST CHILD…DESTIN CHARITY WINE AUCTION FOUNDATION INC: $7,700 · Membership BenefitDESTIN CHARITY…FLORIDA FEDERATION OF GARDEN CLUBS INC: $3,500 · EnvironmentSCENIC AMERICA: $250 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentSPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Public BenefitSINFONIA GULF COAST INC: $2,725 · Arts & CultureBilly Gray Ministries Inc: $2,500 · Religion
Other$30,825Crime & Legal$10,750Membership Benefit$7,700Environment$3,850Public Benefit$3,000Arts & Culture$2,725Religion$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEMERALD COAST CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $10,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA FEDERATION OF GARDEN CLUBS INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSINFONIA GULF COAST INC: $2,725 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBilly Gray Ministries Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD FOR THOUGHT OUTREACH INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFISHER HOUSE OF THE EMERALD COAST INC: $750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARING & SHARING OF SOUTH WALTON INC: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCENIC AMERICA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCENIC WALTON INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

The St Joe Community …Dugas Family Foundati…The Alys FoundationincThe Emeril Lagasse Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The St Joe Community Foundation IncFL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The St Joe Community Foundation Inc · Dugas Family Foundation Inc · The Alys Foundationinc · The Emeril Lagasse Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Charles and Betty White Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles and Betty White Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Charles and Betty White Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Charles and Betty White Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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