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The Jeff & Bonnie Whitman Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Jeff & Bonnie Whitman Charitable 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.

$484k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$128k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$569kHuman Services$385kPhilanthropy$383kReligion$213kEducation$180kHealth$34kCivil Rights$18kInternational$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$725k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS$127,500
ANN & NATE LEVINE ACADEMY$111,109
DALLAS HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM$103,540
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS$58,000
AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$18,671
Individual grant recipient$13,027
DALLAS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC$6,562
TIFERET ISRAEL CONGREGATION$5,515
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$5,144
AKIBA YAVNEH ACADEMY$5,000
DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS$5,000
HADASSAH THE WOMENS ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA INC$2,700
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN GREATER DALLAS$2,000
VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION$2,000
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 (FY18–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JFS FOUNDATION: $54 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 → 14%ASCRS FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $30k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $16k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS: $11k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF GREATER DALLAS: $349 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MN
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
NM
AR
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 52 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
58

Total granted

$1.5M
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+3%

Still filing today

56%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $311k · revenue +57%
  • TC
    The Conservative Jewish Day School of Dallas Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $142k · revenue +141%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MIGDAL TORAH INC
    3× · 2017–2023 · $85k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • BS
    BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • A
    AIPAC
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
  • TL
    THE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -3%
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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5
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
6
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
7
American Academy of Dermatology Association Inc

To represent the interests of dermatologists and their patients. to influence and be a credible resource for public and private entities related to all policies and regulations that have the potential to affect the delivery of dermatologic…

Health
8
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
9
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
10
American Academy of Dermatology Inc

To assure that dermatologists have access to the highest quality education, research and innovations in the field, and that patients and the public have access to the highest quality medical and surgical dermatologic care and to…

Health
11
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
12
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Jewish Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Double Good Kids Foundation. 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

72 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. 72 of the 121 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/72
Grantees still filing
44/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $427,864 · Arts & CultureDallas Holocaust and Human R…Dallas Museum of Art: $19,582 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $31,066 · Arts & Culture+7 moreAT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $88,134 · OtherAT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTERAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MIGDAL TORAH INC: $85,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MIGDAL TO…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA MIGDAL TORAH: $68,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YESHIVA M…Individual grant recipient: $48,668 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCONGREGATION TIFERET ISRAEL: $31,982 · OtherCONGREGATION TIFERET ISRAELIndividual grant recipient: $25,453 · Other+81 more: $152,815 · Other+81 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $376,181 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF G…+3 more: $3,546 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $310,878 · Recreation & SportsJEWISH COMMUNITY C…+2 more: $2,587 · Recreation & SportsThe Conservative Jewish Day School of Dallas Inc: $141,873 · EducationThe Conse…AKIBAYAVNEH ACADEMY: $17,300 · EducationAKIBAYAVN…+2 more: $3,180 · EducationJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $55,680 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $10,976 · Human ServicesAMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY FOUNDATION: $2,553 · Human Services+4 more: $1,679 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,144 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $1,600 · InternationalInternational Esperanza Project: $1,039 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · International+3 more: $204 · International
Arts & Culture$478,512Other$500,052Philanthropy$379,727Recreation & Sports$313,465Education$162,353Human Services$70,888International$13,987

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $427,864 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $376,181 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS: $310,878 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetThe Conservative Jewish Day School of Dallas Inc: $141,873 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MIGDAL TORAH INC: $85,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $55,680 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $19,582 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAKIBAYAVNEH ACADEMY: $17,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAKIBA ACADEMY OF DALLAS: $15,480 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBroadway Dallas Inc: $14,756 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Jewish Historical Society: $11,812 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $10,976 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $10,144 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $8,061 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $3,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVaad Hakashrus of Dallas Inc: $3,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $3,290 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,216 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,913 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Council of Jewish Women Greater Dallas Section: $2,900 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $2,888 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY FOUNDATION: $2,553 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSSP INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,334 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST: $2,067 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMACCABI USA INC: $1,555 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican College of Eye Surgeons: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: $1,499 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS ZOO MANAGEMENT INC: $1,289 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS FURNITURE BANK: $1,275 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Esperanza Project: $1,039 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Young Judaea Inc: $1,032 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINDWORKS INC: $885 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $766 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $735 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS THEATER CENTER: $699 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEICHAL HATORAH: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HERZOG HOSPITAL INC: $521 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMENTOR INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY: $260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAREYVUT INC: $258 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVING ARTS ESPANOLA INCORPORATED: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds The Conservative Jewish Day School of Dallas Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MIGDAL TORAH INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds AKIBAYAVNEH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AKIBA ACADEMY OF DALLAS ↗
  • Who funds Broadway Dallas Inc ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Jewish Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF DALLAS INC DBA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Vaad Hakashrus of Dallas Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPCA of Texas ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds National Council of Jewish Women Greater Dallas Section ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SSP INTERNATIONAL 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.

Dallas Jewish Communi…Mb and Edna Zale Foun…Sylvan T Baer Foundat…Texas Instruments Fou…Fichtenbaum Charitabl…David & Gusta Rosenbe…Ike & Fannie Sablosky…Margot Rosenberg Puli…The Mitchell L and Mi…Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhma…The Mankoff Family Fo…Navias Family Foundat…
Dallas Jewish Community FoundationTX30.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · Mb and Edna Zale Foundation · Sylvan T Baer Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust · David & Gusta Rosenberg Family Foundation · Ike & Fannie Sablosky Foundation W00768400 · Margot Rosenberg Pulitzer Foundation · The Mitchell L and Miriam Lewis Barnett Charitable Trust · Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation · The Mankoff Family Foundation · Navias Family 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 Jeff & Bonnie Whitman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jeff & Bonnie Whitman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Heichal Hatorah: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 121 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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