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The Paul & Erika White 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.

$190k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,536
Organizations funded a year
26 to 35
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$3.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Paul & Erika White Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthInternationalEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving39$190k13%
FY202435$167k31%
FY202331$134k10%
FY202231$127k13%
FY202134$144k24%
FY202026$115kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

International$242kFood & Nutrition$117kHuman Services$114kCrime & Legal$74kHealth$64kCivil Rights$64kEducation$46kHousing & Shelter$32kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MD
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of The Paul & Erika White Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$60,25060%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$57,05060%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$56,65060%
Direct Relief$56,39960%
Las Familias Del Pueblo$55,70054%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$55,00060%
International Rescue Committee INC$51,43660%
Learning Rights Law Center$47,79261%
Chrysalis$27,0096n/a
National Immigration Law Center$23,94860%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$21,26650%
Jardin de la Infancia$20,00022%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$18,06920%
Value Schools$18,00040%
Casa of Los Angeles$17,54040%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$15,50060%
Equal Justice Initiative$15,45040%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$13,00040%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$12,14640%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,25010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10,00030%
The People Concern$9,16840%
Human Rights Watch Inc$8,72530%
La Family Housing Corporation$8,17620%
World Central Kitchen Inc$7,83320%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$7,81320%
Downtown Women's Center$7,80040%
Path$7,21030%
National Black Child Development Institute$6,18020%
Immigrant Defenders Law Center$5,34210%
Hope for Henry Foundation$5,00040%
Charity Navigator$4,09640%
South Bay Families Connected$3,61351%
Black Girls Code Inc$3,09520%
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$3,02050%
Maryvale$2,57420%
Best Friends Animal Society$2,09220%
Foundation for Students Rising Above$51510%
Pups Without Borders$50010%
J-Sei Inc$10010%
National Women's Law Center$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Paul & Erika White Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $60,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $57,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $56,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $56,399 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLas Familias Del Pueblo: $55,700 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $51,436 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Rights Law Center: $47,792 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNational Immigration Law Center: $23,948 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Refugee Assistance Project Inc: $21,266 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJardin de la Infancia: $20,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $18,069 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetValue Schools: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCasa of Los Angeles: $17,540 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $15,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $12,146 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe People Concern: $9,168 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $8,725 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLa Family Housing Corporation: $8,176 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $7,833 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $7,813 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $7,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPath: $7,210 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Black Child Development Institute: $6,180 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $5,342 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Henry Foundation: $5,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCharity Navigator: $4,096 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Bay Families Connected: $3,613 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBlack Girls Code Inc: $3,095 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDidi Hirsch Psychiatric Service: $3,020 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMaryvale: $2,574 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $2,092 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Students Rising Above: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPups Without Borders: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ-Sei Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving 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.

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About The Paul & Erika White Foundation

How much does The Paul & Erika White Foundation give?
The Paul & Erika White Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $190,006 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Paul & Erika White Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (28%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Human Services (13%).
Who are The Paul & Erika White Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Los Angeles Regional Food Bank ($60k), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($57k), Friends of the World Food Program Inc ($57k).
Does The Paul & Erika White Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Paul & Erika White Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Paul & Erika White Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
Where is The Paul & Erika White Foundation based?
The Paul & Erika White Foundation is based in CA.

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 57 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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