Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio
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.
- $747k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 69
- Grants FY2025
- 82
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $221,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 82
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 66 | $735k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 82 | $746k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 80 | $616k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 69 | $800k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $390k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 49 | $642k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $524k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 47 | $529k | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Academy | $405,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Girls Inc of the Valley | $205,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Port Chester Carver Center Inc | $197,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Luke's Foundation Inc | $187,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Malta House Inc | $142,500 | 9 | 3% |
| Bellows Falls Senior Center Inc | $135,500 | 9 | 19% |
| Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Carlos G Otis Health Care Center | $107,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $56,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Fall Mountain Friendly Meals | $56,000 | 9 | 7% |
Show all 97 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 76 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · The a James Bach and Vona Hopkins Foundation Inc · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Jim and Dede Bartlett Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Synchrony Foundation · The Seelert Foundation Inc · The Morris Family Foundation · Jeniam Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio
- How much does The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio give?
- The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio reported 69 grants totaling $747,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 82 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Education (28%), Health (9%).
- Who are The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vermont Academy ($405k), Girls Inc of the Valley ($205k), Port Chester Carver Center Inc ($198k).
- Does The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio 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 Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, New Canaan Community Foundation Inc, Peoples United Community Foundation.
- Where is The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio based?
- The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio is based in MA.
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