California · Private foundation
The Waitte 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.
- $102k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Waitte Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $102k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $70k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $80k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $85k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $39k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $81k | 26% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creativity Explored Inc | $99,250 | 8 | 1% |
| St Helena Hospital Foundation | $50,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc | $38,400 | 8 | 1% |
| PlayWrite Inc | $35,700 | 8 | 4% |
| Bill Wilson Center | $34,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Ole Health Foundation | $24,878 | 2 | 0% |
| Wehope | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $17,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Spoon Foundation | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $13,600 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creativity Explored Inc | $99,250 | 8 | 1% |
| St Helena Hospital Foundation | $50,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc | $38,400 | 8 | 1% |
| PlayWrite Inc | $35,700 | 8 | 4% |
| Bill Wilson Center | $34,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Ole Health Foundation | $24,878 | 2 | 0% |
| Wehope | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $17,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Spoon Foundation | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $13,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Worldreaderorg | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelterbox USA Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jackson Hospital Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montalvo Association | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fostering Promise | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Dinner Party Labs Co Npoc Services | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Napa County & SPCA INC | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Loveleo Rescue | $2,100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Remote Area Medical | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Butte Humane Society | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Grateful Garment Project | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Waitte Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Marin Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
About The Waitte Foundation
- How much does The Waitte Foundation give?
- The Waitte Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $102,278 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Waitte Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (45%), Human Services (14%), Education (8%).
- Who are The Waitte Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Creativity Explored Inc ($99k), St Helena Hospital Foundation ($50k), Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc ($38k).
- Does The Waitte Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Waitte 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 Waitte Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, McNabb Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is The Waitte Foundation based?
- The Waitte Foundation is based in CA.
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