New York · Private foundation
The Whelan Foundation Inc
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.
- $142k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,850
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 63% of the organizations The Whelan Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k 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 | 16 | $142k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $146k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $131k | 34% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $135k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $128k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $129k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $120k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Northstar Inc | $135,640 | 7 | 54% |
| The Lowell School | $110,301 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Scranton | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Suny Cortland | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Adelphi University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Henry Viscardi School | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Preeclampsia Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Freedom Fighter Outdoors | $8,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Book Fairies Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Long Island Cares Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($517k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Whelan Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Frank J Antun Foundation · The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Whelan Foundation Inc
- How much does The Whelan Foundation Inc give?
- The Whelan Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $141,634 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Whelan Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (64%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Whelan Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Camp Northstar Inc ($136k), The Lowell School ($110k), University of Scranton ($40k).
- Does The Whelan Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Whelan Foundation Inc 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 Whelan Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Frank J Antun Foundation, The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation, The New York Community Trust.
- Where is The Whelan Foundation Inc based?
- The Whelan Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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