· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DEPT OF ED MONELA | $25,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | $20,000 |
| SUNY CORTLAND | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| CAMP NORTHSTAR | $10,000 |
| EARNEST OPERATIONS | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,850 |
| ADELPHI UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY | $5,000 |
| LONG ISLAND ALL-STAR FIELD HOCKEY | $2,534 |
| LONG ISLAND CARES | $2,500 |
| STRENGTH FOR LIFE | $1,500 |
| BOOK FAIRIES | $1,000 |
| PORT WASHINGTON LIBRARY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $156k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLThe Lowell School6× · 2017–2022 · $110k · revenue +53%
- UOUniversity of Scranton2× · 2022–2024 · $40k · revenue +15%
- AUADELPHI UNIVERSITY2× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $10k
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.
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.
The mission of the new york institute for special education is to provide quality educational programs and support to students and families in a safe caring environment to awaken and inspire student curiosity, lifelong learning and…
Northside center for child development day school (the "school") operates a comprehensive treatment center dedicated to meeting the social, emotional and educational needs of children and their families, principally through the operation…
We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.
We provide services so that people with disabilities can live, learn, & work in our communities.
L. I. Child and Family Development Services, Inc., dba Long Island Head Start (the "Agency") is a private, non-profit corporation, which administers publicly funded early childhood education and development programs in Suffolk County, New…
To provide services to children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. the school runs preschool and school age programs.
The mission of eden ii programs is to support people with autism throughout their lives to achieve their full potential through service, science, and passion.
For over 150 years, st. vincent's services, inc. (d/b/a heartshare st. vincent's services) has been a symbol of hope, compassion, and strength for vulnerable and under-resourced communities in new york city. (see on schedule o)
Pediatric healthcare, education & research
Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…
Provide vital services & foster jewish identity, personal growth, family strength and community. the mid-island y jcc is open to everyone in the community serving individuals of all ages, abilities, and challenges.
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 92 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Whelan Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Whelan Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Preeclampsia Foundation Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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