Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The White Pine Fund
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.
- $307k
- Granted FY2023
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $203k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 11
- Total assets, FY2023
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations The White Pine Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 23 | $203k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $190k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $230k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $269k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 40 | $285k | n/a |
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Snow Leopard Trust | $107,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Wilderness Society | $102,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Xerces Society Inc | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $57,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association | $57,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bat Conservation International | $54,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Audubon Society of Western Pa | $47,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | $45,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Gorilla Foundation | $44,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The White Pine Fund 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: Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Patagoniaorg · Aetna Foundation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Burkholder Foundation · C F Holdship Charitable Trust · Eqt Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ibm International Foundation
How this is measured
About The White Pine Fund
- How much does The White Pine Fund give?
- The White Pine Fund reported 24 itemized grants totaling $203,000, out of $306,502 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The White Pine Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Animals (25%), Environment (23%), Social Science (1%).
- Who are The White Pine Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: International Snow Leopard Trust ($107k), The Wilderness Society ($102k), Xerces Society Inc ($62k).
- Does The White Pine Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The White Pine Fund 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 White Pine Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richard King Mellon Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is The White Pine Fund based?
- The White Pine Fund is based in PA.
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