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The Whitman Institute

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$57k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$56,879
Largest grant, FY2023
$56,879
Organizations funded a year
1 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Whitman Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20231$57k0%
FY20228$301k38%
FY20219$553k0%
FY202018$1.3M33%
FY201927$1.2M41%
FY201830$978k53%
FY201731$944kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Community Improvement$2.0MCivil Rights$900kPublic Benefit$796kArts & Culture$502kInternational$482kEducation$268kPhilanthropy$191kEnvironment$150kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
MI
NY
MA
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PA
CA
MD
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DC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$777,50031%
Thousand Currents$431,93662%
Community Initiatives$400,00050%
The Right Question Institute Inc$290,000510%
Intersection for the Arts$286,50051%
Voice of Witness a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation$282,000510%
Forward Together$245,00052%
On the Move$240,00041%
Blueprint North Carolina$220,00042%
ACCE Institute$210,00032%
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All grantees of The Whitman Institute by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$777,50031%
Thousand Currents$431,93662%
Community Initiatives$400,00050%
The Right Question Institute Inc$290,000510%
Intersection for the Arts$286,50051%
Voice of Witness a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation$282,000510%
Forward Together$245,00052%
On the Move$240,00041%
Blueprint North Carolina$220,00042%
ACCE Institute$210,00032%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$150,00010%
The Praxis Project Inc$75,00031%
Third Sector New England Inc$70,00020%
Movement Strategy Center$65,00020%
Alternate RootsInc$65,00031%
Project South Inc$62,50022%
Commonweal$62,50041%
United Roots$50,00013%
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts$50,00011%
Rockwood Leadership Institute$50,00011%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$50,00021%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$50,00021%
Rvc Seattle$35,00023%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$35,00020%
Lead California$32,50027%
Allied Media Projects Inc$30,00010%
Millennium Campus Network Inc$30,00048%
Grassroots International Inc$30,00020%
Unlocking Futures Inc$25,00013%
Innercity Struggle$25,00011%
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc$25,00011%
Naeva$25,00012%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$25,00010%
Common Future$25,00011%
The Center for Cultural Power$25,00010%
Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy$25,00012%
Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity$25,00011%
Voice of the Experienced Vote$25,00011%
United We Dream Network Inc$25,00010%
One Common Unity$25,0001n/a
Better Family Life Inc$20,0001n/a
Just Communities Central Coast$15,0001n/a
Vesper Society$15,00011%
Institute for Washingtons Future$12,50016%
Puente Human Rights Movement$10,00011%
Grassroots Global Justice$10,00011%
The Free History Project Inc$10,00024%
Ayni Institute Inc$10,00011%

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($554k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Whitman Institute supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $777,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThousand Currents: $431,936 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCommunity Initiatives: $400,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe Right Question Institute Inc: $290,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $286,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetVoice of Witness a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation: $282,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetForward Together: $245,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetOn the Move: $240,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBlueprint North Carolina: $220,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetACCE Institute: $210,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSogorea Te Land Trust: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Praxis Project Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $65,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlternate RootsInc: $65,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetProject South Inc: $62,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCommonweal: $62,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Roots: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRockwood Leadership Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Ohio Organizing Collaborative: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRvc Seattle: $35,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLead California: $32,500 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetAllied Media Projects Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMillennium Campus Network Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetGrassroots International Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnlocking Futures Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetInnercity Struggle: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMinnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNaeva: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommon Future: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Center for Cultural Power: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSmartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUrge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVoice of the Experienced Vote: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUnited We Dream Network Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVesper Society: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetInstitute for Washingtons Future: $12,500 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetPuente Human Rights Movement: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGrassroots Global Justice: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Free History Project Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetAyni Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…Tides FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…ImpactassetsincThe Ford FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…NEO Philanthropy IncWellspring Philanthro…Proteus Fund IncThe Libra FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Surdna Foundation Inc
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC34.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Proteus Fund Inc · The Libra Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Surdna Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to The Whitman Institute?

Find your warmest path to The Whitman Institute through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Whitman Institute

How much does The Whitman Institute give?
The Whitman Institute reported 1 grants totaling $56,879 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Whitman Institute fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Community Improvement (36%), Civil Rights (16%), Public Benefit (14%).
Who are The Whitman Institute's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc ($778k), Thousand Currents ($432k), Community Initiatives ($400k).
Does The Whitman Institute fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Whitman Institute 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 Whitman Institute?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Tides Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
Where is The Whitman Institute based?
The Whitman Institute is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 74 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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