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Whatley Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$127k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
51%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,951
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 55
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$1.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 51% of the organizations Whatley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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
FY2024still arriving36$116k19%
FY202335$86k51%
FY202230$71k33%
FY202132$88k38%
FY202036$96k19%
FY201955$116k40%
FY201835$80k49%
FY201746$94kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$257kReligion$93kEnvironment$90kEducation$80kHealth$50kArts & Culture$50kPhilanthropy$37kInternational$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
HI
LA
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Treehouse$94,90080%
Teleios$35,00071%
Earl Palmer Ministries$31,8004n/a
Discovery Institute$28,00040%
Recovery Cafe$21,00070%
Uplift Northwest$20,00010%
Global Partnerships$20,00080%
The Trustees of Princeton University$18,30080%
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival$18,00041%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$16,05030%
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All grantees of Whatley Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Treehouse$94,90080%
Teleios$35,00071%
Earl Palmer Ministries$31,8004n/a
Discovery Institute$28,00040%
Recovery Cafe$21,00070%
Uplift Northwest$20,00010%
Global Partnerships$20,00080%
The Trustees of Princeton University$18,30080%
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival$18,00041%
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries$16,05030%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$15,15040%
Bethany Community Church$15,0003n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$15,00050%
Seattle Art Museum$14,54080%
Wildlife Conservation Society$12,25030%
The University of Montana Foundation$11,00080%
Boys and Girls Club of Cathedral City$10,10051%
Jubilee Women's Center$10,00010%
Epiphany School$9,50080%
The Westminster Schools Inc$8,95180%
Lakeside School$8,02080%
Rainier Scholars$8,00080%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$7,50020%
Cato Institute$7,50070%
Path$7,00040%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$6,70020%
Dads Divine Alternatives for Dads Services$6,00021%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$6,00060%
The Heritage Foundation$5,75040%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$5,1001n/a
The Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
The Brigid Alliance Inc$5,00010%
The Loveland Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Christianity Today International$5,00010%
Seattle Garden Club Inc$4,24381%
The Malala Fund$3,02320%
Overflow Foundation Inc$3,00011%
World Central Kitchen Inc$3,00020%
Covenant House$2,20020%
Equality Now Inc$2,00020%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$2,00010%
The Surfrider Foundation$2,00010%
Conservation International Foundation$2,00010%
Riverfund Inc$1,9003n/a
Inner Compass Initiative Inc$1,65013%
Best Buddies International Inc$1,64020%
Street Soccer USA Inc$1,56410%
Northwest Literacy Foundation$1,55031%
William D Ruckelshaus Center Foundation$1,50010%
Living Desert The$1,45030%
Seattle Junior Golf Foundation$1,38010%
Food on Foot$1,28010%
Multicare Foundations$1,00010%
Muddy Paws Rescue$1,00010%
Active Minds Inc$1,00020%
Global Fund for Women Inc$1,00010%
Seattle University$1,00010%
Burke Museum Association$1,00010%
University Presbyterian Church$1,0001n/a
Project South Inc$1,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$79020%
Making Headway Foundation Inc$75020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$70020%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$51610%
Crisis Text Line Inc$51510%
City Harvest Inc$50010%
Maris Place$50010%
Arboretum Foundation$50010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc$50010%
New York Road Runners Inc$50010%
Downtown Women's Center$50010%
Hatch School$50010%
Oceana Inc$50010%
The Foodbank at St Marys$5001n/a
NW Childrens Foundation$50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$43510%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$40020%
Whitney Museum of American Art$35010%
El Nido Family Centers$33910%
United States Fund for Unicef$31410%
Studio in a School Association Inc$30110%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington$30010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$30010%
New York Cares Inc$29810%
The James Blake Foundation Inc$25010%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$25010%
Share Our Strength$25010%
Kids' Food Basket Inc$25010%
Evergreenhealth Foundation$25010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$25010%
Girls Write Now Inc$25010%
Children's Miracle Network$25010%
Movemeant Inc DBA Movemeant Foundation$22510%
Witness Inc$20110%
Women's Prison Association and Home$20010%
The Second Stage Theatre Inc$20010%
Pencils of Promise Incorporated$15010%
National Park Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($175k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Whatley Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTreehouse: $94,900 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTeleios: $35,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetDiscovery Institute: $28,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRecovery Cafe: $21,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUplift Northwest: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGlobal Partnerships: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $18,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRancho Mirage Writers Festival: $18,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPlymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries: $16,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $15,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Art Museum: $14,540 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $12,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Montana Foundation: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Cathedral City: $10,100 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJubilee Women's Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEpiphany School: $9,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $8,951 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLakeside School: $8,020 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRainier Scholars: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPath: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $6,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDads Divine Alternatives for Dads Services: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $5,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brigid Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristianity Today International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Garden Club Inc: $4,243 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetThe Malala Fund: $3,023 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOverflow Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInner Compass Initiative Inc: $1,650 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $1,640 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStreet Soccer USA Inc: $1,564 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Literacy Foundation: $1,550 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetWilliam D Ruckelshaus Center Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLiving Desert The: $1,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Junior Golf Foundation: $1,380 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFood on Foot: $1,280 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMulticare Foundations: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuddy Paws Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 90.

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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.

Seattle FoundationWA38.8× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Donald Family Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Lucky Seven Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · McKinstry Charitable Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Kennedy-Ries Family Foundation

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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About Whatley Foundation

How much does Whatley Foundation give?
Whatley Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $126,661 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Whatley Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Religion (11%), Environment (11%).
Who are Whatley Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Treehouse ($95k), Teleios ($35k), Earl Palmer Ministries ($32k).
Does Whatley Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Whatley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Whatley Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Moccasin Lake Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
Where is Whatley Foundation based?
Whatley Foundation is based in WA.

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 145 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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