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White Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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White Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$78k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$115kEducation$88kHealth$73kHousing & Shelter$51kHuman Services$49kPublic Benefit$48kCivil Rights$31kInternational$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $72k
$18,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mercy Center$20,000
Martha's Table$18,500
Miriam's Kitchen$18,500
Votto Latino$15,000
Barack Obama Foundation$5,000
PEN America$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Miriam's Kitchen: $20k → 14%Miriam's Kitchen: $19k → 14%Miriam's Kitchen: $13k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$391k · 13 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
21

Total granted

$391k
$151k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+20%

Still filing today

77%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsInternationalFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CR
    CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    3× · 2017–2019 · $78k · revenue +3%
  • MT
    MARTHA'S TABLE INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $61k · revenue +8%
  • MK
    MIRIAM'S KITCHEN
    3× · 2022–2024 · $51k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • PP
    Planned Parenthood of New York
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +20%
  • NY
    NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
5
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
6
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
7
Council of the Americas Inc

Council of the americas is a business organization whose members share a common commitment to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the americas. the council's membership consists of…

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8
Free Press

Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…

Arts & Culture
9
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
10
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
11
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
12
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Martha's Table Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wilson Disease Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 35 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mercy Center: $39,600 · OtherMercy CenterVOTO LATINO INC: $27,935 · OtherVOTO LATINO INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $26,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODPlanned Parenthood of New York: $25,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of New YorkNEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL: $20,000 · OtherNEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITALCONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART: $15,000 · OtherCONVENT OF THE SACRED HEARTMERCY CENTRE USA: $9,850 · OtherPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $12,000 · OtherFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $15,000 · OtherFOOD & FRIENDS INCTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $8,250 · Other+15 more: $32,740 · Other+15 moreCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $78,000 · EducationCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL …COALITION FOR DC REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 · EducationCOALITION FOR DC REPR…A WIDER CIRCLE INC: $10,000 · EducationA WIDER CIRCLE INCMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $61,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE …CITY HARVEST INC: $14,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST IN…MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $51,000 · Human ServicesMIRIAM'S K…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 · Civil RightsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Other$231,375Education$103,000Food & Nutrition$75,000Human Services$51,000Civil Rights$31,000International$30,100Community Improvement$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $78,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $61,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $51,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVOTO LATINO INC: $27,935 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR DC REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $8,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $707 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $512 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilson Disease Association: $256 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization White Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from White Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 35 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home