· Private foundation
White Family 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of White Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
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 $10k7 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
- $250k+1 grant · $3.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME | $3,400,000 |
| PHOENIX HOUSE | $25,000 |
| NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| CAMP SUNSHINE | $5,000 |
| POPE FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| STUDENT ADVOCANCY INC | $1,000 |
| ARRIGO SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $500 |
| WOODLEA FOUNDATION | $500 |
| KAIROS PRISON MINISTRY | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION2× · 2020–2022 · $35k · revenue +21%- CSCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +78%
- CCCONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK2× · 2018–2019 · $300 · revenue +20%
Funded once
- TBTHE BRIDGE HOME INCone grant, 2017 · $69k
- SLSpringfield Library Foundation Incgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $33k · revenue +34%
- SOSISTER OF SAINT JOSEPH OF SPRINGFIELDone grant, 2019 · $26k
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 corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
The purpose of the montauk historical society is to collect, restore, preserve and display historically significant buildings, objects and writings and to preserve and share the history and cultures of montauk and the east end for this and…
Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The mission of the malden public library is to provide open access to information, promote love of reading and lifelong learning to malden residents and all citizens of massachusetts. founded in 1885,the malden public library is a…
Located in south hadley, massachusetts, mount holyoke college is a highly selective, nondenominational, residential, research liberal arts college for women that is gender-diverse and welcomes applications from female, transgender, and…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
Founded in 1747 on the enlightenment ideals of intellectual pursuit and civic engagement, the redwood library and athenaeum generates knowledge in the humanities for the benefit of the widest possible audience with nothing in view but the…
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…
Providing quality materials and services, which fulfill the educational, information, cultural and recreational needs of the entire community in an atmosphere that is welcoming and respectful.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 30 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.
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Springfield Library Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds New York Historical Society ↗
- Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC ↗
- Who funds MONTAUK FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds AXIAL THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds STUDENT ADVOCACY CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC ↗
- Who funds The Madagascar Water Project Inc PMB 888270 ↗
- Who funds CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · 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 White Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from White Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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