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Whiteman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$300k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$405kEducation$346kHealth$318kYouth Development$300kArts & Culture$245kHuman Services$188kCrime & Legal$160kPhilanthropy$107kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Family Promise$35,000
Circle the City$25,000
A New Leaf$25,000
Foundation for Blind Children$25,000
Boys Girls Club$25,000
Read Better Be Better$25,000
Valleywise Health Foundation$25,000
Flagstaff Shelter Services$25,000
Friends of Camp Colton$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
House of Refuge$20,000
Mindfulness First$20,000
Desert Voices$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Circle the City: $25k → 11%Circle the City: $45k → 11%Circle the City: $25k → 11%Circle the City: $25k → 11%Circle the City: $25k → 11%Chrysalis: $25k → 11%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 18 repeat orgs$443k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +101% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
16

Total granted

$1.6M
$348k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+101%
+45%

Still filing today

50%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • IM
    IDEA MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $220k · revenue +12% · 37% of their budget
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN
    5× · 2018–2024 · $150k · revenue +69%
  • CT
    CIRCLE THE CITY
    5× · 2017–2024 · $145k · revenue +372%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • CC
    CASA Center for Positive Social
    one grant, 2020 · $45k
  • BG
    Boys Girls Club East Valley
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
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
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
2
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

—
3
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

—
4
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
5
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation

Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation creates opportunities to build self-esteem and empower children and youth in foster care by funding social, athletic and educational activities and services to enrich their life experiences and…

Human Services
6
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

—
7
Foster 360

Foster360 equips former clients of the foster care system to break the cycle of homelessness and abuse.

Human Services
8
Vitalyst Health Foundation

To connect, support and inform efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities in arizona.

Health
9
Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence Inc

The arizona center for afterschool excellence is dedicated to the enhancement of child and youth development and educational achievement through quality afterschool programming.

Education
10
Arizona Healthiest State Foundation
—
11
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
12
Home Matters to Arizona

Home matters to arizona is the first statewide home matters initiative focused on a new generation of affordable housing, connected communities, and healthier individuals, families, and economies. we add housing units while encouraging…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A New Leaf; the most unlike its peers is Knights of Heroes Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 39 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mesa K Ready Program: $195,000 · OtherMesa K Ready ProgramFamily Promise: $185,000 · OtherFamily PromiseBoys Girls Club: $130,000 · OtherBoys Girls ClubIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFlorence Crittendon: $65,000 · OtherFlorence CrittendonIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherCASA Center for Positive Social: $45,000 · OtherCASA: $45,000 · OtherCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $85,000 · OtherCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA+17 more: $308,810 · Other+17 moreIDEA MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $220,000 · Arts & CultureIDEA MUSEUM…FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $150,000 · HealthFOUNDATION…VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthVALLEYWISE…A NEW LEAF: $25,000 · HealthA NEW LEAFCIRCLE THE CITY: $145,000 · Human ServicesCIRCLE TH…Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesChrysalis…MINDFULNESS FIRST: $62,500 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $25,000 · EducationREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $25,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $16,000 · EducationARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $105,000 · PhilanthropyFLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,208,810Arts & Culture$220,000Health$200,000Human Services$170,000Education$128,500Philanthropy$105,000Housing & Shelter$100,000

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 budgetIDEA MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN: $150,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCIRCLE THE CITY: $145,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMINDFULNESS FIRST: $62,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetFLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREAD BETTER BE BETTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetA NEW LEAF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKNIGHTS OF HEROES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF CAMP COLTON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetARIZONA GRANTMAKERS FORUM: $1,965 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.

  • Who funds IDEA MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLE THE CITY ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CRISIS ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds MINDFULNESS FIRST ↗
  • Who funds FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF REFUGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds VALLEYWISE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds READ BETTER BE BETTER ↗
  • Who funds Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Inc ↗
  • Who funds A NEW LEAF ↗
  • Who funds KNIGHTS OF HEROES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CAMP COLTON INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS ACTION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA GRANTMAKERS FORUM ↗

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.

Arizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…The Diane and Bruce H…Jewish Community Foun…John F Long Foundatio…Thunderbirds CharitiesArizona Cardinals Fou…BHHS Legacy FoundationThe Foundation for Co…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Mayo Family FoundationThe Bob & Renee Parso…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ26.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · John F Long Foundation Inc · Thunderbirds Charities · Arizona Cardinals Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Mayo Family Foundation · The Bob & Renee Parsons 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Whiteman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Whiteman Foundation 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.

    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 39 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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