Texas · Private foundation
Whitener 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.
- $565k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Whitener Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $565k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $490k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $510k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $540k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $472k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship of Companies For Christ | $230,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Big Country Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc | $177,332 | 5 | 7% |
| Noah Project Inc | $115,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Sweetwater House of Peace | $85,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Fields of Wheat Inc | $74,568 | 4 | 19% |
| The Lantern Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Cappella Romana | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Christian Homes of Abilene Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Refuge for Dmst | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Abilene Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship of Companies For Christ | $230,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Big Country Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc | $177,332 | 5 | 7% |
| Noah Project Inc | $115,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Sweetwater House of Peace | $85,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Fields of Wheat Inc | $74,568 | 4 | 19% |
| The Lantern Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Cappella Romana | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Christian Homes of Abilene Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Refuge for Dmst | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Abilene Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abilene Arts Alliance | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Faber Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Noroc Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The West Texas Rehabilitation Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Repertory Singers | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Abilene Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Men of Nehemiah Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Witness Breakthrough Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Grace Museum Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Whitener Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Barber Foundation · Shelton Family Foundation · Greathouse Foundation · The Legett Foundation · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Moss Adamson Spalding Charities · The Massey Family Charitable Trust · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · The Robison Excelsior Foundation · Community Foundation of Abilene · Jm Parker Foundation · Claude & Mae Moss Charities
How this is measured
About Whitener Family Foundation
- How much does Whitener Family Foundation give?
- Whitener Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $565,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Whitener Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (27%), Arts & Culture (14%), Crime & Legal (13%).
- Who are Whitener Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Fellowship of Companies For Christ ($230k), Big Country Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc ($177k), Noah Project Inc ($115k).
- Does Whitener Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Whitener Family Foundation 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 Whitener Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barber Foundation, Shelton Family Foundation, Greathouse Foundation.
- Where is Whitener Family Foundation based?
- Whitener Family Foundation is based in TX.
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