California · Private foundation
Whitney Young Childrens 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.
- $157k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $91k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Whitney Young Childrens 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; $15k 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 | 26 | $157k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $154k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $255k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $67k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $150k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $123k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $151k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $117,350 | 8 | 0% |
| Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| National Charity League Inc Peninsula Chapter | $60,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Pediatric Therapy Network | $54,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Harbor Interfaith Services Inc | $52,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Challenge Corporation | $40,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Sharefest Community Development Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Rainbow Services | $33,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Kat6 Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Las Floristas Inc | $29,300 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($353k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Whitney Young Childrens Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Crail-Johnson Foundation · California Community Foundation · Vistas for Children Inc · Bloomfield Family Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Palos Verdes Junior Women's Club · National Charity League Inc Peninsula Chapter · Lon V Smith Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Variety - the Childrens Charity of Southern California Tent 25
How this is measured
Compare Whitney Young Childrens Foundation with peer funders
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About Whitney Young Childrens Foundation
- How much does Whitney Young Childrens Foundation give?
- Whitney Young Childrens Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $156,550 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Whitney Young Childrens Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (38%), Education (10%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are Whitney Young Childrens Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($117k), Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation ($80k), National Charity League Inc Peninsula Chapter ($60k).
- Does Whitney Young Childrens Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Whitney Young Childrens 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 Whitney Young Childrens Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Crail-Johnson Foundation, California Community Foundation, Vistas for Children Inc.
- Where is Whitney Young Childrens Foundation based?
- Whitney Young Childrens Foundation is based in CA.
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