· Private foundation
Whittaker 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k4 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE | $75,000 |
| BEYOND CELIAC (FORMERLY NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CELIAC AWARENESS) | $75,000 |
| HORIZONS AT GREENS FARMS ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL) | $50,000 |
| SOUTHPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH | $50,000 |
| THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC | $45,000 |
| KISSICK FAMILY FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| NAPLES CHILDREN AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
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 (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 32% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 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, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC2× · 2023–2024 · $270k · revenue +52%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc2× · 2023–2024 · $115k · revenue +16%
GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC2× · 2023–2024 · $85k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- AJADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INCone grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue -8%
- HCHOWARD COLLEGEone grant, 2023 · $25k
- HBHORIZONS BRIDGEPORTone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -95%
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.
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How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 14 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.
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How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Whittaker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Whittaker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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