Tennessee · Private foundation
Whittington Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $25k
- Granted FY2023
- 11
- Grants FY2023
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $447k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Whittington Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 11 | $25k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $33k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $9k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $141k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $83k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $89k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $79k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chattanooga Christian School Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Guilford College | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Birmingham-Southern College | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hand in Paw Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chatt Foundation | $3,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Oasis Inc | $3,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Homeward Trails Animal Rescue Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Samford University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($309k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Whittington Family Foundation Inc 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 Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Pete M Hanna Charitable Foundation · Hamico Inc · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Tucker Foundation · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Benwood Foundation Inc · Protective Life Foundation
How this is measured
About Whittington Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Whittington Family Foundation Inc give?
- Whittington Family Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $25,300 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Whittington Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Education (34%), Philanthropy (16%).
- Who are Whittington Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: United Way of Central Alabama Inc ($75k), Chattanooga Christian School Inc ($16k), Guilford College ($13k).
- Does Whittington Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Whittington Family Foundation Inc 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 Whittington Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc, The Maclellan Foundation Inc, Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation.
- Where is Whittington Family Foundation Inc based?
- Whittington Family Foundation Inc is based in TN.
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