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Whittington Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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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
3
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$166kEducation$157kPhilanthropy$75kAnimals$30kHealth$12kFood & Nutrition$4kArts & Culture$3kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$447k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$16,000
BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE$2,500
BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY$2,500
GPS EDUCATION PARTNERS$1,000
AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION$1,000
SHELBY HUMANE SOCIETY$500
FRIENDS OF BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL$500
OASIS$500
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BIRMINGHAM$300
CHILDREN'S HARBOR$250
BIG OAK RANCH$250
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BIG OAK RANCH: $250 → 18%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $1k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BIRMINGHAM: $300 → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WI
NY
CA
VA
TN
NC
DC
AL
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$440k · 18 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
22

Total granted

$440k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+56%

Still filing today

56%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $75k · revenue +74%
  • CC
    CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +135%
  • HI
    HAND IN PAW INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $10k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • Samford University
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +1%
  • TC
    THE CHATTANOOGA BALLETgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +56%
  • GD
    GREAT DAY FUND CAMP GREYSTONE
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
4
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance

Facilitate networking among hospitals

Health
7
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
8
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
11
The Children's Hospital of Alabama

The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…

Health
12
Community Health Accreditation Program Inc

Advance the highest quality of home and community-based care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Harbor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

25 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. 25 of the 45 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $163,650 · OtherST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHCUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW: $111,000 · OtherCUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAWBIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY: $16,000 · Other+22 more: $37,600 · Other+22 moreUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENT…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $16,000 · EducationGUILFORD COLLEGE: $12,500 · EducationSamford University: $1,500 · EducationHAND IN PAW INC: $9,500 · AnimalsHOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $2,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SHELBY COUNTY: $1,000 · AnimalsSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC: $1,000 · AnimalsPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $5,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 · Health+2 more: $500 · HealthNORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $1,000 · Human ServicesBIRMINGHAM SERVICE LEAGUE: $300 · Human ServicesBIG OAK RANCH INC: $250 · Human ServicesGPS EDUCATION PARTNERS INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWreaths Across America: $250 · Public Benefit
Other$328,250Philanthropy$76,000Education$30,000Animals$13,500Health$8,500Human Services$1,550Arts & Culture$1,000Public Benefit$250

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUILFORD COLLEGE: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHAND IN PAW INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHATT FOUNDATION: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSamford University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHATTANOOGA BALLET: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGPS EDUCATION PARTNERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SHELBY COUNTY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEROKEE AREA COUNCIL INCORPORATED BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM SERVICE LEAGUE: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKESHORE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds GUILFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HAND IN PAW INC ↗
  • Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Samford University ↗
  • Who funds THE CHATTANOOGA BALLET ↗
  • Who funds GPS EDUCATION PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Bread For The World Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SHELBY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHEROKEE AREA COUNCIL INCORPORATED BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds BIRMINGHAM SERVICE LEAGUE ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…The Maclellan Foundat…Chattanooga Christian…Pete M Hanna Charitab…Hamico IncThe Joseph S Bruno Ch…Tucker FoundationWeldon F Osborne Foun…United Way of Greater…Robert F Stone Founda…Benwood Foundation IncProtective Life Found…
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga IncTN17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Whittington Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Whittington Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.

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 45 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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