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Daughters of John Whittington Foundation

Grapevine, TX · EIN 72-1358714. Reported 121 grants totalling $113,169 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$113,169granted, 2021-2024
59organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$544,596assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Daughters of John Whittington Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $4,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
41 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
80 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
American Red CrossDallas, TX$8,500442024
North Texas Food BankDallas, TX$8,000442024
Second HarvestLafayette, LA$7,060442024
Acadiana District Dental Hygiene AssocWelsh, LA$6,000332023
Cac of N TxLewisville, TX$5,000332024
Atlanta MissionAtlanta, GA$4,000442024
Carmelite MonasteryLafayette, LA$4,000442024
CcaBaton Rouge, LA$4,000222023
Habitat for HumanityDallas, TX$4,000442024
The Family PlaceDallas, TX$4,000442024
Savlation Army N TxLafayette, LA$3,041332024
Arc of Denton CoDenton, TX$3,000332024
Catholic CharitiesLafayette, LA$3,000222022
Doctors Wout BordersNew York, NY$3,000332024
Lafayette Pub LibraryLafayette, LA$3,000332024
St JudeMemphis, TN$3,000332024
Catholic Charities of LouisianaLafayette, LA$2,000222024
Cca Louisiana FoundationBaton Rouge, LA$2,000112021
Children's Advocacy Center of Denton CountyLewisville, TX$2,000112021
Lafayette Public Library FoundationLafayette, LA$2,000112021
Lions Club InternationalOak Brook, IL$2,000222023
Make a Wish N TxAddison, TX$2,000222023
Pedi PlaceLewisville, TX$2,000222023
The Reading CenterLafayette, LA$2,000222022
Catholic Charities Rio GrandeSan Juan, TX$1,500222023
Marcus Band BoostersFlower Mound, TX$1,500112021
Marcus Band BoosterFlower Mound, TX$1,250332024
Marcus LibraryFlower Mound, TX$1,250332024
Alzheimers AssnLafayette, LA$1,100222023
Annunciation HouseEl Paso, TX$1,000112022
Arc of Denton CountyDenton, TX$1,000112021
Catholic Charities of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$1,000112023
Diocese of LafayetteLafayette, LA$1,000112024
Fd NowBuffalo Grove, IL$1,000442024
Hospice of AcadianaLafayette, LA$1,000112021
Loreto HouseDenton, TX$1,000112023
Maui Food BankWailuku, HI$1,000112023
Ms Food NetworkJackson, MS$1,000112022
New Hope Equine TherapyArgyle, TX$1,000112024
PediplaceLewisville, TX$1,000112021
St Jude ResearchMemphis, TN$1,000112021
Guardian Angels - Emergency AssistanceAlexandria, LA$750332024
SPCA TexasDallas, TX$750332024
Alzeihmer's AssociationLafayette, LA$500112021
American Heart AssnLafayette, LA$500112022
Hoffman Tilt (ut)Tyler, TX$500222023
Lcif Donor ServicesOak Brook, IL$500112021
Wounded Warrior ProjectHouston, TX$400442024
Carencro Catholic High SchoolCarencro, LA$368222024
Flower Mound Police AssocFlower Mound, TX$350222023
Flower Mound Police DeptFlower Mound, TX$250112021
SPCA of TexasDallas, TX$250112021
Veterans of Foreign WarsKansas City, MO$200222022
Doctors Wo BordersNew York, NY$150112021
American Cancer SocietyLafayette, LA$100112021
American HeartLafayette, LA$100112021
Make a Wish North TexasAddison, TX$100112021
Salvation ArmyLafayette, LA$100112021
Ut Health Science CenterTyler, TX$100112021

33 of 59 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 19 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
7 grants
Medical Research
4 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
1 grant
Environment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202131$31,100$1,000
202234$31,450$1,000
202333$30,065$1,000
202423$20,554$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 46% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$52K
Louisiana
$44K
Georgia
$4K
Tennessee
$4K
Illinois
$4K
New York
$3K
Hawaii
$2K
Mississippi
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Daughters of John Whittington Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 2653 Flameleaf Drive, Grapevine, TX, 76051. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 72-1358714 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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