Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-6154484. Reported 191 grants totalling $5,382,634 to 114 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Mrs Giles Whiting 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $301,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Emergency Response | Gr Amsterdam | $580,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cultural Emergency Response (cer) | Gr Amsterdam | $301,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prince Claus Fund | Ce Amsterdam | $297,765 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Inc | New York, NY | $270,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Words Without Borders | Brooklyn, NY | $245,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New-York Historical Society | New York, NY | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Theatre for a New Audience | New York, NY | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paideia Institute | New York, NY | $182,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Academy for Teachers | New York, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| House of Speakeasy Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $135,400 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Central Atelier Inc | Ridgewood, NY | $120,400 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Turquoise Mountain Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aquila Theatre | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Opera America | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Plato | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plato (philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization) | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Massachusetts Review Inc | Amherst, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Zyzzyva | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation | Wellesley Hills, MA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | Whitewater, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Claremont Graduate University | Claremont, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Csub Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kern Community College District | Bakersfield, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Litro Media Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miami Dade College Foundation (for Miami Book Fair) | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Co | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | Newark, NJ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore County | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Texas | Denton, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women on 20S Inc | Riverhead, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Review of Books | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mizna | St Paul, MN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| N Plus One Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| One Story | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oxford American Literary Project | Little Rock, AR | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Orion Society | Great Barrington, MA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Paris Review Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Monuments Fund | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | $37,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Chet Van Duzer | Rochester, NY | $36,551 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bellevue Literary Review | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bennington College (for Bennington Review) | Bennington, VT | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Miami Dade College Foundation | Miami, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salmagundi Club | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Feminist Institute Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Gilder Lerhman Institute of American History | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carleton College | Northfield, MN | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute of International Education | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Kentucky W Brent Seales Lab | Lexington, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newberry Library | Chicago, IL | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bard College (for Conjunctions) | Annandaleonhudson, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guernica Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guernica Magazine | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kweli Journal Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Literacy Academy Collective | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Foundation for Cultural Review Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc (for Latin American Literature Today) | Norman, OK | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Electric Literature | Brooklyn, NY | $19,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Civic Art Society Inc | Washington, DC | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of the South Atlantic | Raleigh, NC | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc | Millbrook, NY | $16,650 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pen American Center Inc | New York, NY | $16,098 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Arkansas International | Fayetteville, AR | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Institute | New York, NY | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Short Fiction | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boise State University | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dream of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Encounter for Culture and Education | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fence Magazine Inc | Hudson, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foglifter Press | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Bass Museum | Miami Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heart to Heart International | Lenexa, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hoover Institution | Stanford, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Millbrook Community Partnership Inc | Millbrook, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morgan Library | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nashville Shakespeare Festival | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents of the Univ of Ca Davis | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Asian American Writers' Workshop | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Bass Museum of Art | Miami Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New Criterion (foundation for Cultural Review) | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Trustees of Amherst College for the Folger Shakespeare Library | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thornwillow Institute Ltd | Newburgh, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unc Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Oklahoma Fdn Inc (for Latin American Lit Today) | Norman, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Texas Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Full Stop Magazine Inc | Jackson Heights, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Chordata | New York, NY | $8,370 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of North Carolina Press Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Apogee Journal | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc (apogee Journal) | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American College of the Building Arts | Charelston, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Les Arts Florissants | Long Island City, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation (inc) | Chapel Hill, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Garden Conservancy | Garrison, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of Alabama (for Black Warrior Review) | Tuscaloosa, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waterside School | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc | New York, NY | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Library of American Landscape History Inc | Amherst, MA | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc (for Nat Brut) | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Offing | Cambridge, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ralston College Inc | Savannah, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
41 of 114 (36%) 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 36%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Cultural Emergency Response (cer)
PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE - Kern Community College District
WHITING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP - Guernica Magazine
WHITING LITERARY MAGAZINE PRIZE - Boise State University
WHITING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SEED GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 121 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | $1,021,765 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 55 | $1,679,498 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $1,294,370 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 44 | $1,387,001 | $20,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation has 55 of them, worth $2,446,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Prince Claus Fund | Ce Amsterdam | $285,000 |
| Institute of Classical Architecture & Art | New York, NY | $140,000 |
| Words Without Borders | Brooklyn, NY | $135,000 |
| New-York Historical Society | New York, NY | $130,000 |
| Theatre for a New Audience | New York, NY | $130,000 |
| Academy for Teachers | New York, NY | $120,000 |
| Paideia Institute | New York, NY | $120,000 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $120,000 |
| Plato | Seattle, WA | $120,000 |
| Institute of Classical Architecture & Art | New York, NY | $70,000 |
| Theatre for a New Audience | New York, NY | $70,000 |
| New-York Historical Society | New York, NY | $65,000 |
| Words Without Borders | Brooklyn, NY | $65,000 |
| Academy for Teachers | New York, NY | $60,000 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $60,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 64% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Mrs Giles Whiting 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: 291 Broadway 1901, New York, NY, 10007. 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.
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