The Ronald Whittier Family Foundation
Portola Valley, CA · EIN 77-0525013. Reported 71 grants totalling $361,642 to 60 recipients 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. The Ronald Whittier Family 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 $1,036. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $20 and the largest $119,478. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various Artists Schools and Public Charities - Arts | Portola Valley, CA | $124,495 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The San Francisco Playhouse | San Francisco, CA | $41,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art - San Jose | San Jose, CA | $33,541 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sjica Ica | San Jose, CA | $30,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Socialgood Flipcause | Oakland, CA | $15,735 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell University Sethupathy Alumni Gift Fund | Ithaca, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Resource Area for Teaching (raft) | San Jose, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Botanical | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Familiescan - Individuals & Families Data on File | Portola Valley, CA | $8,691 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Woodside High School | Woodside, CA | $5,560 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Larkin Street Project | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Jose Museum of Art | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Playwrights Center | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Playwright's Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $3,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brava Theater Center | San Francisco, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Psoriasis Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Karat Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $2,648 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Organ Transplant Association | Bloomington, IN | $2,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Freight & Salvage | Berkeley, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Magic Theater | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teatro Vision | San Jose, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Benevity | Calcary, Alberta | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Artadia | Brooklyn, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aurora Theatre | Berkeley, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palo Alto Art Center | Palo Alto, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playground | San Francisco, CA | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Life Movesorg | Palo Alto, CA | $1,042 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ica Sf | San Francisco, CA | $1,036 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marin Shakespeare | San Rafael, CA | $1,033 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mocada | Brooklyn, NY | $1,032 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Victory Music | Bristol, CT | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leslie Lohman Museum | New York, NY | $1,029 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Old Skool Cafe | San Francisco, CA | $1,029 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Co-Lab Theater Group | New York, NY | $1,023 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl's Write Know | New York, NY | $1,023 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Altos Stage Company | Los Altos, CA | $1,023 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Art Shack Brooklyn | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Team Ministry | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playwrights Horizons | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Jose Chamber of Commerce | San Jose, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bccc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| UC Berkeley School of Journalism | Berkeley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | Sausalito, CA | $525 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foothill College Theatre Arts | Los Altos Hills, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Z Space | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Starr Scholarship | East Lansing, MI | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 42ND Street Moon | San Francisco, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Califorians for the Arts | Sacramento, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Lights Theatre | San Jose, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $210 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $209 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moma Nyc | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Nim Family Foundation | Daly City, CA | $198 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Photographic Art | Carmel By the Sea, CA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Legion of Honor | San Francisco, CA | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $35 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 2ND Act Players | Evanston, IL | $20 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
10 of 60 (17%) 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 4%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Various Artists Schools and Public Charities - Arts
SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS, SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC CHARITIES - ARTS - Institute of Contemporary Art - San Jose
SUPPORT FOR CHARITY WITH PURPOSE RELATED TO THAT OF THIS FOUNDATIONSUPPORT FOR CHARITY WITH PURPOSE RELATED TO THAT OF THIS FOUNDATION - Sjica Ica
SUPPORT FOR RELATED CHARITYSUPPORT FOR RELATED CHARITYSUPPORT FOR RELATED CHARITY - The San Francisco Playhouse
SUPPORT FOR RELATED CHARITY - - San Francisco Playhouse
SUPPORT FOR CHARITY WITH PURPOSE RELATED TO THAT OF THIS FOUNDATION - San Francisco Botanical
SUPPORT FOR RELATED CHARITY - SUPPORT FOR RELATED CHARITY -SUPPORT FOR RELATED CHARITY -
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 24 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $83,616 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | $121,478 | $60,739 |
| 2023 | 27 | $92,240 | $1,033 |
| 2024 | 22 | $64,308 | $762 |
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
92% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,036. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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 The Ronald Whittier Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 3130 Alpine Road Suite 288 Pmb 602, Portola Valley, CA, 94028. 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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