White Family Foundation
Tarpon Springs, FL · EIN 02-0794045. Reported 91 grants totalling $1,773,764 to 62 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. White 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $500,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action Stops Abuse (casa) | St Petersburg, FL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clearwater Central Catholic High School Inc | Clearwater, FL | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Great Explorations Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $98,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Academy Prep Center of St Petersburg Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Dream Fund | St Petersburg, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Liz's Legacy Foundation Inc | Winter Garden, FL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Morning Star Catholic School | Pinellas Park, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clothes to Kids Inc | Clearwater, FL | $48,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brookwood Florida Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lift Academy | Seminole, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pinellas County Sheriffs Pal Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Kind Mouse Productions Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Payton Wright Foundation | Bradenton, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wheelchairs 4 Kids Inc | Tarpon Springs, FL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Starting Right Now | Tampa, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shorecrest Preparatory School | St Petersburg, FL | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A Door of Hope Inc | Pinellas Park, FL | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Kids Place of Tampa Bay Inc | Brandon, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Academy Prep Center of St Pete | St Petersburg, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc | Largo, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Creative Clay Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gentlemens Quest of Tampa | Wesley Chapel, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Liz's Legacy | Windermere, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Morning Star Catholic School of Pinellas Park | Pinellas Park, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parc Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation | Clearwater, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wheelchairs for Kids Inc | Tarpon Springs, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adoption Related Services of Pinellas Dba Family Enrichment Services | Pinellas Park, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc | Clearwater, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation | St Petersburg, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Kid's Place of Tampa Bay | Brandon, FL | $10,464 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Achieve Plant City | Plant City, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adventure for All | Sarasota, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bill Edwards Foundation for the Arts | St Petersburg, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of St Petersburg | Seminole, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Extension | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clearwater Free Clinic | Clearwater, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services - Heart Gallery | Clearwater, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gulf Coast Jfcs-Heart Gallery | Clearwater, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Learn Tampa Bay Dba Achieve Plant City | Plant City, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse of Pinellas | Largo, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mission City Church | Largo, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ready for Life | Largo, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Savvy Giving By Design | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shorecrest Prep | St Petersburg, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Daystar Life Center | St Petersburg, FL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Speak Up Let's Talk About Mental Health | Tarpon Springs, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Preparatory School | Winter Park, FL | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Diocese of Venice Hurricane Ian Relief Fund | Venice, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Tee of St Petersburg | St Petersburg, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Home House of Mercy & Encouragement | Dunedin, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Hospice and Community Services Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pinellas County Education Foundation | Largo, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pinellas County Schools-Boca Ciega Wrestling | Clearwater, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Junior League of St Petersburg Florida | St Petersburg, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mosi-Museum of Science & Industry | Tampa, FL | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Serving Hope | Huntsville, AL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Tee St Petersburg | St Petersburg, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Anne Parish Food Pantry | Ruskin, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jerome's Catholic Church | Largo, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Depaul School | Clearwater, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trinity Prep School | Winter Park, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
19 of 62 (31%) 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 27%, across 3 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.
- Community Action Stops Abuse (casa)
SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS - Great Explorations
HANDS ON LEARNING PROGRAMS - Clearwater Central Catholic High School Inc
CATHOLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM - Morning Star Catholic School
CATHOLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS - A Door of Hope Inc
SAFE HAVEN FOR FOSTER CHILDREN - Children's Dream Fund
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 44 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 | 22 | $303,000 | $12,500 |
| 2022 | 26 | $846,000 | $16,500 |
| 2023 | 22 | $280,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $344,264 | $10,464 |
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
99% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. 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 $10,000. 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 Florida.
- 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 White 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: Po Box 2491, Tarpon Springs, FL, 34688. 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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