Funding search · EIN 200413209 · Wilmington, DE
W F Whitman Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 54
- grants reported
- $898,050
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $5,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- American Museum of Natural History3 grants · $275,000
- Williams College5 grants · $180,250
- Blue Hill Memorial Hospital3 grants · $75,000
- President & Fellows of Middlebury College3 grants · $71,000
- Opera House Arts2 grants · $65,000
- Northeast Harbor Sailing School2 grants · $40,000
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory2 grants · $27,000
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Association1 grant · $25,000
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory2 grants · $22,000
- Mount Desert Island Hospital3 grants · $19,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 54 reported grants, largest first.
- $100,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2024
Chairman's FUND
- $100,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Chairman's Fund
- $75,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022
Chairman's Fund
- $50,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $45,000
Opera House Arts · Stonington, ME · 2024
Live! for $5 Series
- $35,250
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $35,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2023
the Parent Fund '24 and the new Williams Boat House fund
- $30,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2023
the WCMA project
- $30,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2022
Class of 1992, Parent Fund for the Class of 2024, and the New Boat House
- $26,000
President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2022
Middlebury Parents Fund for the Class of 2026
- $25,000
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital · Blue Hill, ME · 2024
Funds FOR construction of new CT room
- $25,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Association · Cold Spg Hbr, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital · Blue Hill, ME · 2023
Funds for construction of new CT room
- $25,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital · Blue Hill, ME · 2022
construction of new CT room
- $20,000
Northeast Harbor Sailing School · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2024
The Sailing School Preservation Initiative
- $20,000
Northeast Harbor Sailing School · Ne Harbor, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2023
In support of the Parent Fund '27
- $20,000
Opera House Arts · Stonington, ME · 2022
Live For $5.00
- $16,000
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory · Salsbury Cove, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $11,000
Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Pennys Flight Foundation · Locust Valley, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Scyc Preservation Foundation · Oyster Bay, NY · 2024
To aid the refurbishments of the SCYC Jr. Club; bring the building and its facilities to code standards
- $7,000
St Johns Church · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $6,000
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Taft School Corporation · Watertown, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Green Vale School · Old Brookville, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Taft School Corporation · Watertown, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Taft School Corporation · Watertown, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $4,500
North Shore Land Alliance · Oyster Bay, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Friends of the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery in · Cold Spg Hbr, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Friends of the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery in · Cold Spg Hbr, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,800
Scyc Preservation Foundation · Oyster Bay, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Jackson Laboratory · Boston, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Pennys Flight Foundation · Glen Cove, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
New York University - School of Law · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Friends of the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery in · Cold Spg Hbr, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,000
Old Westbury Gardens · Old Westbury, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $1,500
Mount Desert Nursing Association · Northeast Harbor, ME · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $1,500
St Johns Church · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
North Shore Land Alliance · Oyster Bay, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Island Pantry · Deer Isle, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $500
Trustees of Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $500
Island Health & Wellness Foundation · Deer Isle, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $500
Scyc Preservation Foundation · Oyster Bay, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $500
Stonington Public Library · Stonington, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
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