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Whitaker Fund

Name: Whitaker Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

55
grants reported: $248,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

United Way of Roanoke Valley4 grants · $48,000
Va Fnd for Independent Colleges4 grants · $40,000
Leukemia Sociaty of Va4 grants · $32,000
Va Western Comm College4 grants · $24,000
Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges3 grants · $19,500
American Cancer Society4 grants · $12,000
Bradley Free Clinic4 grants · $10,000
Boys and Girls Club of Roanoke Valley4 grants · $10,000
Habitat for Humanity Roanoke4 grants · $10,000
Rescue Mission4 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$62,500

2022

$62,500

2023

$62,500

2024

$61,000

2025

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$12,000
United Way of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$12,000
United Way of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$12,000
United Way of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$12,000
United Way of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$10,000
Va Fnd for Independent Colleges · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$10,000
Va Fnd for Independent Colleges · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$10,000
Va Fnd for Independent Colleges · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$10,000
Va Fnd for Independent Colleges · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$8,000
Leukemia Sociaty of Va · Rye Brook, NY · 2025
General
$8,000
Leukemia Sociaty of Va · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
General
$8,000
Leukemia Sociaty of Va · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
General
$8,000
Leukemia Sociaty of Va · Rye Brook, NY · 2022
General
$6,500
Ferrum College · Ferrum, VA · 2025
General
$6,500
Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges · Richmond, VA · 2024
General
$6,500
Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges · Richmond, VA · 2023
General
$6,500
Commonwealth Alliance for Rural Colleges · Richmond, VA · 2022
General
$6,000
Va Western Comm College · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$6,000
Va Western Comm College · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$6,000
Va Western Comm College · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$6,000
Va Western Comm College · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$2,500
Bradley Free Clinic · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$2,500
Rescue Mission · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$2,500
Bradley Free Clinic · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$2,500
Rescue Mission · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$2,500
Bradley Free Clinic · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$2,500
Rescue Mission · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Roanoke Valley · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$2,500
Bradley Free Clinic · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$2,500
Rescue Mission · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$2,000
Angels of Assissi · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$2,000
Feeding Southwest Virginia · Salem, VA · 2025
General
$2,000
Angels of Assissi · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$2,000
Feeding Southwest Virginia · Salem, VA · 2024
General
$2,000
Angels of Assissi · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$2,000
Feeding Southwest Virginia · Salem, VA · 2023
General
$2,000
American Heart Assoc Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$2,000
Angels of Assissi · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$1,500
Western Va Fnd for Art & Science · Roanoke, VA · 2025
General
$1,500
Juvenile Diabetes Fdn Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$1,500
Western Va Fnd for Art & Science · Roanoke, VA · 2024
General
$1,500
Juvenile Diabetes Fdn Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$1,500
Western Va Fnd for Art & Science · Roanoke, VA · 2023
General
$1,500
Juvenile Diabetes Fdn Roanoke · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General
$1,500
Western Va Fnd for Art & Science · Roanoke, VA · 2022
General

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