Open Foundations · Rhode Island

The White Family Foundation

Cranston, Rhode Island · EIN 050509502. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $926K across 27 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.

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$926K
paid in 2024
27
grants paid
$10K
median grant
15%
to first-time recipients
$2.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Marjorie Houston
Address
c/o Taco 1160 Cranston Street, Cranston, RI, 02920
Phone
4019428000
Form the request should take
See guidelines on the website, http://www.thewhitefamilyfoundation.com/guidelines/
Submission deadline
Please refer to the Foundation website, http://www.thewhitefamilyfoundation.com/guidelines/
Restrictions on awards
Please refer to the website, http://www.thewhitefamilyfoundation.com/guidelines/

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543219349100549. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

educationtheatremusic

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 27 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1St Andrews SchoolRI$265,000education
2Providence Performing Arts CenterRI$250,000theatre
3Ri Philharmonic Orchestra and Music SchoolRI$100,000arts
4Other Non-profitsRI$68,000various
5Genesis CenterRI$25,000community service
6Community Prep SchoolRI$21,300education
7Community Music WorksRI$17,000music
8Trinity Repertory CompanyRI$15,000theatre
9East End TheatreRI$12,500Theatre
10Cranston Combined Percussion EnsembleRI$10,000music
11Rhode Island Council for the HumanitiesRI$10,000education
12Rhode Island Free ClinicRI$10,000health
13Rhode Island School of DesignRI$10,000education
14Ri Black StorytellersRI$10,000education
15San Miguel SchoolRI$10,000education

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202012$313K
202112$534K
202212$810K
202318$1.1M
202427$926K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Rhode Island93%
Massachusetts7%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Benjamin WhiteVice-Chair · 2024
Dr Irving SchneiderBoard Member · 2024
Elizabeth ManchesterBoard Member · 2024
Elizabeth WhiteBoard Member · 2024
John Hazen White JrPresident, Exec Chair · 2024
Katelyn WhiteBoard Member · 2024
Kenneth DumasTreasurer · 2024
Kirsten WhiteBoard Member · 2024
Latdavorn BonillaSecretary · 2024
Marjorie HoustonExecutive Director · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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