The Whiting Foundation
Grand Blanc, MI · EIN 38-6056693. Reported 133 grants totalling $4,073,285 to 51 organizations 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 Whiting 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $300,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Institute of Music | Flint, MI | $1,010,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flint Cultural Center Corp-Sloan Lo | Flint, MI | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Flint Institute of Arts | Flint, MI | $335,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flint Public Library | Flint, MI | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YMCA Greater Flint | Flint, MI | $186,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fim-Whiting Auditorium | Flint, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Research Institute | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flint Cultural Center Corporation | Flint, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flint Jewish Federation | Flint, MI | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Genesee County | Flint, MI | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New Mccree Theatre | Flint, MI | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shelter of Flint Inc | Flint, MI | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Downtown Crossover Outreach | Flint, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| UNCF | Detroit, MI | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Flint | Flint, MI | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Diabetes Association | Merrifield, VA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | Flint, MI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whaley Histroic House Museum | Flint, MI | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lifeline Pilots | Peoria, IL | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mott Community College | Flint, MI | $45,185 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Genesse Co Free Medical Clinic | Flint, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Se Michigan | Detroit, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hurley Foundation | Flint, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Dyslexia Institute | Flint, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Direction Youth Program | Flint, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Renaissance Center | Flint, MI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lions Visually Impaired Youth Camp | Lapeer, MI | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Chicago, IL | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miracle Flights | Las Vegas, NV | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ele's Place | Flint, MI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | Rochester Hills, MI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Michigan | Brighton, MI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YWCA Greater Flint | Flint, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scounts of America-Flint Urban | Flint, MI | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Genesee County | Burton, MI | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sloan Longway | Flint, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sloan Museum Longway Planetarium | Flint, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Humane Society of Genesee Count | Burton, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Mcc Music Dept | Flint, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Franklin Mission Network | Flint, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Genesee County Habitat for Humanity | Flint, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michigan Productions | Flint, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Genesee Area Focus Fund | Flint, MI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lions Bear Lake Cap | Lapeer, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Glenwood Heritage Fund | Flint, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voices for Children | Flint, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Voices for Children Advocacy Center | Flint, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crossover Outreach | Flint, MI | $7,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ennis Center for Children Inc | Flint, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Franklin Avenue Mission | Flint, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Music With a Message for Kids Inc | Marcellus, MI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
33 of 51 (65%) 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 87%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Flint Cultural Center Corp-Sloan Lo
SEE NOTE 2 - SLOAN LONGWAY CAPITAL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 62 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | $1,027,000 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $937,500 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $983,500 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $1,125,285 | $15,092 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 93% of this one's giving went to organizations in Michigan. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Whiting Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 9460 S Saginaw Road Suite J, Grand Blanc, MI, 48439. 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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