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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-6154484

Mrs Giles Whiting Foundation

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 78 grants and $2.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Constantia Constantinou
291 Broadway Ste 1901
New York, NY 10007
(718) 841-7205
Form and materials
The foundation's open-application programs accept applications through submittable. Application requirements and instructions are posted at the beginning of each application cycle on our website, https://www.whiting.org
Deadlines
Submission deadlines for the foundation's open-application programs are posted annually on website.
Restrictions
All of the foundation's programs focus on advancing literature and the humanities; most take as their geographical scope the whole united states; and many are made to individuals through peer-review selection processes. The specific restrictions, limitations, and scope of awards made through each of the foundation's programs vary slightly with each annual cycle for each program; they are updated at the start of each cycle on our website, https://www.whiting.org

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,273,501

    Grants listed
    78
    Assets, end of year
    $75,886,402

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,139,370

    Grants listed
    73
    Assets, end of year
    $72,828,409

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,629,312

    Grants listed
    93
    Assets, end of year
    $68,181,512

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,831,551

    Grants listed
    85
    Assets, end of year
    $80,622,642

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,707,194

    Grants listed
    76
    Assets, end of year
    $71,098,106

Grants paid in 2024

78 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Cultural Emergency Response (cer)GR Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Preservation of cultural heritage

    $301,000
  2. Institute of Classical Architecture & Art IncNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $70,000
  3. Theatre for A New AudienceNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $70,000
  4. New-York Historical SocietyNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $65,000
  5. Words Without BordersBrooklyn, NY

    High-school humanities

    $65,000
  6. Academy for TeachersNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $60,000
  7. New York Public LibraryNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $60,000
  8. Paideia InstituteNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $60,000
  9. PlatoSeattle, WA

    High-school humanities

    $60,000
  10. Grand Central Atelier IncRidgewood, NY

    General support

    $50,000
  11. Individual

    Whiting award

    $50,000
  12. Individual

    Whiting award

    $50,000
  13. Individual

    Whiting award

    $50,000
  14. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $40,000
  15. House of Speakeasy FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $40,000
  16. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $40,000
  17. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $40,000
  18. Rochester Institute of Technology Chet Van DuzerRochester, NY

    Preservation of cultural heritage

    $36,551
  19. Opera AmericaNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $30,000
  20. Turquoise Mountain Foundation IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $30,000
  21. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  22. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  23. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  24. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  25. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  26. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  27. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  28. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  29. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  30. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  31. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  32. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  33. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  34. Individual

    Whiting award

    $25,000
  35. University of Kentucky W Brent Seales LabLexington, KY

    Preservation of cultural heritage

    $25,000
  36. Alzheimers Disease Research FoundationWellesley HLS, MA

    General support

    $20,000
  37. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  38. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  39. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  40. Guernica IncBrooklyn, NY

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  41. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  42. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  43. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  44. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  45. Literacy Academy CollectiveNew York, NY

    General support

    $20,000
  46. Los Angeles Review of BooksLos Angeles, CA

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  47. Miami Dade College Foundation (for Miami Book Fair)Miami, FL

    General support

    $20,000
  48. MiznaSaint Paul, MN

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  49. N Plus One FoundationBrooklyn, NY

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  50. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  51. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  52. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  53. Oxford American Literary ProjectLittle Rock, AR

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  54. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  55. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  56. Individual

    Whiting creative nonfiction grant

    $20,000
  57. The Massachusetts Review IncHadley, MA

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  58. The Orion SocietyGT Barrington, MA

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  59. The Paris Review Foundation IncNew York, NY

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  60. Zyzzyva IncSan Francisco, CA

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $20,000
  61. Bennington College (for Bennington Review)Bennington, VT

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $10,000
  62. Hoover InstitutionStanford, CA

    General support

    $10,000
  63. House of Speakeasy FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  64. Manhattan Institute for Policy Research IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  65. The Bass Museum of ArtMiami Beach, FL

    General support

    $10,000
  66. The New Criterion (foundation for Cultural Review)New York, NY

    General support

    $10,000
  67. University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc (for Latin American Literature Today)Norman, OK

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $10,000
  68. Dutchess Land Conservancy IncMillbrook, NY

    General support

    $6,650
  69. Grand Central Atelier IncRidgewood, NY

    General support

    $6,650
  70. House of Speakeasy FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $6,650
  71. Individual

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $6,500
  72. Electric LiteratureNew York, NY

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $6,500
  73. American College of the Building ArtsCharleston, SC

    General support

    $5,000
  74. Arkansas InternationalFayetteville, AR

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $5,000
  75. Institute of Classical Architecture & Art IncNew York, NY

    General support

    $5,000
  76. National Civic Art Society IncWashington, DC

    General support

    $5,000
  77. Waterside SchoolStamford, CT

    General support

    $5,000
  78. Full Stop Magazine IncJackson Heights, NY

    Whiting literary magazine prize

    $3,000

Approved for future payment

4 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. PlatoSeattle, WA

    High-school humanities

    $120,000
  2. Academy for TeachersNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $60,000
  3. New York Public LibraryNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $60,000
  4. Paideia InstituteNew York, NY

    High-school humanities

    $60,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture11 grants $326,65041% of the total
  2. Education9 grants $265,00033% of the total
  3. International aid2 grants $95,00012% of the total
  4. Mutual benefit3 grants $56,6507% of the total
  5. Environment2 grants $26,6503% of the total
  6. Medical research1 grant $20,0002% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $16,5002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York24 grants $751,001
  2. Massachusetts3 grants $60,000
  3. Washington1 grant $60,000
  4. California3 grants $50,000
  5. District of Columbia2 grants $35,000
  6. Florida2 grants $30,000
  7. Arkansas2 grants $25,000
  8. Kentucky1 grant $25,000
  9. Minnesota1 grant $20,000
  10. Oklahoma1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Peter PennoyerPRESIDENT / TRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
  • Jacob CollinsVICE-PRESIDENT / TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kumar MahadevaVICE-PRESIDENT / TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • John N Irwin IIITREASURER / VICE-PRESIDENT / TRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0
  • Magdalena ZavaliaSECRETARY / ASST. TREASURER Hours 5Pay $24,000
  • Amanda ForemanVICE-PRESIDENT / TRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $0
  • Daniel ReidEXEC. DIR./ASST. SECRETARY(TO 8/2024) Hours 40Pay $154,582
  • Constantia ConstantinouEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/2024) Hours 40Pay $58,349

The return

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