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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 26-2136246

Whitman Family Foundation

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 14 grants and $64,218 paid in grants.

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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $64,218

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,133,628
  • Tax year 2023

    $72,684

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $1,130,031
  • Tax year 2022

    $81,773

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,092,510
  • Tax year 2021

    $72,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,219,841
  • Tax year 2020

    $66,250

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,319,890
  • Tax year 2019

    $62,738

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,095,262
  • Tax year 2018

    $57,626

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,111,225

Grants paid in 2024

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Patrons of Exceptional ArtistsAventura, FL

    Provide scholarship to gifted students at barry university and promotion of artists

    $20,000
  2. California Jazz ConservatoryBerkeley, CA

    Support performance arts

    $10,000
  3. VnhelpMilpitas, CA

    Help orphanages in vietnam

    $10,000
  4. Pacific Links FoundationMilpitas, CA

    Support adapt project which seeks to prevent trafficking of young vietnamese girls by enhancing their educational attainment and improving their vocational choices

    $5,000
  5. The Winnick FoundationBeverly Hills, CA

    Supports access to education, healthcare, shelter for women and children around the world

    $5,000
  6. San Francisco BalletSan Francisco, CA

    Helps to ensure SF ballet can continue to thrill and inspire audience at home and around the world

    $2,500
  7. International Fund for Animal WelfareYarmouth Port, MA

    Humanity

    $2,000
  8. Natural Resources Defense Council IncNew York, NY

    Support environmental groups

    $2,000
  9. Sea ShepherdWashington, DC

    Protect marine wildlife

    $2,000
  10. Cornucopia InstituteCornucopia, WI

    Support sustainable agriculture

    $1,500
  11. Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT

    Humanity

    $1,500
  12. KCSM FMSan Mateo, CA

    Support jazz 91 public radio

    $1,000
  13. KqedSan Francisco, CA

    Support public radio

    $1,000
  14. US Fund for UNICEFNew York, NY

    Support the efforts to save and protect the wolrd's most vulnerable children

    $718

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $31,00060% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $10,00019% of the total
  3. International aid2 grants $6,50013% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $2,0004% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $2,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California7 grants $34,500
  2. Florida1 grant $20,000
  3. New York2 grants $2,718
  4. District of Columbia1 grant $2,000
  5. Massachusetts1 grant $2,000
  6. Connecticut1 grant $1,500
  7. Wisconsin1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Kevin WhitmanPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nancy LamCFO Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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