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Daughters of John Whittington Foundation

Grapevine, TX · EIN 72-1358714. Reported 141 grants totalling $134,778 to 63 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$134,778granted, 2021-2025
63recipients, as named on its returns
58%of grantees funded again the next year
$591,111assets, latest filing

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. Daughters of John Whittington 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $265 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $4,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
50 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
91 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
American Red CrossDallas, TX$11,500552025
Acadiana District Dental Hygiene AssocWelsh, LA$10,000442025
North Texas Food BankDallas, TX$9,000552025
Second HarvestLafayette, LA$8,060552025
Cac of N TxLewisville, TX$6,000442025
Carmelite MonasteryLafayette, LA$6,000552025
CcaBaton Rouge, LA$4,500332025
Habitat for HumanityDallas, TX$4,500552025
The Family PlaceDallas, TX$4,500552025
Atlanta MissionAtlanta, GA$4,000442024
Doctors Wout BordersNew York, NY$4,000442025
Savlation Army N TxLafayette, LA$3,541442025
Arc of Denton CoDenton, TX$3,250442025
Catholic CharitiesLafayette, LA$3,000222022
Catholic Charities of LouisianaLafayette, LA$3,000332025
Lafayette Pub LibraryLafayette, LA$3,000332024
St JudeMemphis, TN$3,000332024
Cca Louisiana FoundationBaton Rouge, LA$2,000112021
Children's Advocacy Center of Denton CountyLewisville, TX$2,000112021
Community FoundationLafayette, LA$2,000112025
Lafayette Public Library FoundationLafayette, LA$2,000112021
Lions Club InternationalOak Brook, IL$2,000222023
Make a Wish N TxAddison, TX$2,000222023
New Hope Equine TherapyArgyle, TX$2,000222025
Pedi PlaceLewisville, TX$2,000222023
The Reading CenterLafayette, LA$2,000222022
Catholic Charities Rio GrandeSan Juan, TX$1,500222023
Marcus Band BoostersFlower Mound, TX$1,500112021
Alzheimers AssnLafayette, LA$1,300332025
Marcus Band BoosterFlower Mound, TX$1,250332024
Marcus LibraryFlower Mound, TX$1,250332024
Annunciation HouseEl Paso, TX$1,000112022
Arc of Denton CountyDenton, TX$1,000112021
Catholic Charities of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$1,000112023
Diocese of LafayetteLafayette, LA$1,000112024
Fd NowBuffalo Grove, IL$1,000442024
Hoffman Tilt (ut)Tyler, TX$1,000332025
Hospice of AcadianaLafayette, LA$1,000112021
Loreto HouseDenton, TX$1,000112023
Lpl FoundationLafayette, LA$1,000112025
Maui Food BankWailuku, HI$1,000112023
Ms Food NetworkJackson, MS$1,000112022
PediplaceLewisville, TX$1,000112021
St Jude ResearchMemphis, TN$1,000112021
Guardian Angels - Emergency AssistanceAlexandria, LA$750332024
SPCA TexasDallas, TX$750332024
Alzeihmer's AssociationLafayette, LA$500112021
American Heart AssnLafayette, LA$500112022
Lcif Donor ServicesOak Brook, IL$500112021
North Texas Community Foundation Animal FundFort Worth, TX$500112025
Wounded Warrior ProjectHouston, TX$400442024
Carencro Catholic High SchoolCarencro, LA$368222024
Flower Mound Police AssocFlower Mound, TX$350222023
Flower Mound Police DeptFlower Mound, TX$250112021
SPCA of TexasDallas, TX$250112021
Veterans of Foreign WarsKansas City, MO$200222022
Teurlings FundraiserLafayette, LA$159112025
Doctors Wo BordersNew York, NY$150112021
American Cancer SocietyLafayette, LA$100112021
American HeartLafayette, LA$100112021
Make a Wish North TexasAddison, TX$100112021
Salvation ArmyLafayette, LA$100112021
Ut Health Science CenterTyler, TX$100112021

34 of 63 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 58%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 21 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
8 grants
Medical Research
4 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
1 grant
Environment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202131$31,100$1,000
202234$31,450$1,000
202333$30,065$1,000
202423$20,554$1,000
202520$21,609$1,000

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

44% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Texas
$60K
Louisiana
$56K
New York
$4K
Georgia
$4K
Tennessee
$4K
Illinois
$4K
Hawaii
$2K
Mississippi
$1K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund12 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsCommunities Foundation of Texas Inc8 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust8 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Daughters of John Whittington Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 2653 Flameleaf Drive, Grapevine, TX, 76051. 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.

EIN 72-1358714 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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