The White Cedar Fund
Jackson, WY · EIN 20-5717546. Reported 95 grants totalling $2,596,551 to 61 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The White Cedar Fund checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations The White Cedar Fund funded make grants themselves, and it reported 7 grants totalling $460,000 to them. That is 21% of the $2,168,651 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marin Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | community foundation | New York | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Brooklyn Community Foundation | grantmaking organization | New York | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $220,000.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Kasiisi Project | Lexington, MA | $420,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marin Community Foundation | Novato, CA | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Saint Ann's Warehouse | Brooklyn, NY | $131,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cambium Carbon Pbc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| J M Kaplan Fund Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc | Azusa, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saint Anns School | Brooklyn, NY | $75,793 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Respond Crisis Translation | Mountain View, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Theatre for a New Audience | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom Community Center | Saint Louis, MO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gpo Conservation Program | Arlington, VA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Every Campus a Refuge | Greensboro, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Green City Force | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mark Morris Dance Group (dba Discalced Inc) | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Cloud Renewable | Pine Ridge, SD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rise Education Fund | Sherman Oaks, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Industrial Commons | Morganton, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wikitongues Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medical Eye & Dental International Care Organization Inc | Georgetown, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Women Build - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Dayton Union Cooperative Initiative Incgreater Dayton Union Coop | Dayton, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Family Pantry of Cape Cod | Harwich, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heights and Hill Community Council | Brooklyn, NY | $25,358 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Accelerate Change | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Advancing Real Change Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All Americans Vote | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aperture Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Dayton Union Cooperative Initiative Inc | Dayton, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Community Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Shepherd Mission Development Corporation | Saint Louis, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emerge Connecticut Inc | New Haven, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sea Change Capital Partners | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crew Haven Corporation | Princeton, NJ | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cora Dance | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program Inc | Lexington, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Peace Institute | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Orleans Public Education Network | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Read 718 | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Speedwell Projects | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Common Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Creative Portland | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leap | New Haven, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mass Audubon Society | Lincoln, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| PROXIMITY2HUMANITY | Albemarle, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Razom Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Textless Live More Inc | St Simons Island, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Campaign Against Hunger | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Eagle Academy Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sustainable Cape | Truro, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Roulette Intermedium | Brooklyn, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cape Cinema Inc | Dennis, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Report Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flatbush Development Corp | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Leakey Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
25 of 61 (41%) 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 35%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- The Kasiisi Project
FOR SUPPORTING CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION IN UGANDA FOR WILDLIFE AND COMMUNITY WELFARE. - J M Kaplan Fund Inc
FOR PROVIDING GRANTS AND SUPPORT TO CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES. - Marin Community Foundation
FOR SUPPORTING PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS IN MARIN COUNTY AND LOCAL NONPROFITS. - Saint Anns School
FOR OFFERING PROGRESSIVE AND INNOVATIVE K-12 EDUCATION. - Gpo Conservation Program
FOR EMPOWERING SOCIETIES TO RESPONSIBLY AND SUSTAINABLY CARE FOR NATURE, GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY, AND WELL-BEING F HUMANITY - Cambium Carbon Pbc
THE GRANT WILL BE USED TO DRIVE CAMBIUM'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT RESEARCH PROJECTS. CORE FOCUS AREAS INCLUDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WOOD UTILIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU OF URBAN FORESTRY, UPDATE CARBON IMPACT MODELING, AND THE FACILITATION OF CAMBIUM'S COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT PROJECTS AS A MEMBER OF 1% FOR THE PLANET.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 65 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $298,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $660,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $803,793 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $834,758 | $25,000 |
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
32% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The White Cedar Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: Co Clay Geittmann Po Box 1226, Jackson, WY, 83001. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 20-5717546 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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