Whitehill Family Foundation
The Whitehill Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Hermosa Beach, California. Its 2025 filing reports grants to charitable organizations working in areas that include food access, poverty alleviation, conservation, workforce development, and financial inclusion.
Whitehill Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Whitehill Family Foundation gave $54K across 21 grants in 2025 (avg $3K), top state Illinois. 24% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $53,700
- +21.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 21
- +10.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,557
- +9.9% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,500
- Total assets
- $707,246
- +8.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 24% first-time grantees (5 of 21, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Illinois (21% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Whitehill Family Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
- Contact
Mailing address: 2821 Amby Place, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Phone: (310) 318-6201
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Whitehill Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Feeding America ($8K). Together the top 10 received $39K.
Grant Size Distribution
96 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 96 grants of 96 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
In 2025, recipients in Illinois received 21% of grant dollars, followed by California at 19%, New York at 18%, Washington, DC at 13%, and Virginia at 11%. These figures describe the locations of grant recipients.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 21 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Whitehill Family Foundation open to new grantees?
24%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 5 of 21 grantees (24%) were first-time recipients. With only 21 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $2K; repeat grants $3K. How we count
Medians: $2K first-time, $2K repeat.
- 76% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+7%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 88% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $31K (2021) to $54K (2025). In 2025 it made 21 grants totaling $54K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Feeding America Chicago, IL | General & Unrestricted | $7,500 |
| The Conservation Fund Arlington, VA | General & Unrestricted | $6,000 |
| North County Mission of Hope Peru, NY | General & Unrestricted | $5,000 |
| Finca International Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | $4,000 |
| One Acre Fund Highland Park, IL | General & Unrestricted | $4,000 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | $3,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society Bronx, NY | General & Unrestricted | $3,000 |
| Food Forward North Hollywood, CA | General & Unrestricted | $2,500 |
| Opportunity Junction Antioch, CA | General & Unrestricted | $2,000 |
| One Tree Planted Shelburne, VT | General & Unrestricted | $2,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $707,246 | $107,469 | $53,955 | $53,700 | 21 | $53,955 | $89,408 | $61,095 |
| 2024 | $654,746 | $24,246 | $44,540 | $44,200 | 19 | $44,540 | $43,748 | $53,782 |
| 2023 | $674,026 | $22,828 | $43,300 | $43,100 | 21 | $43,300 | $42,779 | $44,543 |
| 2022 | $694,498 | $19,017 | $51,809 | $50,125 | 22 | $50,335 | $26,599 | $43,361 |
| 2021 | $727,290 | $19,072 | $37,249 | $30,500 | 13 | $36,199 | $61,123 | $50,928 |
| 2020 | $745,467 | $76,376 | $38,693 | $33,300 | 13 | — | $32,282 | $36,393 |
| 2019 | $707,784 | $19,143 | $40,043 | $32,100 | 14 | — | $36,843 | $37,389 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Whitehill Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $61K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its grants include support for organizations addressing food insecurity and poverty, conserving wildlife and natural places, helping people develop job skills, and expanding access to financial services. For example, Feeding America describes its mission as advancing equitable access to nutritious food; One Acre Fund says it works with farm families in Africa to address hunger and poverty; and the Wildlife Conservation Society says it saves wildlife and wild places through science, conservation, education, and public engagement.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation made 21 grants totaling $53,700. Grant amounts ranged from $200 to $7,500, with a median of $1,500.
The largest grants included $7,500 to Feeding America; $6,000 to The Conservation Fund; $5,000 to North County Mission of Hope; and $4,000 each to FINCA International and One Acre Fund. Other grants included $3,000 to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and $3,000 to the Wildlife Conservation Society; $2,500 to Food Forward; $2,000 each to Opportunity Junction and One Tree Planted; and $1,500 each to Accion Opportunity Fund and Brain & Behavior Research Fund. The grants were reported as general and unrestricted.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists MICHAEL H WHITEHILL as president.
Whitehill Family Foundation is led by Michael H. Whitehill, President since 2021 (on filings since 2019) — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Michael H. Whitehill
President
Director, President, Secretary & Treasurer → President, 2021
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Whitehill Family Foundation
How much does Whitehill Family Foundation give each year?
Whitehill Family Foundation gave $54K across 21 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $44K across 19 grants.
What is Whitehill Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Whitehill Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $1,500, and its average grant was $2,557, across 21 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Whitehill Family Foundation that year got $2K on average.
Where does Whitehill Family Foundation give grants?
Whitehill Family Foundation's top state is Illinois, with 21% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were California (19%) and New York (18%). The most frequent recipient cities were Washington, DC (3 grants).
Does Whitehill Family Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Whitehill Family Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (21 of 21) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Whitehill Family Foundation's largest grantees?
Whitehill Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Feeding America ($7,500), The Conservation Fund ($6,000) and North County Mission of Hope ($5,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 34% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Whitehill Family Foundation?
Whitehill Family Foundation reported $707K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $54K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $61K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Whitehill Family Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its grants include support for organizations addressing food insecurity and poverty, conserving wildlife and natural places, helping people develop job skills, and expanding access to financial services. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Whitehill Family Foundation?
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Whitehill Family Foundation's EIN?
Whitehill Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-4572444. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Whitehill Family Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 8, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS September 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 26, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 10, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 3, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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Grantable. (2026). Whitehill Family Foundation funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/whitehill-family-foundation-morg_ca381a557a6840d48bc52ed8dd77ba2c
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