Welcome to the home of The Whitney Foundation. With a vision and a two million dollar endowment, we began our work in 1999 as a non-profit, public foundation.
On the left, you will find our index. Explore the topics and find information about some of our funded programs, links to our grantee's websites, how to apply for a grant, and a tribute to our founder, Kathryn Whitney Stephens.
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Press Release
Local Charitable Foundation Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
Thursday, July 22, 2010
at Stone Soup Fresno, 1345 E. Bulldog Lane #4
(Fresno, CA) – July 16, 2010 – The Whitney Foundation will be celebrating 10 years of grant making for social change in the areas of housing, health, and education, on Thursday, July 22, 2010, from 5:30-8:00 pm. Stone Soup Fresno, a Whitney Foundation grantee, will host the
event at 1345 E. Bulldog Lane, #4. There will be a reception, program, sharing by the grantees, and refreshments.
The Whitney Foundation has given over $1 million dollars to local nonprofit organizations over the last 10 years. Most grants are between $10,000 and $15,000 each, and target organizations and projects that might “fall through the cracks” with traditional or larger funding sources.
A few local recipients of Whitney Foundation grants include Center for Independent Living, Children’s Museum of the Sierra, Exceptional Parents Unlimited, CHA House, Stone Soup,Center for Multicultural Cooperation, Marjaree Mason Center, and Rehabilitation Counseling Evaluation Center at Fresno State.
Dr. Richard Jennings, Board Chair, said, “We are excited about what we’ve done over the last 10 years, and are looking forward to many more years of funding great projects that create positive social change in our local area.”
The purpose of The Whitney Foundation is to help fund and supplement those educational, health and housing projects that bring about positive changes in peoples’ lives, in the area of Fresno, CA and the States of Utah and Idaho.
The Whitney Foundation is dedicated to assisting others in bringing about permanent change in their lives so that they can become self-sustaining, confident and productive members of society. The Whitney Foundation will seriously seek out those needs that often “fall through the cracks” of traditional grants.
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Mission Statement:
Based on the message, "To share with others what has been given to you," the Whitney Foundation reaches out to assist families and individuals in areas where housing, health, and education obstacles impede the achievement of personal goals. The Whitney Foundation is not about charitable giving. Instead, we are dedicated to assisting others to bring about positive change in their lives so that they can become self-sustaining, confident, and productive members of society.
Our focus is to seek areas that often fall through the cracks of traditional grants. Special emphasis is given to the following:
* The constituents are actively involved in the work, and benefit from the programs of the organization.
* The project promotes diversity, addresses inequality, oppression, and discrimination within the organization as well as in the larger society.
* The organization can demonstrate how their work addresses the underlying systemic causes of the problem.
* The proposal expresses how it fits the mission of The Whitney Foundation.
* The evaluation process clearly connects to project goals and objectives.
