Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation

• This foundation funds catalytic community projects and self-sustaining initiatives across Indiana, with priority given to Northwest Indiana, so groups based elsewhere are unlikely to fit its focus.
• It operates by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not the way in; some existing connection or introduction is likely needed.
• Most of its grant dollars go to organisations it has already funded, marking it out as relationship-led rather than one that responds readily to a single approach from a new applicant.
• Typical grants range from $10,000 to $10,000,000, with half of its grants at $800,000 or less, so a modest-to-mid-sized request fits its usual pattern, though it has also made grants as large as $22,500,000.
• It will not fund sponsorships, sports teams, political organisations or causes, individuals, or investments of less than $25,000, so organisations seeking support of that kind should not apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Crossroads YMCA · Support for ymca regional expansion throughout northwest indiana
  $19,000,0002024 tax year
• Crossroads YMCA · Support for ymca capital projects including the triangle hills camp and the sports center.
  $14,000,0002024 tax year
• Purdue for Life Foundation · Dean v white real estate finance program, mitch daniels school of business, wls head of hospitality & tourism management endowment
  $10,871,0002024 tax year
• Franciscan Health Foundation · Dean & barbara white cancer center
  $10,000,0002024 tax year
• Shelby Community Park Foundation · Support for the establishment and construction of the shelby community center
  $4,423,2002024 tax year
• Multi Agency Academic Cooperative · Expand educational opportunities and fund training for northwest indiana's first responders
  $4,000,0002024 tax year
• Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy · General support
  $2,500,0002024 tax year
• Legacy Foundation · Dean and barbara white community center
  $2,000,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.