The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered and a connection to the foundation should come first.
- Its grants are mostly modest: half of its 151 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less and the median was $10,000, so a request in that range fits, although the typical range runs from $1,000 to $205,000 and its largest grant was about $615,000.
- Repeat funding is strong, with 77% of grant dollars to organisations it had funded in an earlier filing, so a new applicant may find it hard to break in.
- Its grants are concentrated in Connecticut, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Virginia, but no geographic focus is stated, so an organisation elsewhere should not assume it is excluded.
- Most grants are general operating support, with a smaller number for capital campaigns, and its recorded recipients include educational institutions, hospitals, community and social-service organisations, churches, cultural institutions, libraries, environmental organisations and emergency services.
Overview
The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Darien, CT.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings describe most grants as support for general ongoing operations, alongside a smaller number for capital campaigns. Recorded recipients include educational institutions, hospitals and health organisations, community and social-service organisations, churches, cultural institutions, libraries, environmental organisations and emergency services. The grant record is centred on Connecticut, with additional substantial giving to organisations in North Carolina, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as smaller grants across other states. These are the kinds of organisations and grant purposes represented in its organisational giving record.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Connecticut, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Virginia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 77% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 151 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 11% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 77% of grant dollars went to organisations The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 49 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation · Gen'l on-going operations$613,1442024 tax year
- Foundation of Nuvance Health · General on-going operations$503,9792024 tax year
- Stamford Hospital Foundation · Gen'l on-going operations$250,7062024 tax year
- Yale New Haven Hospital · Gen'l on-going opertions$250,1402024 tax year
- Cure Alzheimer's Fund · Gen'l on-going operations$247,0502024 tax year
- Pegasus Therapeutic Riding · Gen'l on-going operations$201,6682024 tax year
- Trinity College · Gen'l on-going operations$152,2072024 tax year
- Hotchkiss School · Capital campaign$150,5162024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Meredith M George — President / Treasurer
- W Whitney George — Chairman / Secretary
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,510,655 | $2,900,865 | $55,195,795 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,096,498 | $2,555,168 | $66,314,346 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,750,754 | $3,044,199 | $75,886,732 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Darien, CT