About Jim and Ellen White Family Foundation
The Jim and Ellen White Family Foundation concentrates its modest giving on local Sarasota-area human services, with a clear emphasis on programs that help needy children and support animal welfare. Most funding is channeled to a small number of repeat grantees that run direct-service charitable programs (child assistance, holiday toy drives, and a county humane society). The foundation appears focused on practical, community-level relief rather than large-scale policy or arts funding.
Focus Areas
Direct financial support for needy children and family assistance programs in Sarasota CountyHoliday toy collection and distribution (Toys-for-Tots-style programs) for low-income childrenLocal animal welfare and humane society operations (shelter and pet welfare services)
Who They Fund
needy/low-income childrenfamilies of children with brain cancerresidents of youth ranches/children in needfood-insecure individuals/childrenabandoned pets/animalssick and disabled people
About Jim and Ellen White Family Foundation
A $35,000 grant to Suncoast Charities for Children anchors The Jim and Ellen White Family Foundation Inc.’s recent giving and shows how concentrated its support is around Sarasota-area direct service work. The foundation’s largest grants have repeatedly gone to organizations serving needy children, with the same local grantee receiving $35,000 in 2024, $30,000 in 2023, and $20,000 in 2025. That pattern points to a funder that favors steady support for a small set of community organizations rather than a broad portfolio. Animal welfare is another visible line of giving. The Humane Society of Sarasota County received $7,500 in both 2024 and 2025, after a $5,750 grant in 2023, indicating recurring support for abandoned-pet services. The foundation also backs seasonal child-welfare efforts through Toys for Tots Sarasota, including $5,000 in 2023 and $2,500 grants in both 2024 and 2025 for toy collection and distribution to less fortunate children at Christmas time. Other grants show the same practical orientation: support for families of children with brain cancer, a youth-ranch benefit, community service projects, and aid to sick and disabled people.
What Jim and Ellen White Family Foundation Funds
In child-assistance work, the foundation gave $35,000 in 2024 to Suncoast Charities for Children for charitable support to assist needy children. It also supported toys-for-holiday distribution with $5,000 in 2023 to Toys for Tots Sarasota to collect new toys and distribute them to less fortunate children at Christmas time. Family support appears in grants to The Payton Wright Foundation, which received $2,500 in 2023, $2,500 in 2024, and $2,500 in 2025 for assistance to families of children with brain cancer. The foundation also made a $2,000 grant in 2025 to the Charlotte County Sheriffs Office First Responder Dive Team Challenge for the benefit of Florida Youth Ranches that helps children in need. Beyond children’s services, it gave $1,000 in 2024 and $1,000 in 2025 to Rotary Club of Sarasota for community service projects addressing children at risk, poverty, and hunger.
How Jim and Ellen White Family Foundation Gives
Typical grants are small: the p25 is $1,750, the median is $2,500, and the p75 is $6,625. The foundation’s recent record shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially one Sarasota children’s charity, a local humane society, a toy-distribution program, and a brain-cancer family support foundation. It appears to operate as a family foundation, with grantmaking centered on direct-service charities rather than program-related investments or individual aid.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$129K
Total Assets
$541K
Total Revenue
$32K
Total Expenses
$48K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $7K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$7K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
About 91% of grants go to recipients in FL.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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