The Henrietta & David Whitcomb Family Foundation

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Watertown, Massachusetts · EIN 13-7267896 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2024)$31K

Organizations funded4

Typical grant$7,000

Total assets$445K

Half of its grants to organizations were between $200 and $10,000.

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From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Arts & Culture1

Where it gives

100% of grants went outside Massachusetts.

New York4

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Arts & Culture grants in New York1 of its grant, $7,000 · 5,883 foundations

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Metropolitan Opera	New York, NY	Public support	$12,500
International House	New York, NY	Public support	$10,000
The Carnegie Hall Corporation	New York, NY	Public support	$7,000
Soroptomist International	New York, NY	Public support	$200

The return also lists 1 grant to individuals ($1,000). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$30,700	5
2023	$256,250	12

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed May 13, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202511339349104041
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-7267896
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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