Carver Center
Norwalk, CT
$221KTax year 2025
General support
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The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio Grants
Private foundation · EIN 27-3420226 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE RICHARD & BARBARA WHITCOMB FOUNDATIO
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | $747K |
| 2024 | 83 | $750.6K |
Where The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Carver Center
Norwalk, CT
$175KTax year 2024
General support
Norwalk Community College
Norwalk, CT
$65KTax year 2025
General support
Girls Inc of the Valley
Holyoke, MA
$50KTax year 2024
General support
Norwalk Community College Foundation
Norwalk, CT
$50KTax year 2024
General support
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (152 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundatio's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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