Important Notice
2024 grant application forms are now available.
Please note changes to submission requirements.
NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE AUGUST 15th
Welcome to The Claude R. and Ethel B. Whittenberger Foundation website. We hope this site will help you with any questions regarding our grant processes.
- To all users accessing this site, please note the Foundation does not support activities outside of Idaho.
Limitations on Grants
The Foundation supports activities in the geographic region of Southwest Idaho. Applicants whose operations are outside this region have an additional burden of establishing the merits of an application.
*If there are additional questions, please email us at whittenbergerfoundation@gmail.com
The Foundation does not support the following:
- No grants are awarded to individuals for political lobbying, voter registration, or political campaign purposes.
- No single recipient may receive more than 20% of the distributable annual income.
- Grants within the range of $5,000 to $10,000 are most common. Apart from a limited number of continuing commitments, grants for amounts in excess of $20,000 are rarely awarded.
- The Board does not usually make more than one grant to the same organization within a twelve-month period.
- Please do not apply until you have carefully reviewed this section on Limitations and the sections on Mission and Purpose and Recent Grants Awarded.