Since 1990, Michelle Whiting & Associates has:

  • Identified, produced, stewarded grant and individual gifts/proposals raising $28+ million for child/youth, arts/culture, and health and human services organizations
  • Designed development programs for organizations initiating major gifts/donor identification fundraising activity
  • Directed 15 major gift campaigns for endowment, building and capital needs
  • Established trustee development/ training for volunteer leadership
  • Recruited and stewarded over 15 successful searches for CEO and Senior Development Positions


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A partial sample of recently funded major gifts, grants and program campaigns


ACHIEVEMENT INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES

    Marion Knott Foundation 2009: $5,000
   
Anonymous Foundation 2009: $15,000
   
The S. I. Gimbel Foundation 2009: $15,000 
   
The PIMCO Foundation 2009: $20,000
    PIMCO Foundation 2008: $20,000
    The Henry L. Guenther Foundation 2008: $10,000
    Western Digital Foundation 2008: $15,000
    The Leo Buscaglia Foundation 2008: $6,500
    Helping Kids Achieve Grant/The Draper Family Fund 2008: $25,000
    Marisla Foundation 2008: $15,000

ART & CREATIVITY FOR HEALING
    Weingart Foundation 2010: $10,000
    American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (Stimulus Funds) $40,000
    May and Stanley Smith 2009: $15,000
    Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation 2009: $15,000
    Boeing Employees Community Fund 2009: $50,000
    Weingart Foundation 2009: $25,000
    Orange County Community Foundation Veterans Support Fund: $6,500
    May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust 2008: $22,500
    Marisla Foundation 2008: $25,000
    Sketch Foundation 2008: $5,000
    RGK Foundation 2008: $15,000
    Increased Program Grants by 100% in 2006 & 2007
    The Kelly Smith Fund 2007: $20,000
    Increased Program Grants by 100% in 2006
    Weingart Foundation 2006: $55,000
    Marisla Foundation 2006: $50,000

BOWERS MUSEUM of CULTURAL ARTS
    Boeing Foundation 2005/06: $100,000
    Pacific Life Foundation 2005: $100,000
    Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation 2005: $25,000
    Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation 2004: $10,000

CENTER FOR NON-VIOLENT EDUCATION AND PARENTING
    Annenberg Foundation 2007: $80,000
    Weingart Foundation 2006: $55,000
    Leo Busacila Foundation 2006: $20,000
    Eisner Family Foundation 2006: $35,000

CHILD SHARE LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTIES
    Record Breaking $395,000 raised from foundations in 2006
    Over $395,000 raised in 2006
    The Green Foundation 2007: $15,000
    Sharon D. Lund Family Foundation 2007: $100,000
    Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation 2007: $22,000
    Forest Lawn Foundation 2007: $30,000
    Fieldstone Foundation 2007: $15,000
    John W. Carson Foundation 2007: $15,000
    Lon V Smith Foundation 2007: $15,000
    Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation 2007: $20,000
    Carrie Estelle Doheny 2007: $25,000
    National Network of Adoption Advocacy Programs 2006-2007: $30,000
    Smith Family Foundation 2006: $25,000
   Carol & James Collins Foundation 2006: $15,000
    Ralph M. Parsons Foundation 2006: $50,000
    Weingart Foundation 2006: $50,000
    S. Mark Taper Foundation 2006: $30,000
    Eisner Family Foundation 2005: $50,000

COMMON THREADS
    Education Foundation of America 2010: $40,000
    The Katherine Playa Foundation 2009: $3,000
    The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 2009: $20,000
    May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust 2009: $30,000
    Ahamanson Foundation 2008: $25,000
    Leo Buscaglia Foundation 2008: $6,000

CRYSTAL COVE ALLIANCE
    California Coastal Conservancy 2009: $1,000,000
    Weingart Foundation 2008: $165,000

FOUNDATION FOR SECOND CHANCES
    The Dwight Stuart Foundation for Youth 2010: $15,000
    The Dwight Stuart Foundation for Youth Capacity Building Fund 2010: $15,000
    The Eisner Family Foundation 2009: $15,000
    The Leo Buscaglia Foundation 2009: $5,000
    The Weingart Foundation 2009: $10,000

FULFILLMENT FUND
    The Winnick Family 2003/04 $500,000 *Major Gifts Campaign
    Annenberg Foundation 2003: $50,000
    Gonda Family 2003: $225,000 *Major Gifts Campaign
    Lucky Brand Foundation 2003: $25,000
    Ahmanson Foundation 2002: $200,000

GIRLS INCORPORATED, NATIONAL NEW YORK/ LOS ANGELES
    Blue Shield Foundation 2005: $80,000
    Confidence Foundation 2004: $50,000
    Education Foundation of America 2003/04: $80,000
    Liz Claiborne Foundation 2001/02/03/04: $60,000

HOLLYGROVE CHILDREN’S HOME
    The Ahmanson Foundation 2003/04: $100,000
    The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation 2003/04: $75,000

THE JOFFREY BALLET
    Kresge Foundation 2009: $250,000

MERCY HOUSE
    Weingart Foundation 2007: $175,000
    Hoag Foundation 2007: $20,000

NEWPORT HARBOR NAUTICAL MUSEUM
   Anonymous Foundation $25,000

ORANGE COAST INTERFAITH SHELTER
   In n' Out Burger Foundation 2009: $7,500
    Wells Fargo Foundation 2009: $5,000
    Allergan Foundation 2009: $7,500
    Record Breaking $195,000 raised from foundations in fiscal year 2008-2009
    See the Need, Seed the Change Fund 2009: $30,000
    Marisla Foundation 2009: $25,000
    Margaret E. Oser Foundation 2009: $15,000
    Irvine Health Foundation 2009: $15,000
    George M. Hoag Family Foundation 2009: $15,000
    Ueberroth Family Foundation 2009: $15,000
    Marisla Foundation 2008: $25,000
    Green Foundation 2008: $25,000
    Weingart Foundation 2007/2008: $100,000
    PIMCO Foundation 2007: $15,000
    Wachovia Foundation 2007: $10,000
    Allergan Foundation 2007: $5,000

ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    The California Endowment 2004/05: $200,000

ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM of ART
    The Smith Family Foundation 2006 $50,000

PARENTS PROJECT
    Rose Hills Foundation 2010: $30,000
    Weingart Foundation 2009: $25,000
    Buscaglia Foundation 2009: $5,000

POINT FOUNDATION
    Annenberg Foundation 2008: $100,000
    Calamus Foundation
2008: $100,000

PROJECT TOMORROW
    The Green Foundation 2008: $25,000
   
The Leo Buscaglia Foundation 2008: $5,000
    Weingart Foundation 2007/2008: $150,000

 

 

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