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US nonprofit · EIN 131677403 · New City, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 131677403)Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990PF for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.2026 return IRS e-file (TEOS) 2026 release: 990PF for the year to 31 December 2024.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PF), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Helen HAY Whitney Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$7.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$4.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$94m
year to 31 December 2024
Net assets
$92.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
4.7 years on average
Left since last filing
3
38% of the board
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Filings on record
7
latest 2024
How am I connected?

Helen HAY Whitney Foundation's network

8 people4 organisationsi8 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Dr Charles L Sawyers (also filed as Dr Charles Sawyers)Trustee2020
6 yrs
Dr Stephen C HarrisonTrustee, Vice-Pres2022
4 yrs
Dr Thomas P SakmarTrustee2018
8 yrs
Mr Stephen C SherrillTrustee, Treasurer2022
4 yrs
Ms Averil Payson MeyerPresident2022
4 yrs
Ms Carla H SkodinskiTrustee2022
4 yrs
Ms Joan W PaysonTrustee2024
2 yrs
Ms Katharine R HaydockTrustee2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Mr Robert WeinbergerSecr & Admin Dirsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Mr Robert WeinbergerSecr & Admin Dir40$164k
Dr Stephen C HarrisonTrustee, Vice-Pres2$21k
Ms Averil Payson MeyerPresident2$9k
Ms Carla H SkodinskiTrustee2$9k
Ms Joan W PaysonTrustee2$9k
Ms Katharine R HaydockTrustee2$9k
Dr Charles L SawyersTrustee2$9k
Dr Thomas P SakmarTrustee2$0
Mr Stephen C SherrillTrustee, Treasurer4$0

About

Legal name
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
EIN
131677403
Address
20 Squadron Blvd Ste 630, New City, NY, 10956-5247
State
New York
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Size band
9 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 January 1953
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PF (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDr Thomas P Sakmar
≥6years on the filingsDr Charles L Sawyers
≥4years on the filingsDr Stephen C Harrison
≥4years on the filingsMr Stephen C Sherrill

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$94m
Net assets or fund balances
$92.4m