Indiana · Private foundation
Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $621k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $320,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $621k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $346k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $220k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $610k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $269k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $670k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $121k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $98k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc | $1,595,000 | 8 | 1% |
| International School of Indiana Inc | $483,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated | $135,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ad-In Inc | $115,000 | 7 | 3% |
| The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve | $70,000 | 7 | 63% |
| The Foundation Against Companion-Animal Euthanasia Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| EdChoice Inc | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Helping Hands for Freedom | $40,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc | $1,595,000 | 8 | 1% |
| International School of Indiana Inc | $483,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated | $135,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ad-In Inc | $115,000 | 7 | 3% |
| The Indianapolis Colts Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve | $70,000 | 7 | 63% |
| The Foundation Against Companion-Animal Euthanasia Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| EdChoice Inc | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Helping Hands for Freedom | $40,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Harrison Center for the Arts Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tyler County Heritage Society Inc | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Arizona Council on Economic Educat | $12,500 | 6 | 1% |
| East Side Crusaders Lacrosse Club | $10,440 | 2 | n/a |
| Indianapolis Art Center Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Indianapolis | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for the Study of Liberty Inc D/B/A Civil Squared | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($191k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Myrta J Pulliam Charitable Trust co Holly Pantzer · McKinney Family Foundation Inc · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Dorsey Foundation Inc · Hubbard Family Foundation Inc · Samerian Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation
- How much does Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation give?
- Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $620,940 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Animals (35%), Education (12%).
- Who are Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc ($1.6M), International School of Indiana Inc ($484k), Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated ($135k).
- Does Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc.
- Where is Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation based?
- Daniel J and Amy S Willis Charitable Foundation is based in IN.
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