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Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
71
Grants FY2025
53
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,500,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 97
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$12M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $486k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving47$7.0M26%
FY202453$3.8M32%
FY202324$2.8M29%
FY202255$4.0M16%
FY202150$3.3M30%
FY202025$2.2M32%
FY201997$3.8M16%
FY201891$3.3M38%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$8.4MEnvironment$7.6MInternational$3.0MReligion$2.7MRecreation & Sports$2.4MEducation$2.0MArts & Culture$1.6MAnimals$1.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ascension Seton Hays Foundation$3,770,000774%
Wimberley Valley Watershed Association$3,074,000697%
Yellowstone River Parks Association$1,281,500945%
Cypress Creek Church$1,140,5008n/a
Children's Assoc for Maximum Potential ($975,000616%
One Village Project$625,0001n/a
National Jewish Health$475,00030%
Earth Mission Inc$466,000237%
Alpha-Omega Project$462,0001n/a
Enhanced Living Inc$437,000478%
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All grantees of Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ascension Seton Hays Foundation$3,770,000774%
Wimberley Valley Watershed Association$3,074,000697%
Yellowstone River Parks Association$1,281,500945%
Cypress Creek Church$1,140,5008n/a
Children's Assoc for Maximum Potential ($975,000616%
One Village Project$625,0001n/a
National Jewish Health$475,00030%
Earth Mission Inc$466,000237%
Alpha-Omega Project$462,0001n/a
Enhanced Living Inc$437,000478%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$400,00021%
Katherine Anne Porter School$400,000119%
Texas A&M Foundation$396,00060%
Montana Audubon$385,000513%
Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$350,000484%
Wimberley Adoption Group and Rescue Corporation$335,000716%
Hays-Caldwell Women's Center$320,00062%
Bridges to Life$300,00064%
Free the Oppressed$300,00034%
National Museum of Forest Service History$291,000815%
Direct Aid International Inc$274,000689%
The Thai Christian Foundation$220,000363%
Our Montana Inc$210,000732%
Treatment Advocacy Center$205,00062%
Agents for Christ$202,000422%
Center Pole$153,00043%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$150,0001n/a
Pretty Shield Foundation Inc$134,000559%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$133,00010%
Arbitrary Hill Foundation$130,0002n/a
Music Maker Foundation Inc$130,00083%
Innocence Project of Texas$128,00057%
Deed & Truth Ministries Inc$125,000239%
American Prairie Foundation$123,00050%
Ls Classic Foundation$120,000111%
Wimberley Emergency Medical Service Systems Inc$112,00033%
Mighty Under Dogs$110,0002n/a
Divine Canines$105,000425%
Wimberley Education Foundation$105,0004n/a
Forgotten Diseases Research Foundation$105,0003n/a
Visiontrust International Inc$104,00021%
Wyola School District #29$100,0001n/a
Ohio State University Foundation$100,00010%
Young Life$95,00040%
University of Delaware$93,00050%
Montana History Foundation$88,00024%
University of Colorado Foundation$80,00030%
Mama Dragons$80,000173%
EmilyAnn Theatre Inc$80,00021%
CASA of Central Texas Inc$80,00061%
The Public For Animal Welfare Inc$77,00053%
The Artist Boat Inc$75,00011%
Crossways International Inc$75,000242%
Denver Art Museum$63,00030%
Denver Zoological Foundation$63,00030%
Wimberley Valley Radio$62,000415%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$53,00030%
Wimberley Volunteer Fire Department$53,000320%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$50,00010%
Athletes Plus Foundation$50,0002n/a
Five Valleys Land Trust$50,00031%
Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Assoc$50,000128%
Wyld Foundation$49,000182%
Bennie L Williams Spiritual Voices$45,000446%
Red Arena Inc$45,00036%
Chief Dull Knife College$43,00050%
Bridges to Prosperity Inc$42,00020%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$42,00050%
Johnson Legacy Inc$41,0001n/a
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc$39,00040%
Colorado State University Foundation$37,50020%
Preservation Texas Inc$35,00021%
The University of Montana Foundation$35,00060%
Crisis Breadbasket$34,0003n/a
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc$32,00060%
Little Big Horn College$31,0005n/a
The Burke Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Hays County Master Naturalists$30,0001n/a
Sea Turtle Inc$30,00011%
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch$30,00050%
Good Samaritan Center of San Antonio$29,00021%
Cascade County Historical Society$28,00013%
Skeptic Society$28,00042%
Boulder Climbing Community$26,00038%
Start Up Kids Club$25,000112%
Film Independent$25,00010%
Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council$24,0002n/a
Wimberley Players Inc$20,00017%
Friends of Paws in Prison Inc$20,000223%
Warren Village Inc$19,00060%
The Historic Bridge Foundation$18,00039%
Community Bible Study$17,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$17,00020%
Believing for Bryleigh Foundation Inc$15,000110%
Texas Junior Roller Derby$15,0002n/a
Alta Vista Center for Autism$15,00020%
Denver Dumb Friends League$13,00030%
Colorado Trout Unlimited$12,00031%
United States Fund for Unicef$12,00030%
Humane World for Animals Inc$12,00030%
Singing Waters Montana$12,00023%
Montana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni$12,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$11,00030%
Rogue Valley Farm to School$10,00015%
Denver Academy Inc$9,00010%
Greenwood Village Police Foundation$9,00028%
Center for Inquiry Inc$8,00010%
The Netherland-America Foundation Inc$8,00020%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$7,5001n/a
Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego$7,50010%
Friends All United for Natch Animal$7,00034%
Three Birds Alliance$7,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,50030%
Medical Teams International$6,00030%
Riverside Educational Center$6,00031%
National Wildlife Federation$6,00020%
The University of Texas Law School Foundation$6,00020%
Gonzaga Law School Foundation$6,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado$5,00011%
Yellowstone Chamber Players Inc$5,0001n/a
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$5,00010%
North Littleton Promise$4,00011%
Posner Center for International Development$3,00010%
Community Radio for Northern Colorado$2,50020%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$2,00020%
Western Heritage Center$1,60020%
Wish of a Lifetime$81510%
Yellowstone Art Museum$80010%
Billings Symphony Society$60010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 111 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAscension Seton Hays Foundation: $3,770,000 over 7y, 74% of budgetWimberley Valley Watershed Association: $3,074,000 over 6y, 97% of budgetYellowstone River Parks Association: $1,281,500 over 9y, 45% of budgetChildren's Assoc for Maximum Potential (: $975,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetNational Jewish Health: $475,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Mission Inc: $466,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetEnhanced Living Inc: $437,000 over 4y, 78% of budgetAustin Pets Alive Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetKatherine Anne Porter School: $400,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $396,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMontana Audubon: $385,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetSoutheastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra Society Inc: $350,000 over 4y, 84% of budgetWimberley Adoption Group and Rescue Corporation: $335,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetHays-Caldwell Women's Center: $320,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetBridges to Life: $300,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetFree the Oppressed: $300,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetNational Museum of Forest Service History: $291,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetDirect Aid International Inc: $274,000 over 6y, 89% of budgetThe Thai Christian Foundation: $220,000 over 3y, 63% of budgetOur Montana Inc: $210,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetTreatment Advocacy Center: $205,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetAgents for Christ: $202,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetCenter Pole: $153,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetPretty Shield Foundation Inc: $134,000 over 5y, 59% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $133,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMusic Maker Foundation Inc: $130,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetInnocence Project of Texas: $128,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetDeed & Truth Ministries Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $123,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLs Classic Foundation: $120,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWimberley Emergency Medical Service Systems Inc: $112,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetDivine Canines: $105,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetVisiontrust International Inc: $104,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOhio State University Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $93,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMontana History Foundation: $88,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMama Dragons: $80,000 over 1y, 73% of budgetEmilyAnn Theatre Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCASA of Central Texas Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetThe Public For Animal Welfare Inc: $77,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetThe Artist Boat Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCrossways International Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetDenver Art Museum: $63,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Zoological Foundation: $63,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWimberley Valley Radio: $62,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetThe Colorado Nonprofit Development Center: $53,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 111.

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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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Burdine Johnson FoundationTX27.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Burdine Johnson Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Abundant Grace Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Humanities Montana · The Dallas Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Foundation for Community Vitality · Billings Community Foundation · Ingram Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan

How much does Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan give?
Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan reported 71 grants totaling $7,038,934 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 97 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Environment (22%), International (9%).
Who are Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ascension Seton Hays Foundation ($3.8M), Wimberley Valley Watershed Association ($3.1M), Yellowstone River Parks Association ($1.3M).
Does Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan 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 Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Burdine Johnson Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
Where is Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan based?
Harry L Willett Foundation C O Boyd Ryan is based in CO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 211 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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