Wisconsin · Private foundation
Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $589k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $35k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $28k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $32k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $34k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $36k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $33k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athena Mainstreet Association | $7,000 | 3 | 10% |
| George Fox University | $5,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Whitworth University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Willamette University | $4,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $4,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Linfield University | $4,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $4,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwest Nazarene University Inc | $4,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Weston-McEwen High School Booster Club | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ripon College | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athena Mainstreet Association | $7,000 | 3 | 10% |
| George Fox University | $5,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Whitworth University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Willamette University | $4,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $4,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Linfield University | $4,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $4,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwest Nazarene University Inc | $4,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Weston-McEwen High School Booster Club | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ripon College | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The College of Idaho Inc | $2,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Allegheny College | $2,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Idaho State University | $2,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Salt Lake Community College | $2,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunset Housing Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Pacific University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington State University | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Athena Caledonian Games | $750 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($206k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust supplied at peak.
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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: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust
- How much does Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust give?
- Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust reported 16 grants totaling $35,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (80%), Community Improvement (8%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Athena Mainstreet Association ($7k), George Fox University ($5k), Whitworth University ($5k).
- Does Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust based?
- Homer Ip B Watts Memorial Trust is based in WI.
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