Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $20k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,400
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $2,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $347k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 8% of the organizations Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 12 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $16k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $17k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $16k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $15k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | $5,016 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $5,011 | 3 | 0% |
| Robert Morris University | $4,107 | 3 | 0% |
| Geneva College | $4,104 | 2 | 0% |
| Gannon University | $2,242 | 2 | 0% |
| Westminster College | $2,001 | 2 | 0% |
| The College of Wooster | $1,007 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercyhurst University | $1,007 | 1 | 0% |
| La Roche University | $1,007 | 1 | 0% |
| Carlow University | $1,007 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | $5,016 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $5,011 | 3 | 0% |
| Robert Morris University | $4,107 | 3 | 0% |
| Geneva College | $4,104 | 2 | 0% |
| Gannon University | $2,242 | 2 | 0% |
| Westminster College | $2,001 | 2 | 0% |
| The College of Wooster | $1,007 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercyhurst University | $1,007 | 1 | 0% |
| La Roche University | $1,007 | 1 | 0% |
| Carlow University | $1,007 | 1 | 0% |
| Culinary Institute of America | $1,002 | 1 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Technical Institute Inc | $1,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Grove City College | $1,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Vincent College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern New Hampshire University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund 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: Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund
- How much does Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund give?
- Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund reported 12 grants totaling $20,100 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ($5k), University of Pittsburgh ($5k), Robert Morris University ($4k).
- Does Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund based?
- Howell & Lois Williams Memorial Fund is based in PA.
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