Texas · Private foundation
Inken & Les Willis 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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $11,250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Inken & Les Willis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | 7 | $79k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $68k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $73k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $73k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $2k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ransomed Life Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Child Advocates San Antonio | $56,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $35,250 | 2 | 0% |
| San Antonio Christian School | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas | $21,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Adopt a Needy Family Inc | $8,875 | 2 | n/a |
| Ascension Seton Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
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: Nustar Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Inken & Les Willis Foundation
- How much does Inken & Les Willis Foundation give?
- Inken & Les Willis Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $90,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Inken & Les Willis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Human Services (32%), Crime & Legal (15%).
- Who are Inken & Les Willis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ransomed Life Inc ($85k), Child Advocates San Antonio ($57k), Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($35k).
- Does Inken & Les Willis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Inken & Les Willis 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 Inken & Les Willis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nustar Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Inken & Les Willis Foundation based?
- Inken & Les Willis Foundation is based in TX.
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