How much does John and Mary Willis Foundation give?

John and Mary Willis Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $22,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does John and Mary Willis Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (53%), Environment (32%), Education (3%).

Who are John and Mary Willis Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Rush University Medical Center ($55k), Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc ($50k), The Everglades Foundation Inc ($4k).

Does John and Mary Willis Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does John and Mary 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.

Where is John and Mary Willis Foundation based?

John and Mary Willis Foundation is based in FL.

Foundation Dossiers

Florida · Private foundation

John and Mary Willis Foundation

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.

$23k
Granted FY2023: 3
Grants FY2023: 3
Organizations funded FY2023: 33%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2023: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2023: $10,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 7; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 2
Total assets, FY2023: $6k
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations John and Mary Willis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthEnvironmentEducationOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2023	3	$23k	33%
FY2022	1	$10k	0%
FY2021	7	$23k	71%
FY2020	2	$15k	0%
FY2019	4	$28k	75%
FY2018	4	$60k	75%
FY2017	4	$75k	n/a

92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$125kEnvironment$74kEducation$7kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Rush University Medical Center	$55,000	4	0%
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc	$50,000	5	0%
The Everglades Foundation Inc	$3,500	2	0%
American Prairie Foundation	$2,500	1	0%
Guides Trust Foundation Inc	$2,000	1	2%
Purdue Research Foundation	$1,000	1	0%
Henrys Fork Foundation Inc	$500	1	0%
Halter Wildlife Inc	$150	1	0%

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Mary Willis Foundation supplied at peak.

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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 8.

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About John and Mary Willis Foundation

How much does John and Mary Willis Foundation give?: John and Mary Willis Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $22,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John and Mary Willis Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (53%), Environment (32%), Education (3%).
Who are John and Mary Willis Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Rush University Medical Center ($55k), Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc ($50k), The Everglades Foundation Inc ($4k).
Does John and Mary Willis Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John and Mary 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.
Where is John and Mary Willis Foundation based?: John and Mary Willis Foundation is based in FL.