Illinois · Private foundation
MF Williams 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,037
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $70k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations MF Williams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 5 | $26k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $16k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizons for Youth | $16,475 | 2 | 0% |
| Rescue Now Services Inc | $2,143 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Urban League | $1,037 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunshine Gospel Ministries | $753 | 1 | 0% |
| Mightycause Charitable Foundation | $535 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakewood Church | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), 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: AbbVie Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About MF Williams Foundation
- How much does MF Williams Foundation give?
- MF Williams Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $26,031 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does MF Williams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (72%), Religion (15%), Housing & Shelter (5%).
- Who are MF Williams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Horizons for Youth ($16k), Rescue Now Services Inc ($2k), Chicago Urban League ($1k).
- Does MF Williams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does MF Williams 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 MF Williams Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include AbbVie Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is MF Williams Foundation based?
- MF Williams Foundation is based in IL.
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