Michigan · Private foundation
Sam Williams 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.
- $339k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $115k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Sam Williams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 10 | $339k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $201k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $144k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $62k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $70k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $78k | 73% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $41k | 63% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kiddie Hawk Air Academy | $300,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Hospitality House | $92,938 | 8 | 2% |
| Eaa Aviation Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $53,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way for Southeastern Michigan | $28,314 | 2 | 0% |
| Ycc Family Crisis Center | $28,018 | 8 | 0% |
| Lighthouse of Oakland County | $25,236 | 3 | 1% |
| United Way of Northern Utah | $16,958 | 2 | 0% |
| Celani Family Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kiddie Hawk Air Academy | $300,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Hospitality House | $92,938 | 8 | 2% |
| Eaa Aviation Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $53,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way for Southeastern Michigan | $28,314 | 2 | 0% |
| Ycc Family Crisis Center | $28,018 | 8 | 0% |
| Lighthouse of Oakland County | $25,236 | 3 | 1% |
| United Way of Northern Utah | $16,958 | 2 | 0% |
| Celani Family Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Accent Pontiac Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Leonardo | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,083 | 1 | 0% |
| Inspirational Spectrum Heroes | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yankee Air Force Inc | $640 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Access Unlimited Inc | $640 | 1 | 0% |
| Patriot Paws Service Dogs | $630 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($406k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam Williams Foundation 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sam Williams Foundation
- How much does Sam Williams Foundation give?
- Sam Williams Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $338,926 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sam Williams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), Arts & Culture (13%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Sam Williams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Kiddie Hawk Air Academy ($300k), Hospitality House ($93k), Eaa Aviation Foundation Inc ($75k).
- Does Sam Williams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam 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 Sam Williams Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sam Williams Foundation based?
- Sam Williams Foundation is based in MI.
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