Ohio · Private foundation
Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc
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.
- $175k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 14 | $175k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $90k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $169k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $130k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $130k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $140k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $144k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $110,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated | $90,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Summit County Inc | $37,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Shelter Care Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center | $25,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Empowering Epilepsy | $24,250 | 5 | 8% |
| Akron Fossils and Science Center | $20,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $110,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated | $90,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Promise of Summit County Inc | $37,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Shelter Care Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center | $25,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Empowering Epilepsy | $24,250 | 5 | 8% |
| Akron Fossils and Science Center | $20,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Akron Art Museum | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Christ Child Society of Akron Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Child Guidance & Family Solutions | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pathway Caring for Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Summit and Medina | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Ed Bear Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lets Grow Akron Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Summit County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Akron Youth Mentorship | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Well Community Development Corporation | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($516k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc 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: The Welty Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Akron Community Foundation · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · Gar Foundation · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Kenneth L Calhoun Char Tr · Berlin Family Foundation Inc · Glenn R & Alice V Boggess Memorial
How this is measured
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About Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc
- How much does Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc give?
- Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $175,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
- Who are Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank ($110k), Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated ($90k), Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry ($80k).
- Does Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc 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 Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Welty Family Foundation, Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn, Akron Community Foundation.
- Where is Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc based?
- Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Inc is based in OH.
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