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Ted L and Donna Williams Charitabl

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.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$24kEducation$22kMembership Benefit$16kHuman Services$9kArts & Culture$8kHousing & Shelter$8kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARLAN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL$2,001
SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$2,000
SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,000
SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY O$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
HARLAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION$2,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$2,000
HARLAN LIONS CLUB$2,000
RELAY FOR LIFE SHELBY COU$2,000
HARLAN SHRINE T-PATROL$2,000
HARLAN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC$2,000
WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY AC$2,000
CONCERNED INC$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
HARLAN COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 18%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $3k → 9%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $2k → 9%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY AC: $2k → 9%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY AC: $2k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$159k · 21 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
0

Total granted

$159k
$0

Still filing today

43%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +49%
  • HC
    HARLAN COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +356%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +59%

Funded once

    How this is measured

    Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

    04Its field

    Closest unfunded matches

    The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

    1
    Shelby County Ambulance Commission

    Ambulance commission

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    2
    Shelby County Historical Society

    Preserve the history of shelby county al

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    3
    Shelby County Fair Association

    Conduct the annual county fair

    Recreation & Sports
    4
    Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Inc

    We advocate for business growth and support the success of our members while collaborating with partners to promote shelby county as a highly desirable community in which to live, work, and play.

    —
    5
    Harper County Health Foundation

    Support and promote overall health and wellness within the Harper County, Kansas, area and surrounding communities

    Health
    6
    Jefferson Community Health Center Inc

    Inspiring healthy living by providing exceptional health and life services for every person, every time.

    Health
    7
    Shelby Community Foundation

    To aid in the fulfillment of the charitable functions of the shelby township, mi community.

    —
    8
    Hazard Library Association

    Public library

    —
    9
    Harrison Chamber Foundation Inc

    To support, foster, and protect the harrison regional chamber of commerce mission

    —
    10
    Crook County Medical Services District Foundation Inc

    To preserve rural health care

    Philanthropy
    11
    Shelby County Historical Society

    The education of the public on Shelby County history.

    Arts & Culture
    12
    Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals Inc

    Support the advocacy of community hospitals.

    Health
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shelby County Historical Society; the most unlike its peers is Concerned Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

    Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

    How this is measured

    Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    2
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    9/9
    Grantees still filing
    8/9
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $8,000 · OtherSHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYSHELBY COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $8,000 · OtherSHELBY COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICSHARLAN COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · OtherHARLAN COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN LEGION POST 150: $8,000 · OtherAMERICAN LEGION POST 150HARLAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · OtherHARLAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONHARLAN LIONS CLUB: $8,000 · OtherHARLAN LIONS CLUBHARLAN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 · OtherHARLAN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INCHARLAN SHRINE T-PATROL: $8,000 · OtherHARLAN SHRINE T-PATROLIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHARLAN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL: $6,003 · OtherHARLAN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLRELAY FOR LIFE SHELBY COU: $4,000 · OtherRELAY FOR LIFE SHELBY COUNTY: $4,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthSHELBY COUNTY HEA…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $8,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX…WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $9,000 · Human ServicesWEST CENTRAL…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nat…SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterCONCERNED INC: $8,000 · Education
    Other$102,003Health$24,000Human Services$17,000Housing & Shelter$8,000Education$8,000

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $8,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetHARLAN COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $8,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCONCERNED INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget
    Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

    A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

    • Who funds WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION ↗
    • Who funds SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
    • Who funds HARLAN COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
    • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
    • Who funds SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
    • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
    • Who funds SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH SHELBY COUNTY COMMUNITY OUTREACH ↗
    • Who funds CONCERNED INC ↗

    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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

    Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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    How this is measured
    Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization Ted L and Donna Williams Charitabl funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ted L and Donna Williams Charitabl. Bigger dots raise more.

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    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
      typical government reliance, FY20–25
      How this is measured
      Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
      05Through Plinth

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      How do I get to Ted L and Donna Williams Charitabl?

      Find your warmest path to Ted L and Donna Williams Charitabl through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

      Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

      On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

      How this is measured
      Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

      Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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