· Private foundation
The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k32 grants · $115k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $116k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA | $125,000 |
| DOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL SERVICES COUNCIL | $15,000 |
| HER SONG JACKSONVILLE INC | $11,000 |
| JACKSONVILLE SURVIVORS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HERE TOMORROW | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF WOLFSON | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA FOUNDATION FOR CARING INC | $10,000 |
| SANCTUARY ON 8TH STREET | $10,000 |
| ST JOHNS COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CPMS INC | $10,000 |
| MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY OF JACKSONVILLE | $10,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC | $10,000 |
| GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE | $5,000 |
| OPERATION NEW HOPE INC | $5,000 |
| NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
71 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PSPRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC8× · 2018–2025 · $76k · revenue +168%
- BIBASCA INC7× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +49%
- MOMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +311%
Funded once
- YCYouth Crisis Center Incgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +110%
- PCPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +51%
- TVThe Villages of Hope Incone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
The mission of the ljd jewish family & community services, inc. is to strengthen the entire community by providing family and individual social services in the jewish tradition of helping people help themselves.
Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)
Shades of Autism Parent Network, Inc. is a Florida nonprofit 501(c)3 organization formed to provide peer support to diverse communities with children on the Autism Spectrum. We are an Autism family support services agency that delivers…
Junior achievement of southwest florida is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people for success.
The mission of family foundations of northeast florida, inc. is to maximize the potential of individuals and families to lead better lives. we do this by providing mental health, financial wellness and violence prevention and intervention…
To improve the quality of life for patients and families and be the compassionate guide for end-of-life care in our community.
The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…
Educate, connect and inspire diverse leaders to build and strengthen their communities.
The organization was established for the purposes of coordinating emergency and homeless services in the jacksonville, florida area. the organization provides a collaborative community response to the needs of people living in crisis,…
Florida mentoring network empowers young people ages 13 to 25 through a proven process of growth, connection, and skill building. we believe in "trusting the process"a journey where consistent mentoring, meaningful relationships, and…
Since 1981, children's advocacy center of southwest florida, inc. (cac) has advocated for a healthy, safe community for children through a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse and neglect. our mission is to create a safe and…
The literacy alliance of northeast florida's mission is to improve the self-sufficients, economic mobility, and quality of life for adults through increasing skills and education levels with formal instruction and volunteer-based tutoring.
How this is measured
96 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 96 of the 148 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds BASCA INC ↗
- Who funds Museum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds First Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC ↗
- Who funds GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE HAVEN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLEINC ↗
- Who funds HERE TOMORROW INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Pie in the Sky Community Alliance Inc ↗
- Who funds SCENIC JACKSONVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds MAINSPRING ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds BARNABAS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SCAD ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds THE SANCTUARY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds VISION IS PRICELESS COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds Youth Crisis Center Inc ↗
- Who funds CATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds WOMENS CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Pga Tour Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation · The Gate Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Dubow Family Foundation Inc · Csx Foundation Inc · Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
- Womens Center of Jacksonville Inc: 37% of income from government
- Ability Housing Inc: 14% of income from government
- Operation New Hope Inc: 13% of income from government
- Presbyterian Social Ministries Inc: 9% of income from government
- Epilepsy Florida Inc: 8% of income from government
- Jacksonville Urban League Inc: 7% of income from government
- Youth Crisis Center Inc: 4% of income from government
- Dont Miss a Beat Inc: 3% of income from government
- Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
- Groundwork Jacksonville Inc: 3% of income from government
- Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
- United Way of Northeast Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
- Cathedral Arts Project Inc: 1% of income from government
- Inspire to Rise Inc: 1% of income from government
- Read Usa Inc: 1% of income from government
- Clara White Mission Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Nemours Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: 0% of income from government
- Basca Inc: 0% of income from government
- Pine Castle Inc: 0% of income from government
- Mercy Support Sevices Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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