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The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$356k
Granted FY2025still arriving
44
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$897kEducation$282kHealth$213kHuman Services$198kReligion$156kArts & Culture$133kEnvironment$121kHousing & Shelter$106kOther$0
02FY2025 · 44 grants

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
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
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
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 (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.

area typical 8%PIE IN THE SKY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $3k → 6%Blessing Others All the Time: $2k → 14%ST JOHNS COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 6%SEEDS OF LOVE OUTREACH INC: $3k → 9%PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 14%HENDERSON HAVEN INC: $3k → 9%PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 14%Mercy Support Services: $5k → 9%MERCY SUPPORT SERVICES: $3k → 9%PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 14%PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $8k → 14%Presbyterian Social Ministries Inc: $8k → 14%PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $8k → 14%PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $7k → 14%PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $6k → 14%INSPIRE TO RISE INC: $2k → 14%JACKSONVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $5k → 14%YOUTH CRISIS CENTER INC: $15k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU INC: $3k → 14%ANGELWOOD INC: $500 → 14%HART FELT MINISTRIES: $2k → 14%Her Song: $1k → 14%HER SONG: $1k → 14%CLARA WHITE MISSION INC: $1k → 14%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 71 repeat orgs$271k to everyone else

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

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

71
57

Total granted

$1.4M
$178k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+15%

Still filing today

66%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • PS
    PRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $76k · revenue +168%
  • BI
    BASCA INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +49%
  • MO
    Museum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +311%

Funded once

  • YC
    Youth Crisis Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +110%
  • PC
    PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +51%
  • TV
    The Villages of Hope Inc
    one 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.

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
The Ljd Jewish Family & Community Services Inc

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.

Human Services
2
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc

Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)

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3
Shades of Autism Parent Network

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…

Health
4
Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida Inc

Junior achievement of southwest florida is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people for success.

International
5
Family Foundations of Northeast Florida Inc

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…

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6
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida

To improve the quality of life for patients and families and be the compassionate guide for end-of-life care in our community.

Human Services
7
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

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…

Human Services
8
Leadership Jacksonville Inc

Educate, connect and inspire diverse leaders to build and strengthen their communities.

Public Benefit
9
Changing Homelessness Inc

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,…

Human Services
10
Florida Mentoring Network Inc

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…

Education
11
Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida Inc

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…

Human Services
12
Literacy Alliance of Northeast Florida Inc

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.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rising Leaders of North Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Navy-Ortega-Lakeshore Little League. 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

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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
96/96
Grantees still filing
67/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $1,015,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLO…+2 more: $5,500 · PhilanthropyDOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL SERVICES COUNCIL INC: $125,000 · OtherDOWNTOWN ECUMENICAL SERVICES COUNCIL INCFishweir Elementary School: $61,500 · OtherFishweir Elementary SchoolTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC: $45,500 · OtherBuilders Care: $32,500 · OtherFirst Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc: $46,000 · Other+87 more: $642,700 · Other+87 moreHOPE HAVEN ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · HealthHERE TOMORROW INC: $26,000 · HealthTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $22,500 · HealthSCAD ALLIANCE: $16,500 · HealthVISION IS PRICELESS COUNCIL INC: $15,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $14,000 · HealthHEALING HEART PROJECT: $13,260 · HealthCommunity Hospice of Northeast Florida Foundation for Caring Inc: $10,000 · Health+8 more: $26,500 · HealthPRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $76,000 · Human ServicesPie in the Sky Community Alliance Inc: $20,500 · Human ServicesYouth Crisis Center Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesHer Song Jacksonville Inc: $13,000 · Human ServicesThe Villages of Hope Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesST JOHNS COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMercy Support Sevices Inc: $8,000 · Human Services+9 more: $21,000 · Human ServicesBASCA INC: $73,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · EducationCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $15,000 · EducationELEVATE JACKSONVILLE INC: $12,000 · EducationJacksonville University: $10,000 · EducationJACKSONVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC: $7,000 · EducationREAD USA INC: $5,000 · Education+4 more: $9,500 · EducationNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentGROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC: $31,000 · EnvironmentST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC: $28,000 · EnvironmentSCENIC JACKSONVILLE INC: $20,211 · Environment+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $70,000 · Arts & CultureJacksonville Symphony Association Inc: $7,500 · Arts & CultureJACKSONVILLE ARTS AND MUSIC SCHOOL: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PERFORMERS ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST COAST CULTURAL CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$1,020,500Other$953,200Health$173,760Human Services$173,500Education$148,500Environment$129,711Arts & Culture$92,500

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 budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $1,015,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $76,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetBASCA INC: $73,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC: $50,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFirst Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc: $46,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC: $45,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC: $31,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE HAVEN ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetST JOHNS RIVERKEEPER INC: $28,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF JACKSONVILLEINC: $27,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetHERE TOMORROW INC: $26,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $20,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPie in the Sky Community Alliance Inc: $20,500 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetSCENIC JACKSONVILLE INC: $20,211 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetMAINSPRING ACADEMY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBARNABAS CENTER INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSCAD ALLIANCE: $16,500 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetTHE SANCTUARY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $16,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetVISION IS PRICELESS COUNCIL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYouth Crisis Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWOMENS CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING HEART PROJECT: $13,260 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetHer Song Jacksonville Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetELEVATE JACKSONVILLE INC: $12,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Villages of Hope Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJacksonville University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHNS COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCommunity Hospice of Northeast Florida Foundation for Caring Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN NORTHEAST FLORIDA: $9,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetOperation New Hope Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNavy-Ortega-Lakeshore Little League: $8,500 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetMercy Support Sevices Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJacksonville Symphony Association Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSONVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetABILITY HOUSING INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREAD USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetK9S UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJacksonville Urban League Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 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.

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida IncFL104× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 270%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • 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
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
27get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 148 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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