California · Private foundation
The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $325k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 66
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $115k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $325k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $135k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $305k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $170k | 68% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $294k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Book | $488,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc | $483,333 | 5 | 1% |
| Northampton Survival Center Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Donorschooseorg | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Theatrewashington | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $14,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Baldwin for the Arts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Possibility Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Clubbed Thumb Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 64 grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mo and Cher Willems 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 of Western Massachusetts · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Zoe Foundation · Easthampton Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Ro Family Foundation · Select Equity Group Foundation · Hurdle Hill Foundation · Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust
How this is measured
Compare The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation with peer funders
About The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation
- How much does The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation give?
- The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $325,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 66 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Food & Nutrition (41%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: First Book ($488k), The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc ($483k), Northampton Survival Center Inc ($65k).
- Does The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mo and Cher Willems 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 The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, The Beveridge Family Foundation, Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation based?
- The Mo and Cher Willems Foundation is based in CA.
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