Texas · Private foundation
The Paul J Williams 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.
- $500k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Paul J Williams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 25 | $500k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $500k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $505k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $700k | 66% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $152k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $128k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $51k | 6% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Classical Academy | $157,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Midland Bible Church | $152,000 | 8 | n/a |
| High Sky Childrens Ranch Inc | $112,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bynum School | $106,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Senior Life Midland Inc | $102,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Midland Humane Coalition Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 4% |
| 311 Ministries | $85,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Casa of West Texas | $84,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Recording Library of West Texas | $80,000 | 4 | 6% |
| One Accord for Kids | $80,000 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($655k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Paul J Williams 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Paul J Williams Foundation
- How much does The Paul J Williams Foundation give?
- The Paul J Williams Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $500,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Paul J Williams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Health (13%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Paul J Williams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Midland Classical Academy ($157k), Midland Bible Church ($152k), High Sky Childrens Ranch Inc ($112k).
- Does The Paul J Williams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Paul J Williams 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 Paul J Williams Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Permian Basin Area Foundation, Pevehouse Family Foundation, The Henry Foundation.
- Where is The Paul J Williams Foundation based?
- The Paul J Williams Foundation is based in TX.
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