Maryland · Private foundation
The Will Group Foundation Inc
The Will Group Foundation's mission is to foster donor legacy by responsibly giving to organizations that support community needs, with preference given to Frederick County (MD) and the surrounding area. Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own…
- $107k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 93%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 93% of the organizations The Will Group Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $107k | 74% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $87k | 93% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $44k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life and Discovery Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Frederick Center Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 2% |
| The Human Trafficking Institute | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City Youth Matrix | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Operation Second Chance Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Supporting Older Adults Through Resources Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Fresh Step Laundry | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Ride Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Frederick Health Hospice Inc | $6,925 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($142k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Will Group Foundation Inc 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: The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc · United Way of Frederick County Inc · Ausherman Family Trust · Ausherman Family Foundation · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Will Group Foundation Inc
- How much does The Will Group Foundation Inc give?
- The Will Group Foundation Inc reported 32 grants totaling $107,308 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Will Group Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Human Services (24%), Civil Rights (13%).
- Who are The Will Group Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Life and Discovery Inc ($30k), The Frederick Center Inc ($18k), The Human Trafficking Institute ($15k).
- Does The Will Group Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Will Group Foundation Inc 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 Will Group Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc, United Way of Frederick County Inc, Ausherman Family Trust.
- Where is The Will Group Foundation Inc based?
- The Will Group Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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