· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k29 grants · $77k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CITY YOUTH MATRIX | $10,000 |
| AARCH | $10,000 |
| FRESH STEP LAUNDRY | $10,000 |
| PHOENIX RECOVERY ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS RESEARCH | $5,000 |
| HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| OPERATION SECOND CHANCE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| STUDENT HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP(SHIP) | $5,000 |
| SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS THROUGH RESOURCES(SOAR) | $5,000 |
| MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK | $3,900 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $3,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FREDERICK COUNTY MD | $3,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $3,000 |
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 (FY22–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 23 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, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FCFred Co Mental Health Assoc2× · 2022–2023 · $27k
- TFTHE FREDERICK CENTER INC2× · 2023–2024 · $18k · revenue +93%
- THTHE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue -3%
Funded once
- LALIFE AND DISCOVERY INCone grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
- SRSAFE RIDE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +63%
- BSBeyond Shelterone grant, 2023 · $8k
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.
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How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 48 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 LIFE AND DISCOVERY INC ↗
- Who funds THE FREDERICK CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds CITY YOUTH MATRIX ↗
- Who funds Operation Second Chance Inc ↗
- Who funds SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS THROUGH RESOURCES INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE RIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Frederick Health Hospice Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds LIVING WATER SHOWER MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds MISSION OF MERCY INC ↗
- Who funds PLATOON 22 INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK CO ↗
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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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Will Group Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Will Group Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Life and Discovery Inc: 100% of income from government
How this is measured
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