Illinois · Private foundation
The William & Dian Taylor Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $52k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $446k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The William & Dian Taylor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 25 | $52k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $45k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $50k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $50k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writers Theatre Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| St Malachy School | $22,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Cafe of Life Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| New Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bonita Springs Assistance Office Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Liberty Youth Ranch Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| YMCA of Southwest Florida Inc | $3,090 | 3 | 0% |
| Winnetka Community House Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed Our Rural Kids Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writers Theatre Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| St Malachy School | $22,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Cafe of Life Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| New Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bonita Springs Assistance Office Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Liberty Youth Ranch Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| YMCA of Southwest Florida Inc | $3,090 | 3 | 0% |
| Winnetka Community House Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed Our Rural Kids Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fishing Has No Boundaries Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Glencoe Golf Club | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Winnetka Historical Society | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Holy Family Ministries | $450 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission of Our Lady of Mercy | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Gateways | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Guadalupe Center Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($189k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William & Dian Taylor 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation · The United Way of Lee County Inc · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The William & Dian Taylor Foundation
- How much does The William & Dian Taylor Foundation give?
- The William & Dian Taylor Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $51,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The William & Dian Taylor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Philanthropy (21%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are The William & Dian Taylor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Writers Theatre Inc ($38k), St Malachy School ($22k), Cafe of Life Inc ($7k).
- Does The William & Dian Taylor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William & Dian Taylor 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 William & Dian Taylor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Charles H and Beverly E Shaw Foundation, The United Way of Lee County Inc.
- Where is The William & Dian Taylor Foundation based?
- The William & Dian Taylor Foundation is based in IL.
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