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The Williams Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$311k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
52
Organizations funded FY2023
2%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 54
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$6.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 2% of the organizations The Williams Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthRecreation & SportsEducationPublic Safety & DisasterReligionInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving51$306k4%
FY202352$317k2%
FY202252$296k4%
FY202151$224k10%
FY202054$219k11%
FY201951$191k43%
FY201843$190k26%
FY201732$149kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$550kReligion$380kHealth$286kRecreation & Sports$256kInternational$157kFood & Nutrition$71kHuman Services$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$49kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$220,00060%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$150,00030%
Primitive Baptist Foundation Inc$95,5008n/a
Syracuse University$62,50080%
Discipling Ministries International Inc$52,00085%
Food for Others Inc$48,00060%
American Liver Foundation$47,50080%
Organization for Autism Research$42,00070%
The Lamb Center$39,00070%
Vienna Little League$38,00082%
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All grantees of The Williams Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$220,00060%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$150,00030%
Primitive Baptist Foundation Inc$95,5008n/a
Syracuse University$62,50080%
Discipling Ministries International Inc$52,00085%
Food for Others Inc$48,00060%
American Liver Foundation$47,50080%
Organization for Autism Research$42,00070%
The Lamb Center$39,00070%
Vienna Little League$38,00082%
Washington Nationals Philanthropies$37,00070%
Humane Society of Fairfax County Inc$35,50080%
American Heart Association Inc$33,50080%
Team Rubicon Inc$33,00060%
The V Foundation$32,00070%
Vienna Baseball Foundation Inc$29,500721%
Samaritan's Purse$28,00050%
Advocates International Inc$20,00081%
Big Oak Ranch Inc$18,50080%
World Central Kitchen Inc$18,00050%
The Herren Project$17,00050%
Figure Skating in Harlem Inc$16,00070%
The Ovarian Cancer Institute Inc$15,00051%
Five Talents USA$14,00070%
Vienna Volunteer Fire Department$14,00071%
Vienna Youth Inc$12,50041%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$12,00060%
Baptist Bible Hour Inc$12,00080%
Leveling the Playing Field Inc$10,00020%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$10,00020%
Westminster Christian Fellowship Inc$8,00081%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$8,00020%
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church$7,0002n/a
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc$6,00060%
Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US$6,00020%
Capital Life Church Inc$6,0002n/a
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$6,00060%
American Cancer Society Inc$4,00020%
Praespero Group$4,0006n/a
Waymark Ministries$3,0002n/a
Charles Carrin Ministries Inc$3,00051%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$3,00020%
Smith Mountain Lake Marine Vol Fire Co Inc$3,00060%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,50010%
Moneta Rescue Squad Inc$2,00040%
Saunders Volunteer Fire Co Inc$50020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($608k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Williams Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $220,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $62,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDiscipling Ministries International Inc: $52,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetFood for Others Inc: $48,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $47,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOrganization for Autism Research: $42,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetThe Lamb Center: $39,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetVienna Little League: $38,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetWashington Nationals Philanthropies: $37,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHumane Society of Fairfax County Inc: $35,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $33,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $33,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe V Foundation: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVienna Baseball Foundation Inc: $29,500 over 7y, 21% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAdvocates International Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetBig Oak Ranch Inc: $18,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Herren Project: $17,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFigure Skating in Harlem Inc: $16,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ovarian Cancer Institute Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFive Talents USA: $14,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetVienna Volunteer Fire Department: $14,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetVienna Youth Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBaptist Bible Hour Inc: $12,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLeveling the Playing Field Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestminster Christian Fellowship Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharles Carrin Ministries Inc: $3,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmith Mountain Lake Marine Vol Fire Co Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMoneta Rescue Squad Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSaunders Volunteer Fire Co Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Greater Washington Community FoundationDC12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to The Williams Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Williams Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Williams Family Foundation

How much does The Williams Family Foundation give?
The Williams Family Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $311,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Williams Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Religion (20%), Health (15%).
Who are The Williams Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Georgia Tech Foundation Inc ($220k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($150k), Primitive Baptist Foundation Inc ($96k).
Does The Williams Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Williams Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Williams Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, Verizon Foundation.
Where is The Williams Family Foundation based?
The Williams Family Foundation is based in VA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 83 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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