Michigan · Private foundation
The Williams Family Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $121k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations The Williams Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k 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 | 6 | $121k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $240k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $93k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $5.8M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $277k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $282k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Opera | $160,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Glam4Good Foundation | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| American Academy in Rome | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $28,667 | 3 | 0% |
| Sky Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Safe Michigan | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Angels' Place | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New York Live Arts Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Opera | $160,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Glam4Good Foundation | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| American Academy in Rome | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $28,667 | 3 | 0% |
| Sky Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Child Safe Michigan | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Angels' Place | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New York Live Arts Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Health Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Designconnect | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Community House Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Williams Family Fund 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: Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Williams Family Fund
- How much does The Williams Family Fund give?
- The Williams Family Fund reported 6 grants totaling $121,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Williams Family Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (87%), Arts & Culture (4%), Health (1%).
- Who are The Williams Family Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Detroit Opera ($160k), Glam4Good Foundation ($90k), American Academy in Rome ($55k).
- Does The Williams Family Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Williams Family Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Williams Family Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
- Where is The Williams Family Fund based?
- The Williams Family Fund is based in MI.
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