· Private foundation
The Williams Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MERCY SHIPS | $5,000 |
| NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART | $5,000 |
| RENO PHILHARMONIC | $5,000 |
| NEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| OPTIONS VETERINARY CARE | $5,000 |
| TRUCKEE MEADOWS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $5,000 |
| RENO-SPARKS GOSPEL MISSION | $5,000 |
| PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RPRENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC6× · 2017–2024 · $115k · revenue +86%
- MSMercy Ships International5× · 2017–2021 · $109k · revenue +967%
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE5× · 2017–2021 · $50k · revenue +134%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $40k
- C5CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INCone grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +12%
- YTYWAM TYLERone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
Educating children and adults through interactive hands-on exhibits and educational programming.
Honoring every moment of life, pathways hospice provides compassionate, excellent, comprehensive care for those who have an advanced medical condition and those who are grieving.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
Sierra nevada memorial hospital ("snmh") is committed to improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.
Pilgrim Africa's mission is to challenge despair, love boldly, and help African people create a future of sustainable prosperity and health. We give ourselves in service to others regardless of economic, religious, or social standing,…
Presbyterian medical services designs and delivers quality, integrated health, education, and human services in response to identified community needs of the multicultural people of the southwest.
Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.
As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 22 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 RENO PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
- Who funds Nevada Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds PATHFINDERS CHILDRENS MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds CHANNEL 5 PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds NEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds TRUCKEE MEADOWS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
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: Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Peek Family Charitable Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Williams Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Williams Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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