Texas · Private foundation
The Willingham Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $42k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2026
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,562
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $18,309
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $545k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 25% of the organizations The Willingham Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 8 | $40k | 25% |
| FY2025 | 8 | $48k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $31k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $44k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $36k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $32k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $31k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Oakridge School | $85,179 | 5 | 0% |
| St Theresas Catholic School | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Hospice Austin | $20,202 | 7 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $19,836 | 5 | 0% |
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $11,014 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Long Game Youth Foundation of Central Texas | $9,282 | 5 | 0% |
| Wonders & Worries Inc | $9,052 | 10 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central & South Texas | $8,873 | 5 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Willingham Family 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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · Topfer Family Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Ecg Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · United Way for Greater Austin · St David's Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Better Business Bureau
How this is measured
About The Willingham Family Foundation
- How much does The Willingham Family Foundation give?
- The Willingham Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $42,271 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Willingham Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (21%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
- Who are The Willingham Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Oakridge School ($85k), St Theresas Catholic School ($23k), Hospice Austin ($20k).
- Does The Willingham Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Willingham Family 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 Willingham Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, United Way Worldwide, Topfer Family Foundation.
- Where is The Willingham Family Foundation based?
- The Willingham Family Foundation is based in TX.
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