Alabama · Private foundation
The Willow Pond 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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $296k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 50% of the organizations The Willow Pond Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 5 | $3k | 60% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $10k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $8k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $9k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $28k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $24k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $19k | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Region United Way | $30,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc | $15,250 | 8 | 0% |
| The Montgomery Academy | $8,175 | 7 | 0% |
| Conecuh Springs Christian School | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association | $4,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Montgomery Christian School | $4,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Faulkner University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $2,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Southern Garden History Society | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Willow Pond Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation · The J K Lowder Family Foundation · Crum Family Charitable Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc · We3 Fund · Samuel L Schloss Family Foundation Tr Schlossburke K Trustee · John and Joyce Caddell Foundation · B Stephen Schloss Foundation · The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc · The Landa Fund
How this is measured
About The Willow Pond Foundation
- How much does The Willow Pond Foundation give?
- The Willow Pond Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $3,450 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Willow Pond Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (29%), Philanthropy (18%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are The Willow Pond Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: River Region United Way ($31k), Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc ($15k), The Montgomery Academy ($8k).
- Does The Willow Pond Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Willow Pond 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 Willow Pond Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation.
- Where is The Willow Pond Foundation based?
- The Willow Pond Foundation is based in AL.
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