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Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$16k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2025
62
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,300
Organizations funded a year
47 to 62
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
19
Total assets, FY2025
$247k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthCivil RightsCrime & LegalAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
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
FY2025still arriving55$15k11%
FY202462$16k29%
FY202354$12k11%
FY202253$12k13%
FY202151$11k18%
FY202047$9kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Civil Rights$20kInternational$12kPublic Benefit$10kEducation$9kReligion$7kHealth$6kCrime & Legal$4kArts & Culture$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Family Institute of Connecticut Inc$7,40060%
Trustees of the Convent of the Sacred Heart Inc$5,2006n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$3,60060%
F O C U S Inc$3,1006n/a
Alliance Defending Freedom$2,70060%
Yankee Institute for Public Policy$2,50060%
International Rescue Committee INC$2,10060%
The Heritage Foundation$1,90060%
Brunswick School Inc$1,70060%
Advocates International Inc$1,70060%
Show all 64 grantees
All grantees of Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Family Institute of Connecticut Inc$7,40060%
Trustees of the Convent of the Sacred Heart Inc$5,2006n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$3,60060%
F O C U S Inc$3,1006n/a
Alliance Defending Freedom$2,70060%
Yankee Institute for Public Policy$2,50060%
International Rescue Committee INC$2,10060%
The Heritage Foundation$1,90060%
Brunswick School Inc$1,70060%
Advocates International Inc$1,70060%
South Kent School Corporation$1,30060%
Yale University$1,0002n/a
Thomas More Law Center$80060%
Patrick Henry College$80050%
Buckley Institute Inc$70060%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$70040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$70060%
National Legal and Policy Center$60040%
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women$60040%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$60060%
Greenwich Hospital$60060%
National Center for Public Policy Research$60040%
Sudan Relief Fund Inc$60060%
Focus on the Family$6006n/a
Greenwich Emergency Medical Service Inc$60060%
Williams College$60050%
Two Hearts Pregnancy Center Inc$50050%
Concerned Women for America$50050%
Voice of the Martyrs Inc$5005n/a
Adopt-A-Dog Inc$50050%
Christian Union Inc$50030%
Blythedale Children's Hospital$50050%
Woodson Center$50050%
Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich$40040%
Project Veritas$40030%
Housatonic Valley Association Inc$40040%
Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation Inc$40040%
Johns Hopkins University$40020%
Institute for Justice$40040%
The Independent Institute$30030%
Friends of Nathaniel Witherell Inc$30030%
Kind Deeds Inc$3001n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University$30030%
Adam J Lewis Academy Inc$30030%
State Policy Network$30030%
Jubilee Campaign USA Inc$30030%
Effortz Foundation Inc$20020%
Mid Vermont Christian School$2002n/a
Yale University$2001n/a
Christian Herald Association Inc$20020%
Family Reentry Inc$20020%
National Organization for Marriage$20010%
National Organization For Marriage Education Fund$20020%
The Center For Medical Progress$20020%
Turning Point USA Inc$10010%
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation Inc$10010%
Litchfield Community Center Inc$1001n/a
Barbaras House Inc$10010%
Little Guild of St Francis$10010%
Museum of the Bible$10010%
Thomas More Society$10010%
Bruce Museum Inc$10010%
The New School$10010%
Wycliffe Associates Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFamily Institute of Connecticut Inc: $7,400 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $3,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $2,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYankee Institute for Public Policy: $2,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBrunswick School Inc: $1,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAdvocates International Inc: $1,700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Kent School Corporation: $1,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThomas More Law Center: $800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPatrick Henry College: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBuckley Institute Inc: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Legal and Policy Center: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetClare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwich Hospital: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Public Policy Research: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSudan Relief Fund Inc: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwich Emergency Medical Service Inc: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTwo Hearts Pregnancy Center Inc: $500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetConcerned Women for America: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt-A-Dog Inc: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Union Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBlythedale Children's Hospital: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWoodson Center: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greenwich: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHousatonic Valley Association Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Independent Institute: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Nathaniel Witherell Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAdam J Lewis Academy Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetState Policy Network: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJubilee Campaign USA Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEffortz Foundation Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Reentry Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Organization for Marriage: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Organization For Marriage Education Fund: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center For Medical Progress: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 54.

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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.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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About Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc

How much does Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc give?
Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc reported 58 grants totaling $15,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 62 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (24%), International (14%), Public Benefit (12%).
Who are Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Family Institute of Connecticut Inc ($7k), Trustees of the Convent of the Sacred Heart Inc ($5k), Judicial Watch Inc ($4k).
Does Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc 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 Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Donors Trust Inc, Bradley Impact Fund Inc.
Where is Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc based?
Vianda Playter Williams Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 96 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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