Mississippi · Private foundation
W a Taylor Foundation
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.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations W a Taylor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 2 | $130k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $78k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $304k | 87% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $353k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $398k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $350k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $336k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $362k | 27% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ms Museum of Natural Science Foundation | $20,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Mississippi Children's Home Society | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| World Outreach Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Mississippi Center for Medically Fragile Children Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Louisville Winston Ed Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Evangelistic Ministries Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Palmer Home for Children | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| French Camp Academy | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Jackson Heart Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ms Museum of Natural Science Foundation | $20,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Mississippi Children's Home Society | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| World Outreach Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Mississippi Center for Medically Fragile Children Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Louisville Winston Ed Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Evangelistic Ministries Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Palmer Home for Children | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| French Camp Academy | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Jackson Heart Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Starkville Pregnancy Care Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Magnolia Speech School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Legion State Park | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Mustard Seed Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Council 691 Pushmataha Area Trust Fund | $3,500 | 2 | 3% |
| The Baptist Childrens Village | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Empower Mississippi | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Blood Services Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Children's Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Dean Park | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Outreach Christian Fellowship | $750 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget W a Taylor 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: Ergon Foundation Inc · Walker Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation · Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation · Feild Co-Operative Association · Mike and Janie Jarvis Family Foundation · The Pruet Foundation · T H Etheridge Trust · C Spire Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation
How this is measured
About W a Taylor Foundation
- How much does W a Taylor Foundation give?
- W a Taylor Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $130,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does W a Taylor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (67%), Health (15%), Education (7%).
- Who are W a Taylor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Mississippi Foundation ($125k), Ms Museum of Natural Science Foundation ($20k), Mississippi Children's Home Society ($13k).
- Does W a Taylor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W a Taylor 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 W a Taylor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ergon Foundation Inc, Walker Foundation, Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee.
- Where is W a Taylor Foundation based?
- W a Taylor Foundation is based in MS.
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