· Private foundation
Watson Billings Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
94% of Watson Billings Family Foundation Inc’s FY2017 grant dollars went to Community Foundation For Greater Buffalo Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2017 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k10 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
- $250k+1 grant · $347k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Community Foundation for Gr Buffalo | $347,318 |
| Community Foundation for Gr Buffalo | $23,652 |
| Buffalo Prep | $10,000 |
| Westminster Economic Developmt Initiativ | $4,000 |
| Nichols School | $2,000 |
| Summit Middle Charter School | $2,000 |
| Masiphumelele | $2,000 |
| The Waterford School | $1,000 |
| Dartmouth College | $1,000 |
| Smith College | $1,000 |
| Columbus School for Girls | $600 |
| Buffalo Seminary | $500 |
| Seven Hills School | $100 |
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 (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% 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
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.
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A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."
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The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
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How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 12 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO PREP INC ↗
- Who funds SUMMIT MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds NICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO ↗
- Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Columbus School for Girls ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO SEMINARY ↗
- Who funds THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL ↗
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: The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation · The Baird Foundation · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving 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 Watson Billings Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Watson Billings Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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