Texas · Private foundation
Will and Bailee Byler Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 47
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,869,887
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Will and Bailee Byler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 42 | $11M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $6.7M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $1.4M | 35% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $1.5M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $3.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith Academy of Bellville | $10,838,825 | 3 | 81% |
| Young Life | $3,380,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $3,000,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Children at Heart Ministries Inc | $720,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Agora Ministries Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Sam Houston State University | $262,500 | 2 | n/a |
| In Touch Ministries Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Halftime Institute | $75,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Helping a HeroOrg | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| CASA for Kids of South Central Texas Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Will and Bailee Byler Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Margaret Chesley Memorial Fund · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Will and Bailee Byler Foundation
- How much does Will and Bailee Byler Foundation give?
- Will and Bailee Byler Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $10,543,107 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Will and Bailee Byler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (50%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Will and Bailee Byler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Faith Academy of Bellville ($11M), Young Life ($3.4M), Focus on the Family ($3.0M).
- Does Will and Bailee Byler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Will and Bailee Byler 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 Will and Bailee Byler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Margaret Chesley Memorial Fund, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Will and Bailee Byler Foundation based?
- Will and Bailee Byler Foundation is based in TX.
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