· Private foundation
William a Looney Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $62k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| The Mustard Seed Project of Key Peninsula | $500,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| Great Basin College Fund | $15,340 |
| Eddy House | $15,000 |
| Spring Creek High School NFCCLA | $12,000 |
| Kennewick Police Department Foundation | $5,000 |
| Nevada National Fastpitch | $2,000 |
| Grand Coulee Dam Area Senior Center | $1,200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $703k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LCLutheran Community Services NW2× · 2017–2022 · $15M
- TMTHE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA2× · 2024–2025 · $650k · revenue +23%
- EHEDDY HOUSE2× · 2023–2025 · $25k · revenue +421%
Funded once
ARBORETUM FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +95%- BGBoys & Girls Club of Elko Countyone grant, 2023 · $52k
- RMRuby Mountain Resource Centerone grant, 2023 · $38k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
The organization provides wraparound services to meet homeless youths' immediate, emergency needs and help them transition to long-term self- sufficiency. the organization's support comes primarily from government grants and corporate…
Help of southern nevada (organization) is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to assist families and individuals throughout southern nevada to overcome barriers and attain self-sufficiency through direct services, training and…
To promote the development and preservation of affordable housing for all nevadans through collaboration, education, and advocacy.
S.a.f.e. house is a community based non-profit organization committed to stop abuse in the family environment by providing a comprehensive approach to end domestic violence that includes crisis intervention, safe shelter, counseling,…
The mission of the nevada state university foundation board of trustees is to serve as ambassadors for nevada state university, to serve as fiduciary stewards of funds received by the foundation, and to raise funds in support of the…
United way of southern nevada, inc. (the organization or united way) is a not-for-profit corporation governed by a local volunteer board of directors. the organization was incorporated in 1957 and its operations are primarily in clark…
The nevada state parks foundation is dedicated to enhancing and preserving the natural beauty, cultural heritage and recreational opportunities within the nevada division of state parks. the foundation is committed to supporting the…
To solicit applications for americorps funding and to support the volunteer infrastructure in nevada.
Itcn's mission is to secure for our people the rights and benefits which should accrue to them pursuant to treaties and all legal, moral and equitable commitments and undertakings of the united states government; to preserve and protect…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 34 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 THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA ↗
- Who funds ARBORETUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EDDY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST ↗
- Who funds YWCA OF GREATER PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds ELF LOUISE INC ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada ↗
- Who funds Nevada Youth Ski Education Foundation ↗
- Who funds GREAT BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE KENNEWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
- Who funds Nevada National Fastpitch ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William a Looney Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William a Looney Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Ywca of Greater Portland: 15% of income from government
How this is measured
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