Washington · Private foundation
William and Mary Little 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.
- $54k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 36
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $916k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations William and Mary Little Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 25 | $54k | 48% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $26k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $48k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $49k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $54k | 61% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas High School | $36,800 | 5 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $21,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Bishop Blanchet High School | $16,600 | 5 | n/a |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $12,250 | 3 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul School | $11,650 | 4 | n/a |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $9,255 | 2 | 0% |
| Seattle School for Boys | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Lifeline | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Explorer West an Independent Middle School | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Assumption St Bridget School Part of Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle | $7,900 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William and Mary Little Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 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: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Lucky Seven Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Seattle-Sonoran Foundation
How this is measured
Compare William and Mary Little Foundation with peer funders
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About William and Mary Little Foundation
- How much does William and Mary Little Foundation give?
- William and Mary Little Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $54,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 36 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does William and Mary Little Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (15%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are William and Mary Little Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: St Thomas High School ($37k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($21k), Bishop Blanchet High School ($17k).
- Does William and Mary Little Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Mary Little 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 William and Mary Little Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, United Way of King County.
- Where is William and Mary Little Foundation based?
- William and Mary Little Foundation is based in WA.
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