Mississippi · Private foundation
William B & Saramel Crooks 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.
- $82k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 6 | $75k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $370k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $224k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $184k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $143k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $195k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $190k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $202k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Maker Foundation Inc | $230,500 | 6 | 5% |
| Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Copper Canyon Press | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Magic City Blues Society Inc | $14,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Delta Supper Club Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Extra Table Feeds Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harbor Day School | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Tampa Bay Blues Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McLean Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Maker Foundation Inc | $230,500 | 6 | 5% |
| Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Copper Canyon Press | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Magic City Blues Society Inc | $14,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Delta Supper Club Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Extra Table Feeds Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harbor Day School | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Tampa Bay Blues Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McLean Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mississippi Museum of Art Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leland Chamber of Commerce | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Ballet Mississippi Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hogs for the Cause Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William B & Saramel Crooks 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.
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How this is measured
Compare William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation with peer funders
About William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation
- How much does William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation give?
- William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $82,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Community Improvement (27%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Music Maker Foundation Inc ($231k), Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Inc ($70k), Copper Canyon Press ($40k).
- Does William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William B & Saramel Crooks 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 B & Saramel Crooks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ergon Foundation Inc, Selby and Richard McRae Foundation, Walker Foundation.
- Where is William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation based?
- William B & Saramel Crooks Foundation is based in MS.
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