Illinois · Private foundation
William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $162k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% 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 | 13 | $162k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $145k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $145k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $160k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $137k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $137k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $142k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $128k | 15% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mahoning Valley Historical Society | $107,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | $95,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Youngstown Symphony Society | $91,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Butler Institute of American Art | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| St Johns Episcopal Church | $75,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Youngstown Cityscape Inc | $68,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YWCA Mahoning Valley | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Potential Development Program Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($447k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley · Youngstown Fdn General · The Raymond John Wean Foundation · The William B Pollock Company Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Fdn · Walter E & Caroline H Watson Trust · Fibushendricks Family Foundation · Senator Maurice & Florence Lipscher Char · Frances Schermer Charitable Trust 41-46496008 · Youngstown Area Jewish Federation · W&H Bender Memorial Fund Xxxxx8005
How this is measured
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About William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis
- How much does William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis give?
- William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis reported 13 grants totaling $161,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Philanthropy (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley ($125k), Mahoning Valley Historical Society ($108k), Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio ($95k).
- Does William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, Youngstown Fdn General, The Raymond John Wean Foundation.
- Where is William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis based?
- William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis is based in IL.
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