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William F & Doris W Oliver 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.

$222k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
35%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 26
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$283k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 35% of the organizations William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
InternationalCivil RightsCrime & LegalHuman ServicesHealthReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving28$222k36%
FY202423$201k35%
FY202322$166k27%
FY202226$306k46%
FY202124$135kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$259kCrime & Legal$165kInternational$151kHuman Services$96kHousing & Shelter$65kCivil Rights$55kReligion$48kRecreation & Sports$45kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Trustees of Princeton University$130,00040%
Just Detention International$60,00051%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,00040%
St Mark's School of Southborough Inc$45,00040%
The Keewaydin Foundation$45,00040%
Americans for Oxford Inc$40,00040%
Heifer Project International$35,00040%
The Innocence Project Inc$35,00040%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$35,00050%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America$21,0002n/a
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All grantees of William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Trustees of Princeton University$130,00040%
Just Detention International$60,00051%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,00040%
St Mark's School of Southborough Inc$45,00040%
The Keewaydin Foundation$45,00040%
Americans for Oxford Inc$40,00040%
Heifer Project International$35,00040%
The Innocence Project Inc$35,00040%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$35,00050%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America$21,0002n/a
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$20,00040%
Battered Women's Justice Project$20,00020%
Free the Girls$20,00032%
Thistle Farms Inc$17,50040%
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation$15,700234%
St Philips Episcopal Church$15,0001n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$15,00020%
International Rescue Committee INC$10,00010%
Louisiana Parole Project Inc$10,00020%
Sunday Breakfast Mission$10,00020%
Parole Preparation Project Inc$10,00011%
Bucks County Housing Group Inc$10,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,00010%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$10,00020%
Immigrant Rights Action$5,0001n/a
Archaeological Institute of America$5,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$5,00010%
A Sense of Home$5,00010%
Values United$5,0001n/a
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc$5,00010%
Saint James School$5,00010%
S T E P U P Est 2008$5,0001n/a
Rolling Harvest Food Rescue$5,0001n/a
The Archaeological Conservancy$5,00010%
Orphan Foundation of America D/B/A Foster Care to Success Foundation$5,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Yellowhammer Fund$5,00010%
Trinity Episcopal Church$5,0001n/a
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Action Against Hunger - USA$5,00010%
The 5 Gyres Institute$5,00010%
Texas Library Association$5,00011%
Laurent House Foundation Inc$3,00011%
Worthwhile Wear Inc$1,50010%
Diocese of Pennsylvania$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $130,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJust Detention International: $60,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mark's School of Southborough Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Keewaydin Foundation: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmericans for Oxford Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHeifer Project International: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBattered Women's Justice Project: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFree the Girls: $20,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetThistle Farms Inc: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopalians for Global Reconciliation: $15,700 over 2y, 34% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLouisiana Parole Project Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSunday Breakfast Mission: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetParole Preparation Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBucks County Housing Group Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenpeace Fund Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArchaeological Institute of America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Sense of Home: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSaint James School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Archaeological Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrphan Foundation of America D/B/A Foster Care to Success Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYellowhammer Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAction Against Hunger - USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe 5 Gyres Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTexas Library Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLaurent House Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWorthwhile Wear Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Foundations Community PartnershipPA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundations Community Partnership · The Philadelphia Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Chubb Charitable Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation

How much does William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation give?
William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $222,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 26 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Crime & Legal (16%), International (15%).
Who are William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Trustees of Princeton University ($130k), Just Detention International ($60k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($50k).
Does William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William F & Doris W Oliver 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 F & Doris W Oliver Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundations Community Partnership, The Philadelphia Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation based?
William F & Doris W Oliver Foundation is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 61 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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