Massachusetts · Private foundation
William F Ray 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.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $288k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations William F Ray Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 22 | $19k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $19k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $20k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $19k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $20k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Village Inc | $56,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cleveland Park Village Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pilgrim Church Inc | $6,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Beaver Country Day School Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | $4,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Future Champions Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Brooks School | $1,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Hebron Academy Incorporated | $1,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Chip Inc | $1,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William F Ray 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.
Open a dossier: Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About William F Ray Foundation
- How much does William F Ray Foundation give?
- William F Ray Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $19,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does William F Ray Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (56%), Education (16%), Religion (7%).
- Who are William F Ray Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: New England Village Inc ($56k), Cleveland Park Village Inc ($9k), Pilgrim Church Inc ($6k).
- Does William F Ray Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William F Ray 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 Ray Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund, Maine Community Foundation Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is William F Ray Foundation based?
- William F Ray Foundation is based in MA.
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