Virginia · Private foundation
William M Backer Foundation Inc
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.
- $650k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $256,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 55
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.7M
- 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 M Backer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 52 | $650k | 2% |
| FY2024 | 50 | $488k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $732k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $206k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $448k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 55 | $414k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 52 | $408k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 55 | $440k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, 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 Piedmont Environmental Council | $1,988,800 | 8 | 7% |
| The Campaign Legal Center Inc | $291,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County | $168,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Windy Hill Foundation Inc | $117,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Piedmont Journalism Foundation | $85,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Fauquier Free Clinic Inc | $77,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Citizens for Fauquier County | $67,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Upperville Colt & Horse Show Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 60 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($542k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William M Backer Foundation Inc 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: Dun Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · Wise Foundation · Awa Family Foundation · Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Msa Family Fund · The Principato Family Foundation Inc · McGraw Foundation · Frank Mangano Foundation · The Jesse and Rose Loeb Foundation Inc · The Hall Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About William M Backer Foundation Inc
- How much does William M Backer Foundation Inc give?
- William M Backer Foundation Inc reported 52 grants totaling $649,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William M Backer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (53%), Arts & Culture (8%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are William M Backer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Piedmont Environmental Council ($2.0M), The Campaign Legal Center Inc ($291k), Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County ($168k).
- Does William M Backer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William M Backer Foundation Inc 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 M Backer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dun Foundation, The Luminescence Foundation Inc, Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation.
- Where is William M Backer Foundation Inc based?
- William M Backer Foundation Inc is based in VA.
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