Texas · Private foundation
William Wright Family 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.
- $686k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations William Wright Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | 9 | $686k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $650k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $625k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $610k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $700k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $775k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $700k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $600k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc | $1,850,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc | $1,475,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $560,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Vernon Inc | $450,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Education Opens Doors Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | $130,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Red River Valley Museum | $120,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mommies in Need | $82,500 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc | $1,850,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc | $1,475,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $560,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Vernon Inc | $450,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Education Opens Doors Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | $130,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Red River Valley Museum | $120,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mommies in Need | $82,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Ascension Academy | $80,000 | 4 | 1% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aopa Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Frontiers of Flight Museum Inc | $27,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Organization for Autism Research | $27,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Welcome Home Recovery Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate | $19,852 | 1 | 0% |
| Shane Thurston Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($705k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William Wright Family 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
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About William Wright Family Foundation
- How much does William Wright Family Foundation give?
- William Wright Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $686,252 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William Wright Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (44%), Recreation & Sports (24%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are William Wright Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Inc ($1.9M), Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc ($1.5M), Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation ($560k).
- Does William Wright Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William Wright Family 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 Wright Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation.
- Where is William Wright Family Foundation based?
- William Wright Family Foundation is based in TX.
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