Virginia · Private foundation
Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $3.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $416k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $292k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $378k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory & Henry University | $2,527,841 | 4 | 4% |
| Oak Hill Academy | $848,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Sullins Academy | $425,500 | 5 | 18% |
| Cornerstone Christian Academy | $328,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia | $35,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mel Leaman Free Clinic of Smyth Co | $35,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Healing Hands Health Center Inc | $33,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Bristol Faith in Action Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Crossroads Medical Mission | $28,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mountain Empire Community College Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory & Henry University | $2,527,841 | 4 | 4% |
| Oak Hill Academy | $848,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Sullins Academy | $425,500 | 5 | 18% |
| Cornerstone Christian Academy | $328,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia | $35,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mel Leaman Free Clinic of Smyth Co | $35,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Healing Hands Health Center Inc | $33,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Bristol Faith in Action Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Crossroads Medical Mission | $28,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mountain Empire Community College Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wytheville Community College Educational Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 1% |
| William King Museum of Art | $26,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Appalachian Sustainable Development | $24,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Appalachian Literacy Initiative | $15,500 | 2 | 15% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($229k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Williams-Berry Charitable 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 Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation
- How much does Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation give?
- Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (91%), Arts & Culture (3%), Health (3%).
- Who are Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emory & Henry University ($2.5M), Oak Hill Academy ($849k), Sullins Academy ($426k).
- Does Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Company Foundation, Wellmont Health System, The James W and Frances Gibson McGlothlin Foundation.
- Where is Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation based?
- Williams-Berry Charitable Foundation is based in VA.
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