Illinois · Private foundation
Williams Family Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $102k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 36
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Williams Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $92k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $110k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $88k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bloc | $27,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Institute for Nonviolence Chicago | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Open Books Ltd | $21,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $21,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Joliet Junior College Foundation | $15,833 | 4 | 0% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Big Shoulders Fund | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| After School Matters Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sit Stay Read Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University District Service League | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Williams Family 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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Seabury Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · AbbVie Foundation · Helen and Curtis Pinnell Foundation · Raikes Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Williams Family Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About Williams Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does Williams Family Charitable Foundation give?
- Williams Family Charitable Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $101,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 36 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Williams Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Food & Nutrition (10%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Williams Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: The Bloc ($27k), Institute for Nonviolence Chicago ($22k), Open Books Ltd ($22k).
- Does Williams Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Williams Family Charitable 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 Williams Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Seabury Foundation.
- Where is Williams Family Charitable Foundation based?
- Williams Family Charitable Foundation is based in IL.
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