Minnesota · Private foundation
Williams 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.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $229k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Williams Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 59% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $16k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $15k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $19k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $17k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $16k | 13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Luke Presbyterian Church | $20,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Mid-Hudson Heritage Center Inc DBA Fall Kill Creative Works | $11,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the North | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| 350org | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Grace Smith House Inc | $8,200 | 9 | 0% |
| Intercongregation Communities Association Inc | $7,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Sioux YMCA | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kwanzaa Community Church PCUSA Liberty Community Church PCUSA | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dutchess Outreach Inc | $6,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Williams 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.
Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Dyson Foundation · Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region Inc · Lloyd K Johnson Foundation · Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Williams Family Foundation
- How much does Williams Family Foundation give?
- Williams Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $19,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Williams Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Human Services (18%), Environment (14%).
- Who are Williams Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Luke Presbyterian Church ($20k), The Mid-Hudson Heritage Center Inc DBA Fall Kill Creative Works ($11k), Young Mens Christian Association of the North ($9k).
- Does Williams Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Williams 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 Williams Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Dyson Foundation.
- Where is Williams Family Foundation based?
- Williams Family Foundation is based in MN.
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