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Williams Family Foundation-Ima at a glance

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Williams Family Foundation-Ima

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$140k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$76k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$465kRecreation & Sports$200kEnvironment$147kCommunity Improvement$70kHealth$22kInternational$20kArts & Culture$6kHuman Services$6k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $43k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $76k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLBY COLLEGE$76,000
FRIENDS OF BIG ISLAND POND$13,000
BABSON COLLEGE$10,000
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE$10,000
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$10,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$5,000
SWIM WITH A MISSION$5,000
NORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLEC ASSOC$5,000
WELLESLEY STARS$3,000
BOSTON ELITE SWIM TEAM$2,000
WALNUT HILL SCHOOL$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RUNWAY FOR RECOVERY: $10k → 10%NORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLEC ASSOC: $5k → 10%NORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLETIC ASSOC: $5k → 10%NORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLETIC ASSOC: $5k → 10%NORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: $5k → 10%Northeast Disabled Athletic Assoc: $5k → 10%SWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $3k → 7%NORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLETIC ASSOC: $5k → 10%SWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $2k → 7%WELLESLEY STARS: $3k → 8%WELLESLEY STARS: $3k → 8%WELLESLEY STARS: $3k → 8%WELLESLEY STARS: $3k → 8%WELLESLEY STARS: $3k → 8%WELLESLEY STARS: $3k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
IL
MA
PA
NJ
CO
VA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$898k · 17 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
6

Total granted

$898k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+13%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FF
    FUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $80k · revenue +6%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BIG ISLAND POND
    4× · 2020–2025 · $72k · revenue +12% · 27% of their budget
  • BABSON COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +32%
  • RF
    RUNWAY FOR RECOVERY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • DS
    DAWSON SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
Dean College

Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…

Education
5
Nichols College

Nichols college strives to develop tomorrow's leaders through a dynamic, career-focused business education. the college transforms students into successful graduates who respond to challenges, are eager for responsibility, and assume…

Education
6
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
7
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
8
Lake Forest College

Provide post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate degree. Program service expenditures are made in conjunction with the operation of a liberal arts college spread over 107 acres with approximately 63 educational and support…

Education
9
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
10
Wellesley College

To provide an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world.

Education
11
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
12
Reed Institute

The mission of Reed College is to provide education in the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walnut Hill Center for the Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Great Plains Conservation Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The President and Trustees of Colby College: $241,000 · EducationThe President and Trustees of Colby CollegeColby-Sawyer College: $109,000 · EducationColby-Sawyer CollegeBABSON COLLEGE: $70,000 · EducationBABSON COLLEGEPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $6,000 · EducationCOLBY COLLEGE SWIMMING: $120,000 · OtherCOLBY COLLEGE SWIMMINGFUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $80,000 · OtherFUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER …SWIM WITH A MISSION: $20,000 · OtherSWIM WITH A MISSIONGUATEMALAN CHILDRENS BURN FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · OtherGUATEMALAN CHILDRENS BURN FOUNDA…BOSTON ELITE SWIM TEAM: $12,000 · OtherMIDDLEBURY COLLEGE: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $8,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BIG ISLAND POND: $72,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF…THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSER…NORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesWELLESLEY STARS INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesRUNWAY FOR RECOVERY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $60,000 · AnimalsBURN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Education$446,000Other$265,000Environment$87,000Human Services$63,000Animals$60,000Health$10,000Philanthropy$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $241,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColby-Sawyer College: $109,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $80,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIG ISLAND POND: $72,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetBABSON COLLEGE: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetNORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWELLESLEY STARS INC: $18,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRUNWAY FOR RECOVERY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBURN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetWALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds The President and Trustees of Colby College ↗
  • Who funds Colby-Sawyer College ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BOULDER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BIG ISLAND POND ↗
  • Who funds BABSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST DISABLED ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
  • Who funds WELLESLEY STARS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RUNWAY FOR RECOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds BURN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds SWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗

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.

French Fdn Tr UdeclNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
French Fdn Tr UdeclPA17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: French Fdn Tr Udecl · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Williams Family Foundation-Ima funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Williams Family Foundation-Ima. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Williams Family Foundation-Ima?

Find your warmest path to Williams Family Foundation-Ima through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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where grant money is based, and what stays home