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Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
57
Grants FY2024
62
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$375,000
Organizations funded a year
57 to 63
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$82M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving53$2.8M15%
FY202362$2.7M18%
FY202257$2.6M19%
FY202160$2.5M18%
FY202063$2.3Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.8MPhilanthropy$2.1MYouth Development$1.6MHealth$1.5MArts & Culture$1.4MHuman Services$1.2MCommunity Improvement$1.0MCrime & Legal$525kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
MA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Brookwood School Inc$1,220,00047%
Archbold Foundation Inc$1,100,00038%
Thomasville Community Development Corporation$875,000381%
The Salvation Army$745,0005n/a
Jack Hadleys Black History Memorbillia Inc$630,000346%
Woodberry Forest School$500,00021%
Brookwood Endowment Inc$395,000251%
Hands on Thomas County Inc$378,000461%
The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc$355,000422%
Thomasville Cultural Center Inc$280,00054%
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All grantees of Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Brookwood School Inc$1,220,00047%
Archbold Foundation Inc$1,100,00038%
Thomasville Community Development Corporation$875,000381%
The Salvation Army$745,0005n/a
Jack Hadleys Black History Memorbillia Inc$630,000346%
Woodberry Forest School$500,00021%
Brookwood Endowment Inc$395,000251%
Hands on Thomas County Inc$378,000461%
The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc$355,000422%
Thomasville Cultural Center Inc$280,00054%
Hands & Hearts for Horses Inc$265,000519%
Thomasville-Thomas County Habitat For$250,000517%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$235,00030%
Emory University$230,00050%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$180,00051%
Pheasants Forever Inc$150,00030%
Thomas University$150,00030%
South Georgia Ballet Inc$125,00055%
All Saints Episcopal Church$125,0005n/a
Thomas County Schools$125,0002n/a
Spark Thomasville Inc$120,000326%
Thomasville Community Resource Center$110,00037%
Alliance for Choice in Education$100,00040%
Young Mens Christian Association and Youth Center of Thomasville Inc$85,00051%
Lawson Neel Medbank Inc$78,000511%
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Inc$75,00052%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$65,00030%
Graceworks Ministries Inc$60,00040%
The Gathering Place Inc$60,00031%
Vashti Center Inc$55,0003n/a
One Heart Beat Inc$50,00057%
Joshuas Promise Inc$50,000514%
Thomasville Antiques Show Foundation Inc$50,00054%
Georgia Natural Resources Foundation Inc$50,0005n/a
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$45,00050%
Micah's Promise Inc$45,00023%
Rest Stop Ministries Inc$40,00023%
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children$30,00010%
Fountain of Life Rescue Inc$30,0002n/a
Wellspring Living Inc$30,00010%
The Tree House Inc$30,00023%
Washington and Lee University$25,75020%
Defenders for Children$25,00016%
Lives Without Limits Inc$25,00056%
Thomas County Youth Camp Inc$25,000121%
Georgia Historical Society$25,00050%
Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Society Inc$25,00051%
Second Harvest of South Georgia Inc$25,00010%
Thomas County Food Bank and Outreach Center Inc$20,00026%
Greater Valdosta United Way Inc$20,00011%
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation$20,00010%
Medicine Fish Corp$20,00025%
Halcyon Home for Battered Womaninc$20,00012%
Boston Tutoring Program$20,0002n/a
Philanthropy Southeast Inc$15,00030%
Thomasville Landmarks Inc$13,00052%
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center$10,00010%
Open Door Adoption Agency Inc$10,00011%
Thomasville-Thomas County Sports Academy$10,0001n/a
Leadership Georgia Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Upbeat Academy Foundation$10,000212%
Thomasville Music and Drama Troupe Inc$10,000210%
Thorn$10,00010%
Seminole Boosters Inc$10,00040%
Boys & Girls Club of Valdosta Inc$10,00010%
Roots of Music Inc$10,00021%
Samaritan's Purse$5,00010%
Surfers Healing Folly$5,000122%
The Mayfly Project$5,00011%
Yellow Elephant Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
Rainbow Village Inc$5,00010%
Genesis House International Inc$5,0001n/a
The Oak Foundation of Thomasville$5,0001n/a
Georgia Conservancy Inc$3,00050%
The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc$2,00040%
Rare$2,00010%
Forward Arts Foundation Inc$2,00040%
Backpack Buddies Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
National Gallery of Art$2,00040%
Oaks of Righteousness$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 68 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBrookwood School Inc: $1,220,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetArchbold Foundation Inc: $1,100,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetThomasville Community Development Corporation: $875,000 over 3y, 81% of budgetJack Hadleys Black History Memorbillia Inc: $630,000 over 3y, 46% of budgetWoodberry Forest School: $500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBrookwood Endowment Inc: $395,000 over 2y, 51% of budgetHands on Thomas County Inc: $378,000 over 4y, 61% of budgetThe Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc: $355,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetThomasville Cultural Center Inc: $280,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetHands & Hearts for Horses Inc: $265,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetThomasville-Thomas County Habitat For: $250,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $235,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEmory University: $230,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTheodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc: $180,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPheasants Forever Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThomas University: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Georgia Ballet Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetSpark Thomasville Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetThomasville Community Resource Center: $110,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetAlliance for Choice in Education: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association and Youth Center of Thomasville Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetLawson Neel Medbank Inc: $78,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetGeorgia Trust for Historic Preservation Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetAll Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGraceworks Ministries Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Gathering Place Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetOne Heart Beat Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetJoshuas Promise Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetThomasville Antiques Show Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMicah's Promise Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetRest Stop Ministries Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetThe National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWellspring Living Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Tree House Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $25,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders for Children: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetLives Without Limits Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetThomas County Youth Camp Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThomasville-Thomas County Humane Society Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSecond Harvest of South Georgia Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThomas County Food Bank and Outreach Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetGreater Valdosta United Way Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAtlanta Union Mission Corporation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedicine Fish Corp: $20,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetHalcyon Home for Battered Womaninc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPhilanthropy Southeast Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 68.

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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.

William Howard Flowers Jr Foundation IncGA55.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William Howard Flowers Jr Foundation Inc · Lewis Hall and Mildred Sasser Singletary Foundation Inc · Parker Poe Charitable Trust · Thomasville Antiques Show Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Jasper & Marthalene Davis Foundation Inc · Perkins Charitable Foundation · The Claire H B Jonklaas Foundation · 10-1 Foundation Inc · The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation · Second Harvest of South Georgia Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

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.

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About Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc

How much does Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc give?
Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc reported 57 grants totaling $3,180,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Philanthropy (14%), Youth Development (11%).
Who are Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Brookwood School Inc ($1.2M), Archbold Foundation Inc ($1.1M), Thomasville Community Development Corporation ($875k).
Does Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include William Howard Flowers Jr Foundation Inc, Lewis Hall and Mildred Sasser Singletary Foundation Inc, Parker Poe Charitable Trust.
Where is Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc based?
Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc is based in GA.

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 109 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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