Ohio · Private foundation
Williams 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $170,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 64
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Williams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $380k 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 | 43 | $1.5M | 30% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $1.0M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $691k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $1.2M | 49% |
| FY2021 | 64 | $1.1M | 55% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $758k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $712k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $480k | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier University | $950,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio | $310,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Taft Museum of Art | $208,000 | 5 | 1% |
| ProKids | $202,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Cise | $163,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts | $142,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $136,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Talbert House | $134,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Summit Country Day School US Catholic Conference | $126,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $116,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 108 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Williams 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 Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Hcs Foundation · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica
How this is measured
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About Williams Foundation
- How much does Williams Foundation give?
- Williams Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $1,479,580 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Williams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Health (14%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Williams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Xavier University ($950k), The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio ($310k), Taft Museum of Art ($208k).
- Does Williams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Williams 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation.
- Where is Williams Foundation based?
- Williams Foundation is based in OH.
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