Virginia · Private foundation
Williams Mullen Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $228k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 114
- Grants FY2026
- 86
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 81 to 98
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 10
- Total assets, FY2026
- $275k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 26% of the organizations Williams Mullen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 93 | $227k | 27% |
| FY2025 | 86 | $224k | 26% |
| FY2024 | 85 | $213k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 81 | $195k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 83 | $194k | 51% |
| FY2021 | 98 | $216k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $31,680 | 6 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $31,640 | 6 | 0% |
| Nextup Rva | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Richmond Partnership Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Townebank Foundation | $28,159 | 6 | 0% |
| The Richmond Forum | $23,320 | 6 | 0% |
| Caritas | $21,350 | 5 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Central Va Inc | $20,090 | 5 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers | $19,340 | 4 | 0% |
| Startup Virginia Inc | $19,250 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 166 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($368k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Williams Mullen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 127 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Robins Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Herndon Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · The Pauley Family Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · Tesco Foundation · Richmond Memorial Health Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Townebank Richmond Foundation
How this is measured
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About Williams Mullen Foundation
- How much does Williams Mullen Foundation give?
- Williams Mullen Foundation reported 114 grants totaling $228,453 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 81 and 98 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Williams Mullen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Health (17%), Education (13%).
- Who are Williams Mullen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($32k), American Heart Association Inc ($32k), Nextup Rva ($30k).
- Does Williams Mullen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Williams Mullen 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 Mullen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Townebank Foundation, Robins Foundation.
- Where is Williams Mullen Foundation based?
- Williams Mullen Foundation is based in VA.
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