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Williamson 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.

$124k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$97k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$717kEducation$60kHealth$29kPhilanthropy$14kYouth Development$6kRecreation & Sports$2kMembership Benefit$750Environment$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $97k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$97,370
CULVER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$15,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
HOPE IGNITES SO CAL$2,000
SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000
THE LIVING DESERT$1,000
PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM$1,000
WESTERN SCIENCE CENTER$1,000
CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION$250
CAMP DEL CORAZON$250
HOWARD JARVIS FOUNDATION$250
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $1k → 16%SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%RESERVE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP: $3k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $5k → 14%THE WHITEFIELD ACADEMY: $5k → 15%CULVER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $174k → 19%SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%CULVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $99k → 19%PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $1k → 11%CULVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $97k → 19%EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%CULVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7k → 10%THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $91k → 19%PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $1k → 11%CULVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6k → 10%THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $81k → 19%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $2k → 10%EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%CULVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $74k → 19%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $1k → 10%PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $1k → 11%CULVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $69k → 19%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $1k → 10%EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%CULVER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $63k → 19%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $1k → 10%PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $1k → 11%THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $61k → 19%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $1k → 10%HOPE IGNITES SO CAL: $2k → 10%YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6k → 19%DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION: $3k → 19%DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%MARTHA'S VILLAGE: $5k → 11%MARTHA'S VILLAGE: $5k → 11%MARTHA'S VILLAGE: $3k → 11%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

MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
MO
VA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$928k · 10 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$928k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+32%

Still filing today

80%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsEnvironmentMembership BenefitOther
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

  • MV
    MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $809k · revenue +159%
  • Culver Educational Foundation
    8× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +73%
  • SH
    SCRIPPS HEALTH
    8× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • WA
    WHITEFIELD ACADEMY ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +27%
  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +139%
  • PF
    PDK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
4
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
7
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
10
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
11
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
12
The Carle Foundation Hospital

To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and to improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youngstown State University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Children's Hospital Corporation. 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

17 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. 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $809,489 · Arts & CultureMAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY+2 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureCulver Educational Foundation: $60,000 · EducationYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationWHITEFIELD ACADEMY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $6,000 · OtherUniversity of Michigan: $5,000 · OtherPDK FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherHOPE IGNITES SO CAL: $2,000 · Other+2 more: $1,250 · OtherSCRIPPS HEALTH: $12,000 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center: $12,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $1,000 · HealthDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyYOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL: $3,500 · PhilanthropyCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $2,250 · Recreation & SportsYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $500 · Recreation & SportsLIVING DESERT THE: $1,000 · EnvironmentCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Membership Benefit
Arts & Culture$815,489Education$75,000Other$31,750Health$25,000Philanthropy$13,500Recreation & Sports$2,750Environment$1,000Membership Benefit$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $809,489 over 9y, 12% of budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHITEFIELD ACADEMY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP DEL CORAZON INC: $2,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $500 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 MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Culver Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SCRIPPS HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WHITEFIELD ACADEMY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds YOUNGSTOWN FDN GENERAL ↗
  • Who funds CAMP DEL CORAZON INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIVING DESERT THE ↗
  • Who funds BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds YOSEMITE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Youngstown Area Jewish FederationOH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Youngstown Area Jewish Federation · Fibushendricks Family Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Williamson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Williamson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Williamson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Williamson Family Foundation 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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