North Carolina · Private foundation
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.
- $81k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Williamson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 28 | $81k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $83k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $79k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $85k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $95k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $81k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $91k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $84k | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presbyterian Church USA | $150,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Cape Fear Academy | $38,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Saint Marys School | $35,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rocky Mount Academy | $34,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Avery County Habitat for Humanity | $29,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Linc Inc | $26,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $25,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Howard Memorial Presbyterian | $17,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Williamson Family 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: North Carolina Community Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Dickson Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · George Smedes Poyner Foundation Inc · Barnhill Family Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About Williamson Family Foundation
- How much does Williamson Family Foundation give?
- Williamson Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $81,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Williamson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Education (23%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Williamson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Presbyterian Church USA ($151k), Cape Fear Academy ($38k), Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc ($37k).
- Does Williamson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Williamson Family 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 Williamson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is Williamson Family Foundation based?
- Williamson Family Foundation is based in NC.
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