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Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$128k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
95
Grants FY2024
85
Organizations funded FY2023
34%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$11,471
Organizations funded a year
37 to 88
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$2.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthEducationAnimalsInternationalOther
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 arriving70$126k51%
FY202385$163k34%
FY202279$158k43%
FY202137$29k8%
FY202059$43k14%
FY201958$34k24%
FY201869$47k22%
FY201788$71kn/a
97% 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$152kEducation$149kReligion$84kEnvironment$78kHealth$75kAnimals$25kPhilanthropy$17kScience & Tech$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
AL
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 147 grantees
All grantees of Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$26,50030%
Christian Herald Association Inc$23,74320%
Tabor Academy$23,15070%
Our Sisters School$21,85080%
Providence Country Day School$21,20040%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$16,92950%
Old Dartmouth Historical Society$16,32580%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$15,00020%
Plymouth Meeting Friends School$12,50080%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$11,47110%
Germantown Friends School$11,0007n/a
The Marion Institute Inc$10,45080%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$10,00010%
Sippican Historical Society$9,57561%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$7,80020%
Zeiterion Theatre Inc$7,55070%
Fractured Atlas Inc$7,50040%
Friends Academy Inc$7,10060%
Dwight Hall at Yale$7,04260%
WPKN Incorporated$7,00021%
Abington Friends School$6,80050%
The Schoerke Foundation$6,2003n/a
Forgotten Cats Inc$6,00020%
Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Inc$5,71080%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$5,00020%
Community Boating Center Inc$4,77550%
Summer Search$4,50080%
Glide Memorial Church$4,50024%
Project Open Hand$4,00020%
Buzzards Bay Coalition$3,85030%
American Diabetes Association$3,50030%
Connecticut College$3,50020%
Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation Inc$3,50030%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$3,50030%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$3,50030%
Potapaug Audubon Society$3,5003n/a
Ambler Theater Inc$3,40030%
Southcoast Health System Inc$3,35030%
Barnabas International$3,22010%
Duncaster Residents Association$3,00021%
Center for Carbon Removal$3,00030%
Arden Theatre Company$3,00030%
Work to Ride Inc$3,00030%
Equal Justice Initiative$2,67120%
St Andrew's School$2,60080%
St Gabriels Episcopal Church$2,6005n/a
International Dyslexia Association Inc$2,50010%
Grace Centers of Hope$2,31650%
Black Cat Holistic Rescue Inc$2,3002n/a
Buzzards Bay Musicfest Inc$2,30072%
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc$2,29910%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$2,28010%
Friends of Marion Coa Inc$2,20014%
Hathaway Brown School$2,20030%
Chestnut Hill Garden District Fund$2,20032%
St Anthonys$2,0001n/a
Essex Land Trust Inc$2,00011%
Chestnut Hill Conservancy$2,00030%
American Indian College Fund$2,00010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$2,00020%
Friends of SCRAP Inc$2,00010%
Berkeley Community Health Project DBA Berkeley Free Clinic$2,00010%
Ivoryton Library Association$2,00031%
The Cheshire Horse and Hound Foundation$1,77113%
Wnet$1,75020%
Philabundance$1,70020%
Art Museum New Bedford Inc$1,55070%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,52530%
Community Partnership School$1,51030%
Special Olympics Maryland Inc$1,50030%
Union Hospital Foundation Inc$1,50030%
Shorerivers Inc$1,50020%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$1,50020%
Mahoning Valley Historical Society$1,50030%
Sippican Choral Society Inc$1,4507n/a
Tri-County Music Association Inc$1,35071%
CARE Southcoast Inc$1,25021%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,20030%
National Marine Life Center Inc$1,10040%
Friends of Mount Harmon Inc$1,10030%
William Lyon Phelps Foundation$1,00011%
Human Appeal$1,00010%
Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley Inc$1,00020%
Marrakech Inc$1,00010%
Real Art Ways Inc$1,00010%
Women for Women International$1,00010%
Womens Fund Southcoast Inc$1,00010%
Alley Cat Allies Inc$1,00010%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$1,00020%
Uncharted International Inc$1,00010%
Pandemonium Rainforest Project Inc$1,0001n/a
Henry Miller Memorial Library$1,00010%
Marion Art Center Inc$85010%
WGBH Educational Foundation$85030%
Binxs Home for Black Cats Co$8001n/a
Black Cat Rescue Inc$80011%
The New Bedford Museum of Glass Inc$70040%
Community Nurse Inc$70010%
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art$60020%
Save the Bay Inc$60040%
Arte Inc$50010%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$50020%
Labs4rescue Inc$50010%
Sassafras River Association Inc$50010%
American Schooner Association Inc$5002n/a
Greyhound Pets of America Connecticut Greyhound Adoption$50011%
Vested Interest in K9s Inc$50020%
Connecticut Audubon Society Inc$50010%
New Bedford Festival Theatre Inc$50040%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$42550%
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art$40010%
Sippican Lands Trust Inc$40030%
University of Hartford$40020%
Riverfront Recapture Inc$40020%
Ocean Conservancy$32520%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$30020%
Conservation International Foundation$30020%
Kent Association of Riding Therapy Inc$30010%
Hygienic Art Inc$30010%
Hartford Stage Company Inc$30030%
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc$30010%
Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation Inc$30010%
New England Aquarium Corporation$25010%
Elizabeth Park Conservancy Inc$20010%
Essex Art Association Incorporated$20010%
Essex Historical Society$20010%
The Friends of the Wissahickon Inc$20010%
American Friends of Combatants for Peace Inc$20010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20010%
United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc$15010%
Friends of Jack Foundation Inc$15010%
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$10010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$10010%
Aurea$10010%
The Bow Foundation$10010%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$10010%
The Buddhayana Foundation Inc$10010%
Middlesex School$10010%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$10010%
Children's Hospital Corporation$10010%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10010%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc$10010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$10010%
Amigos de las Americas$10010%
National Parks Conservation Association$7510%
Wareham Historical Society Inc$501n/a
All About Animals Rescue$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 80 recipients with no EIN on record ($203k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $26,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $23,743 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTabor Academy: $23,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOur Sisters School: $21,850 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetProvidence Country Day School: $21,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: $16,929 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOld Dartmouth Historical Society: $16,325 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPlymouth Meeting Friends School: $12,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $11,471 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marion Institute Inc: $10,450 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGreenpeace Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSippican Historical Society: $9,575 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $7,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZeiterion Theatre Inc: $7,550 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends Academy Inc: $7,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDwight Hall at Yale: $7,042 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWPKN Incorporated: $7,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetAbington Friends School: $6,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetForgotten Cats Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum Inc: $5,710 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Boating Center Inc: $4,775 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSummer Search: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGlide Memorial Church: $4,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetProject Open Hand: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBuzzards Bay Coalition: $3,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut College: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIvoryton Playhouse Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmbler Theater Inc: $3,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouthcoast Health System Inc: $3,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBarnabas International: $3,220 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDuncaster Residents Association: $3,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCenter for Carbon Removal: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArden Theatre Company: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWork to Ride Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $2,671 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Andrew's School: $2,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Dyslexia Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGrace Centers of Hope: $2,316 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBuzzards Bay Musicfest Inc: $2,300 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetServices and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc: $2,299 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for the Great Lakes: $2,280 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Marion Coa Inc: $2,200 over 1y, 3.9% 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 136.

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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.

The Ludes Family FoundationMA42.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ludes Family Foundation · Southcoast Community Foundation Inc · Bascom Charitable Foundation · The Carney Family Charitable Foundation · The Quarterdeck Foundation · Alvord Family Foundation · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Croll Foundation · Enable Hope Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · The Maurice and Anne Makepeace Family Foundation · First Citizens Charitable Foundation 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 Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002

How much does Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 give?
Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 reported 95 grants totaling $127,837 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 88 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Education (22%), Religion (12%).
Who are Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($27k), Christian Herald Association Inc ($24k), Tabor Academy ($23k).
Does Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ludes Family Foundation, Southcoast Community Foundation Inc, Bascom Charitable Foundation.
Where is Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 based?
Willow Creek Charitable Foundation U/A/D 01/11/2002 is based in MA.

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 230 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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