Kentucky · Nonprofit
WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC
WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,483,406 to it, the largest being PRITZKER MILITARY FOUNDATION ($498,150). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $550k
What Woody Williams Foundation Inc does
Mission
To honor, recognize, and serve gold star families and the legacy of their loved ones who have paid the ultimate sacrifice by pursuing three focused programs: gold star families memorial monuments, outreach and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The foundation has temporarily suspended its educational scholarship program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Gold star families memorial monuments(gsfmms):gsfmms provide permanent, public places of honor and remembrance for gold star families and their loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice. Each monument demonstrates a community's commitment to recognizing gold star families while preserving the legacy and sacrifice of our nation's fallen service members. Monument locations serve as community centers for continued remembrance, education, outreach, and engagement, bringing together gold star families, veterans, community organizations, volunteers, and the public. 2025 program accomplishments: 12 new monuments were dedicated, bringing the total number of completed monuments to 153, with an additional 44 in progress. The gsfmm now program spans all 50 states and one u.s. Territory (guam).
$797,993 spentof which $750 as grants89% of program spendingCommunity outreach: this program creates meaningful opportunities for gold star families (gsf) to gather, honor and remember their loved ones, and build lasting connections. In partnership with community orgs,veterans groups, businesses, and others,we provide a variety of opportunities to honor and recognize gsf while increasing public awareness of their sacrifice. Events are held nationwide, including in communities connected to gold star families memorial monuments. This strengthens community support, provides opportunities for fellowship and remembrance, and engages the public in the mission. In 2025, we held 54 events, a 15% increase over 2024. We expanded into seven new locations, reached over 161,000 individuals and directly served more than 5,000 gold star family members.
$98,018 spent11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $896,011.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $852k to $1.2M (+44%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 3% · 2021 11% · 2022 8% · 2023 8% · 2024 21% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dan Haddix
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 21 funders, grant income rose $30k → $298k.
16 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
35% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 79% · 2019 70% · 2020 50% · 2021 33% · 2022 28% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
26% of WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 26% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 29 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $311k arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 497 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC?
- WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,483,406 to it, the largest being PRITZKER MILITARY FOUNDATION ($498,150). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $1,483,406 in grants to WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC?
- PRITZKER MILITARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $498,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 66 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing