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Williams Family Charitable Foundation

Name: Williams Family Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

99
grants reported: $310,300
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,800
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Institute for Nonviolence Chicago3 grants · $20,000
Open Books Ltd3 grants · $15,000
Evans Scholars Foundation3 grants · $15,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $15,000
Latin School of Chicago3 grants · $15,000
Joliet Junior College Foundation3 grants · $13,000
The Bloc3 grants · $12,500
After School Matters3 grants · $12,000
Big Shoulders Fund3 grants · $12,000
Environmental Defense Fund Incorpor3 grants · $12,000

Giving over time

$92,800

2022

$116,000

2023

$101,500

2024

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

$7,500
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$7,500
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2023
General charitable purposes
$6,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$6,000
Catholic Charities-Chicago Archdioc · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Joliet Junior College Foundation · Joliet, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
University District Service League · Seattle, WA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Washington Womens Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Compass Housing Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fu · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Joliet Junior College Foundation · Joliet, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
University District Service League · Seattle, WA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Washington Womens Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Ballard Food Bank · Seattle, WA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
El Paso Community Foundation · El Paso, TX · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Latin School of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Sit Stay Read · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$4,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Environmental Defense Fund Incorpor · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fu · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$4,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Environmental Defense Fund Incorpor · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
General charitable purposes
$4,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Environmental Defense Fund Incorpor · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Stony Island Equestrian Center · Crete, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Catholic Charities-Chicago Archdioc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Oaken Acres Wildlilfe Refuge and Re · Sycamore, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Traveling Tails Dog Rescue · Palos Heights, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Depauw University · Greencastle, IN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Joliet Junior College Foundation · Joliet, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,800
Traveling Tails Dog Rescue · Palos Park, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Chief Seattle Club · Seattle, WA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Compass Housing Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Friends of the Children Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Oaken Acres Wildlilfe Refuge and Re · Sycamore, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
Refugeeone · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,500
The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Ballard Food Bank · Seattle, WA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Conservation Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Depauw University · Greencastle, IN · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Mary'S Place Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Northwest African American Museum I · Seattle, WA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Ballard Food Bank · Seattle, WA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Francis W Parker School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Mary'S Place Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Northwest African American Museum I · Seattle, WA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Oaken Acres Wildlilfe Refuge and Re · Sycamore, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Outdoors for All Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Surge for Water · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
University of Chicago Booth Bus Sch · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Mary'S Place Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$2,000
Surge for Water · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,500
Northwest African American Museum I · Seattle, WA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$1,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2024
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Culver Academy · Culver, IN · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Dusable Museum of African American · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
El Paso Community Foundation · El Paso, TX · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Traveling Tails Dog Rescue · Palos Heights, IL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Dusable Museum of African American · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Leap Learning Systems · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Misericordia Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.