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John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024

Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-6024153. Reported 95 grants totalling $1,976,596 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$17,000median grant
$1,976,596granted, 2021-2025
50recipients, as named on its returns
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$9,815,771assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $17,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $14,110 and $25,000; the smallest was $3,500 and the largest $64,508. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
4 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
63 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
20 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Salvation ArmyWeirton, WV$173,938552025
Ohio Valley Health CenterSteubenville, OH$160,307552025
Starvaggi Memorial Park CivicWeirton, WV$120,565222024
Weirton Christian CenterWeirton, WV$119,971552025
West Virginia Northern CommunityWheeling, WV$99,794552025
Coleman Professional Services IncKent, OH$90,000552025
Jefferson County Animal Welfare LeagueSteubenville, OH$67,823332023
Ohio Valley Youth NetworkSteubenville, OH$66,564332025
Eastern Gateway Community CollegeSteubenville, OH$58,367222022
Change IncorporatedWeirton, WV$58,000332024
Hancock County Sheltered WorkshopWeirton, WV$57,500112023
Prime Time Office on AgingSteubenville, OH$55,000222023
Catholic Charities West VirginiaWheeling, WV$52,500332023
City of Weirton Board of ParksWeirton, WV$50,000112021
Wier High SchoolWeirton, WV$50,000112022
Youth Services System IncWheeling, WV$40,873332025
Urban Mission MinistriesSteubenville, OH$35,000112021
Tri-State United SoccerWeirton, WV$34,650112021
Blue Stream FarmsWeirton, WV$34,421332025
United Way of Jefferson CountySteubenville, OH$33,500332025
Crittenton Foundation IncWheeling, WV$31,701222025
City of SteubenvilleSteubenville, OH$31,292222025
Smithfield Evangelical FriendsSmithfield, OH$30,967222024
Hancock County Humane Foundation IncNew Cumberlnd, WV$30,000222025
A Caring Place Child Advocacy CenterSteubenville, OH$27,000222025
Hilltop Childrens HouseSteubenville, OH$25,000112022
Jefferson County Amimal WelfareWintersville, OH$25,000112025
The Steubenville Cultural TrustSteubenville, OH$25,000222025
Brooke Hancock Family Resource NetworkWeirton, WV$24,400222025
St Paul SchoolProvidence, NH$24,309222025
Office of Social MinistryColumbus, OH$20,000112025
Franciscan University of SteubenvilleSteubenville, OH$19,662112024
Aim Womens CenterSteubenville, OH$16,733112025
Public Library of SteubenvilleSteubenville, OH$15,500112023
American Red CrossWashington, DC$15,000112025
City of Steubenville - Bellview ParkSteubenville, OH$15,000112023
Vagabond MissionsPittsburgh, PA$15,000112025
Weirton Baseball BoostersWeirton, WV$15,000112025
National Council of Young Mens ChristianChicago, IL$14,110112025
Daughters of Holy Mary of the Heart of JesusSteubenville, OH$13,095112022
Valley Hospice IncRayland, OH$12,654112021
Catholic CharitiesPittsburgh, PA$10,400112025
A Child's Place CASA LtdFollansbee, WV$10,300112025
Dirty Vagabond MinistriesPittsburgh, PA$10,000112021
Steubenville Catholic Central High SchoolSteubenville, OH$10,000112021
The Harmonium ProjectSteubenville, OH$10,000112023
Mary H Weir Public LibraryWeirton, WV$7,000112022
Hannah's House of GraceSteubenville, OH$5,200112023
A Childs Place CASA LtdFollansbee, WV$5,000112022
Rise Community Youth GroupHightstown, NJ$3,500112023

23 of 50 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 54 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
9 grants
Youth Development
8 grants
Mental Health
5 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Employment
4 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202119$374,131$16,823
202216$428,137$22,500
202318$376,334$16,733
202417$368,308$19,662
202525$429,686$15,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

51% of its giving went to organizations in West Virginia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

West Virginia
$1.0M
Ohio
$869K
Pennsylvania
$35K
New Hampshire
$24K
District of Columbia
$15K
Illinois
$14K
New Jersey
$4K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Hancock County Savings Charitable13 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation for the Ohio Valley12 shared recipientsCharles M Pugliese and Thelma M11 shared recipientsEsther N Simmons Charitable Trust11 shared recipientsRobert H Reakirt Fdn Equities10 shared recipientsStarvaggi Charities Inc9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $17,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in West Virginia.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 25-6024153 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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