The Williams Family Foundation
Falls Church, VA · EIN 54-1861951. Reported 210 grants totalling $1,163,000 to 60 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Williams Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $6,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Va Primitive Baptist Churc | Fairfax, VA | $72,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alexander Tharpe Fund | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Primitive Baptist Foundation Inc | Roswell, GA | $47,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food for Others | Fairfax, VA | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Lamb Center | Fairfax, VA | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Discipling Ministries International | Culloden, GA | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Liver Foundation | West Orange, NJ | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Organization for Autism Research | Arlington, VA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Team Rubicon | El Sgundo, CA | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Fairfax County | Fairfax, VA | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nova FCA Baseball | Vienna, VA | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Nationals Philanthropies | Washington, DC | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The V Foundation | Cary, NC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vienna Little League | Vienna, VA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Committee for Helping Others | Vienna, VA | $19,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vienna Baseball Foundation Inc | Vienna, VA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlin | Arlington, VA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doorways for Women and Familes | Arlington, VA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Herren Project | Portsmouth, RI | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Oak Ranch | Gadsden, AL | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Independent Baptist Mission for Asi | Marietta, OH | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ovarian Cancer Institute | Atlanta, GA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cardinal Gibbons High School | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Good Council Catholic | Vienna, VA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advocates International | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Figure Skating in Harlem | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | Rockville Centre, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leveling the Playing Field | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trinity Christian School | Fairfax, VA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Upstate Foundation | Syracuse, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Five Talents USA | Vienna, VA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University Lombardi Ccc | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gvbr-FCA Babe Ruth Baseball | Vienna, VA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church | Statesboro, GA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation | Hagerstown, MD | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vienna Volunteer Fire Department | Vienna, VA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cen Va | Lynchburg, VA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Capital Life Church | Arlington, VA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| John Hopkins University of Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vienna Youth Inc | Vienna, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baptist Bible Hour | Cincinnati, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Westminster Christian Fellowship | Atlanta, GA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lombardi Patient Assistance Fund | Brookfield, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Praespero Group | Midlothian, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Port Chester, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moneta Rescue Squad | Moneta, VA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mt Olive Primitive Baptist Church | Roanoke, VA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smith Mountain Lake Marine Fire | Hardy, VA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Scholastica Priory | Petersham, MA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waymark Ministries | Thomaston, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charles Carrin Ministries Inc | Boynton Beach, FL | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
54 of 60 (90%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 96%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Primitive Baptist Foundation Inc
HAITI MISSION WORK & LIBRARY ARCHIVE - American Cancer Society
CANCER RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SUPPORT - Food for Others
GROCERIES FOR FOOD INSECURE FAMILIES - The Lamb Center
COUNSELING CENTER OUTREACH MINISTRY - Team Rubicon
NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF & RESPONSE - American Liver Foundation
PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS RES.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 110 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | $223,600 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 53 | $301,400 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 54 | $327,000 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $311,000 | $4,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 32% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Williams Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2789 Hartland Road, Falls Church, VA, 22043. 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.
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