The Mv Williams Foundation Inc
Oklahoma City, OK · EIN 73-1464753. Reported 128 grants totalling $797,439 to 63 recipients 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 Mv Williams Foundation Inc 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $7,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $31,250. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls Episcopal Church | Oklahoma City, OK | $96,826 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $39,063 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Casady School | Oklahoma City, OK | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colorado State University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope House Okc | Oklahoma City, OK | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Golf Association Foundation | Liberty Corner, NJ | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $30,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration | Vail, CO | $27,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Broomfield Fish | Broomfield, CO | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St John's Episcopal Church of Jackson Hole | Jackson, WY | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Action & Contemplation | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | Moose, WY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Chance to Change | Oklahoma City, OK | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colorado St University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Musical Instruments Museum | Phoenix, AZ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trout Unlimited | Arlington, VA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Medical Research Fund | Oklahoma City, OK | $14,520 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mental Health Center of Denver | Denver, CO | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wellpower | Denver, CO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Resource Council | Boothbay Harbor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dean Mcgee Eye Institute Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fly Fishers International | Livingston, MT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The YMCA | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The YMCA of Great Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| One 22 | Jackson, WY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wish You Well Foundation Inc | Reston, VA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Museum of Wildlife Art | Jackson, WY | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 5207 Western Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boothbay Region Land Trust | Boothbay Harbor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Ocean Academy | Tulsa, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jesus House | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of the Bible | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together - Lincoln County | Boothbay Harbor, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teen Recovery | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Teen Recovery Solutions | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Duvall, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allied Arts | Oklahoma City, OK | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| America's Vet Dog | Smithtown, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Vet Dog | Smithtown, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dinner With Love Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| US Golf Association | Liberty Corner, NJ | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Folds of Honor | Edmond, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northside Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Contemporary | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reeling in Recovery | Smyrna, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Okc Philharmonic | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heritage Hall | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Last Frontier Council | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma Hall of Fame | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Paul's Cathedral | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teem | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation | Norman, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Infant Crisis Services | Oklahoma City, OK | $780 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westminister Presbyterian Church | Oklahoma City, OK | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
29 of 63 (46%) 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 66%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $173,500 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 38 | $205,780 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $218,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $199,659 | $5,000 |
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 Oklahoma. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oklahoma.
- 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 Mv Williams Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 720 Nw 50TH 101, Oklahoma City, OK, 73118. 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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