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Ronald A and Patricia M Williams Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Wyoming, Michigan · EIN 383382931

Ronald A and Patricia M Williams Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Wyoming, Michigan. In tax year 2025 it gave $86,000 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $48,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $91,500 the year before.

36% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$116,5009$1.2 million
2024$91,5008$1.3 million
2025$86,00011$1.3 million

How to apply

ContactRonald A Williams
1657 Gezon Parkway SW Suite C, Wyoming, MI 49519
Phone or email(616) 261-2800
What to submitApplications may be written or verbal and should state the amount requested and proposed use of funds.
RestrictionsGrants are made to other charitable non-profit organizations.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ronald A and Patricia M Williams Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Michigan.

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan10$81,000
Maryland1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
St Roberts of Newminster
Ada, MI
Charitable contribution$48,000
Dominican Sisters
Grand Rapids, MI
Charitable contribution$5,000
Salvation Army
Grand Rapids, MI
Charitable contribution$5,000
Vibrant Futures
Grand Rapids, MI
Charitable contribution$5,000
Young Life Greater GR
Grand Rapids, MI
Charitable contribution$5,000
Catholic Relief Services
Baltimore, MD
Charitable contribution$5,000
Catholic Foundation of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Charitable contribution$5,000
Covenant House
Grand Rapids, MI
Charitable contribution$3,000
Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, MI
Charitable contribution$2,000
Haiti Nursing Foundation
Ann Arbor, MI
Charitable contribution$2,000
The Becafe
Ada, MI
Charitable contribution$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ronald A and Patricia M Williams Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Ronald A and Patricia M Williams Charitable Foundation give?

$86,000 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Ronald A and Patricia M Williams Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Ronald A Williams (President), Patricia M Williams (Sec/Treas) and Rachel Kaiserlian (Director).

What does Ronald A and Patricia M Williams Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and human services.

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