Bancker-Williams Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Bancker-Williams Foundation funds broadly in a wide variety of fields, such as reproductive health, environmental sustainability, renewable energy, climate change, animals, environmental conservation, education and global development.
IP TAKE: This is not a big grantmaker, but it seems to make multi-year grants to support local and grassroots outfits. Grants tend to prioritize the Georgia area, as well as some global work. It’s quiet about its grant strategies, preferring to seek its own grantees rather than accept proposals. This is a tough nut to crack, but reach out to learn more about how this funder makes grants so you can better access how to get on its radar.
PROFILE: The Atlanta-based Bancker-Williams Foundation was established in 1989. It is a small organization that keeps a low profile, without a web presence or formal program staff. According to recent tax filings, the foundation awards about 20 to 30 grants in a year. It does not have any specific areas of grantmaking focus, but tax filings suggest a primary focus on global health and human services, climate change, and wildlife conservation.
Grants for Global Health and Development
The foundation makes global health and development grants to groups that work with disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in developing countries. Recent Bancker-Williams funding supported projects in population and reproductive health, microcredit programs for women, and efforts to deliver medical supplies to needy populations worldwide. Grantees include MedShare International, Hesperian Health Guides, and Population Media Center.
Grants for Climate Change and Environmental Conservation
The foundation does not name specific grantmaking priorities, but broadly funds organizations and projects related to climate change, clean energy, sustainability, biodiversity, and wildlife conservation. Past climate change grantees include the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, which received funding in support of its clean solar, water, and transportation programs; and Citizens Climate Education Corporation, which received a grant for its public education programs on climate change. Other grantees include IDEAS, Global Greengrants Fund, and St. Simons Land Trust.
Grants for Animals and Wildlife
In its environmental giving, Bancker-Williams seems to prioritize groups whose work concerns biodiversity, wildlife conservation, and animal rights. Past grantees include International Animal Rescue, which received funding for its tropical forest patrol programs for the protection of monkeys, gharials, and storm’s storks; and Second Chance Pet Adoptions, which was awarded a grant for its responsible pet ownership and adoption program in North Carolina.
Important Grant Details:
Small outfit that it is, grants are modest, generally $2,000 to $15,000. On rare occasions, it makes grants between $20,000 and $30,000. The Bancker-Williams Foundation has no web presence and does not accept unsolicited requests for funding.
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CONTACT:
The Bancker-Williams Foundation
c/o Thomas Oastler
130 Riverwood Place
Atlanta, Georgia 30327
(678) 538-2031
