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Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$68k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
46%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$42,045
Organizations funded a year
3 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 46% of the organizations Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving30$68k27%
FY202426$61k46%
FY202323$80k30%
FY202223$68k43%
FY202132$77k50%
FY202015$59k20%
FY201928$63k89%
FY20183$9k100%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$416kEducation$16kHuman Services$10kArts & Culture$7kPhilanthropy$5kInternational$4kHealth$4kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc$50,00080%
Presbyterian Home for Children$5,75070%
Princeton Theological Seminary$4,5007n/a
The Harpeth Hall School$3,50070%
The McCallie School$3,50070%
Vanderbilt University$2,80060%
The Arc San Francisco$2,00040%
Young Life$2,00030%
McWane Science Center$1,80060%
New Covenant Legal Services$1,80050%
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All grantees of Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc$50,00080%
Presbyterian Home for Children$5,75070%
Princeton Theological Seminary$4,5007n/a
The Harpeth Hall School$3,50070%
The McCallie School$3,50070%
Vanderbilt University$2,80060%
The Arc San Francisco$2,00040%
Young Life$2,00030%
McWane Science Center$1,80060%
New Covenant Legal Services$1,80050%
Haiti Education Foundation Inc$1,75030%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$1,75030%
Studio by the Tracks Inc$1,45020%
Development in Gardening$1,00030%
Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship$1,00010%
Sav-A-Life Inc$1,00030%
The Rotary Club of Birmingham Inc$1,00010%
Columbia Theological Seminary$9003n/a
Corner To Corner$75010%
Nashville Diaper Connection$75010%
The Dollywood Foundation$75020%
Family Promise of Birmingham Inc$75020%
Uptown Columbus Inc$53010%
Alabama Holocaust Education Center$50020%
St Paul Christian Academy$5001n/a
Thomasville Healthcare Foundation$5001n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc$50010%
Refuge Foundation$5001n/a
Ferst Readers Inc$50010%
Foundation for Reformed Theology$50020%
United Through Reading$50010%
United Way of Central Alabama Inc$50010%
Daystar Counseling Ministries Inc$50010%
Theology Matters Inc$50020%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$50010%
The Coalition for the Homeless Inc$5001n/a
Christ Presbyterian Church Inc$5001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5001n/a
Collegiate School of Memphis$50010%
First Book$50010%
The Justice Foundation$25010%
Coalition On Homelessness$25010%
Dolphin Aquatics Dba Nashville Dolphins$25010%
Stair of Birmingham$25010%
Living the Faith Ministry$25010%
Inspero Inc$25010%
Center for Action and Contemplation$10010%
Encaustic Art Institute$10010%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($385k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOutreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc: $50,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPresbyterian Home for Children: $5,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Harpeth Hall School: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe McCallie School: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc San Francisco: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMcWane Science Center: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew Covenant Legal Services: $1,800 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHaiti Education Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCaptains for Clean Water Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStudio by the Tracks Inc: $1,450 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDevelopment in Gardening: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPresbyterian Frontier Fellowship: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSav-A-Life Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rotary Club of Birmingham Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCorner To Corner: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Diaper Connection: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dollywood Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Birmingham Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUptown Columbus Inc: $530 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlabama Holocaust Education Center: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFerst Readers Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Reformed Theology: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Through Reading: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Central Alabama Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDaystar Counseling Ministries Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTheology Matters Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollegiate School of Memphis: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Book: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Justice Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition On Homelessness: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDolphin Aquatics Dba Nashville Dolphins: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStair of Birmingham: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving the Faith Ministry: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInspero Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Action and Contemplation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEncaustic Art Institute: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Orlean & Ralph W Beeson FundAL17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Hackney Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust

How much does Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust give?
Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust reported 30 grants totaling $67,925 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (85%), Education (3%), Human Services (2%).
Who are Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc ($50k), Presbyterian Home for Children ($6k), Princeton Theological Seminary ($5k).
Does Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Christian Community Foundation of Memphis.
Where is Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust based?
Edwin P and Marie H Gray Charitable Trust is based in AL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 85 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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