Illinois · Private foundation
Everett & Edith Comer 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.
- $704k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,821
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $316,419
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $704k | 86% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $28k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $27k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMI Foundation | $334,395 | 2 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc of Tarrant County | $46,216 | 3 | 0% |
| Guardianship Services Inc | $30,821 | 4 | 1% |
| The Woman's Club of Fort Worth Inc | $16,243 | 1 | 2% |
| The Fort Worth Zoological Association | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
| Prevent Blindness Texas | $15,821 | 1 | 1% |
| The Gladney Center for Adoption | $15,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Safehaven of Tarrant County | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
| The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | $15,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Fort Worth Inc | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMI Foundation | $334,395 | 2 | 1% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc of Tarrant County | $46,216 | 3 | 0% |
| Guardianship Services Inc | $30,821 | 4 | 1% |
| The Woman's Club of Fort Worth Inc | $16,243 | 1 | 2% |
| The Fort Worth Zoological Association | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
| Prevent Blindness Texas | $15,821 | 1 | 1% |
| The Gladney Center for Adoption | $15,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Safehaven of Tarrant County | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
| The Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | $15,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Fort Worth Inc | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cumberland Rest Inc | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
| AIDS Outreach Center | $15,821 | 1 | n/a |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $15,821 | 1 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Lifeline | $15,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels | $15,821 | 1 | 11% |
| Lena Pope Home Inc | $15,821 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · The Morris Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Ken W Davis Foundation · United Way of Tarrant County · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust
- How much does Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust give?
- Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust reported 22 grants totaling $703,576 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Health (13%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: VMI Foundation ($334k), Meals on Wheels Inc of Tarrant County ($46k), Guardianship Services Inc ($31k).
- Does Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Everett & Edith Comer 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 Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc, Sid W Richardson Foundation.
- Where is Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust based?
- Everett & Edith Comer Charitable Trust is based in IL.
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