Illinois · Private foundation
Garm Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $95k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2026
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 8
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 7% of the organizations Garm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 18 | $95k | 17% |
| FY2025 | 15 | $84k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $74k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $66k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $55k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities | $39,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Connecticut College | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $34,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor | $30,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Guadalupe Center Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Valerie's House Inc | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Krempels Brain Injury Center | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chinese Family Camp Inc | $12,312 | 2 | 11% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities | $39,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Connecticut College | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $34,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor | $30,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Guadalupe Center Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Valerie's House Inc | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Krempels Brain Injury Center | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chinese Family Camp Inc | $12,312 | 2 | 11% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Garm Foundation 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: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Garm Foundation
- How much does Garm Foundation give?
- Garm Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $94,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Garm Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Youth Development (24%), Education (14%).
- Who are Garm Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Catholic Charities ($39k), Connecticut College ($35k), President and Trustees of Bates College ($34k).
- Does Garm Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Garm Foundation 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 Garm Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Garm Foundation based?
- Garm Foundation is based in IL.
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