Illinois · Private foundation
George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation
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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $355k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 20 | $25k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $24k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $19k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $23k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $21k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $17k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $15k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $16k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dupage Pads Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Living Hope for Children | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Glen Ellyn Childrens Resource Center | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $6,750 | 8 | n/a |
| Glen Ellyn Food Pantry | $5,075 | 7 | 0% |
| Center for Conflict Resolution | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeast Dupage Family and Youth Services Inc | $3,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Mens Educational Network | $3,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Old St Patricks Church | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Partnrshp for Educational Progress | $2,750 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George Marquis Travers Jr 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: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Dupage Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation
- How much does George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation give?
- George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $25,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Religion (10%), Health (7%).
- Who are George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dupage Pads Inc ($9k), Living Hope for Children ($8k), Glen Ellyn Childrens Resource Center ($8k).
- Does George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George Marquis Travers Jr 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 George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, The Dupage Community Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation based?
- George Marquis Travers Jr Foundation is based in IL.
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