Texas · Private foundation
J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $434k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $154,890
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 10 | $434k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $64k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $105k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $63k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $66k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $113k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $112k | 71% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Texas State Historical Association | $299,390 | 7 | 3% |
| Bryan Educational Institute | $125,750 | 2 | 0% |
| St Stephens Episcopal School | $100,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Alpine Christian School | $97,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Lone Star Coastal Alliance | $50,000 | 1 | 30% |
| O Connell High School Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Better Parks for Galveston | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berachah Church | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Texas A&M University | $13,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Galveston Arts Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Texas State Historical Association | $299,390 | 7 | 3% |
| Bryan Educational Institute | $125,750 | 2 | 0% |
| St Stephens Episcopal School | $100,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Alpine Christian School | $97,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Lone Star Coastal Alliance | $50,000 | 1 | 30% |
| O Connell High School Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Better Parks for Galveston | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berachah Church | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Texas A&M University | $13,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Galveston Arts Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern Stairs | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of El Paso Pastoral Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lone Star College System | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Artist Boat Inc | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Companions Humane Society | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rhodes College | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Night Heron Media | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Borderlands Research Institute | $4,131 | 1 | n/a |
| Midland College | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Ruidosa Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chosen People Ministries Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Olive Tree Ministries | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Proclaiming the Gospel | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Thru The Bible Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Ravi Zacharias International Ministries | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Radio Church of the Air | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Fixed Point Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossexaminedorg | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Finally Home | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Grace World Missions Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Koinonia House Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| CS Lewis Institute | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Ministries Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($251k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Ippolito Charitable Foundation of Galveston · Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc · Permian Basin Area Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation
- How much does J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation give?
- J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $433,640 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Education (33%), Religion (9%).
- Who are J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Texas State Historical Association ($299k), Bryan Educational Institute ($126k), St Stephens Episcopal School ($100k).
- Does J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Ippolito Charitable Foundation of Galveston, Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc.
- Where is J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation based?
- J P & Mary Jon Bryan Foundation is based in TX.
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