Illinois · Private foundation
James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr
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.
- $192k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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 | 14 | $192k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $192k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $108k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $296k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $125k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $457k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $352k | 34% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $251k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield Community Church | $180,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc | $171,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | $142,950 | 3 | 0% |
| Brain Research Foundation | $103,500 | 4 | 5% |
| Crc Recovery Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Northfield Parks Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northfield Township Food Pantry | $42,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Mill Dog Rescue | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Inter-Mountain Humane Society | $31,500 | 7 | 2% |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Souder Family Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Josephine P & John J Louis Foundation Inc · Stearns Family Charitable Fund · The Nalen Foundation · W L Lyons Brown Jr Charitable Foundation · The Gorter Family Foundation · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr
- How much does James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr give?
- James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr reported 14 grants totaling $192,255 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (43%), Education (28%), Religion (8%).
- Who are James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northfield Community Church ($180k), Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc ($171k), Evans Scholars Foundation ($143k).
- Does James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr 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 James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Souder Family Foundation, Baxter International Foundation.
- Where is James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr based?
- James L Garard Jr Charitable Tr is based in IL.
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