Kansas · Private foundation
James W Garvey Family 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.
- $819k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $500k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 37 | $819k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 38 | $112k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $123k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $70k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $236k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $219k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $173k | 16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent School Inc | $824,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Moms Against Fluoridation Dba National Clean Water Alliance | $131,500 | 4 | 49% |
| Wichita Swim Club | $104,500 | 9 | 10% |
| Kansas Policy Institute | $95,980 | 9 | 1% |
| The Independent Institute | $57,000 | 9 | 0% |
| We Treat Kids Right | $46,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Friends University | $39,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Wichita Children's Home | $24,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Principia Corporation | $19,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Foundation for Economic Education Inc | $19,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($359k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 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: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Annie Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Garvey Kansas Foundation · Wichita Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · The Walser Foundation · Ima Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Plains Inc · Mosby Lincoln Foundation
How this is measured
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About James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust
- How much does James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust give?
- James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust reported 37 grants totaling $818,648 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Environment (11%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Independent School Inc ($824k), Moms Against Fluoridation Dba National Clean Water Alliance ($132k), Wichita Swim Club ($105k).
- Does James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James W Garvey Family 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 James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353, Annie Foundation, Berry Foundation Inc.
- Where is James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust based?
- James W Garvey Family Charitable Trust is based in KS.
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