Texas · Private foundation
John and Deborah Gillis 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.
- $386k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,474
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,598
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 47
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations John and Deborah Gillis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k 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 | 48 | $386k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $214k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $405k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $418k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $336k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $228k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Junior College | $54,227 | 2 | n/a |
| Southern Methodist University | $37,379 | 4 | 0% |
| College of the Ozarks | $32,074 | 4 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $31,313 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Christian University | $25,501 | 2 | 0% |
| Ouachita Baptist University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas at Tyler | $12,161 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | $11,265 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $6,890 | 1 | 0% |
| Amazon Com Inc | $6,764 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Junior College | $54,227 | 2 | n/a |
| Southern Methodist University | $37,379 | 4 | 0% |
| College of the Ozarks | $32,074 | 4 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $31,313 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Christian University | $25,501 | 2 | 0% |
| Ouachita Baptist University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Texas at Tyler | $12,161 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | $11,265 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $6,890 | 1 | 0% |
| Amazon Com Inc | $6,764 | 5 | n/a |
| Apple Inc | $4,038 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Parker University | $1,444 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Nazarene University | $178 | 1 | 0% |
| Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Inc | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Education Agency | $119 | 1 | n/a |
| Gofundmeorg | $105 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $33 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 118 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Deborah Gillis 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: Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare John and Deborah Gillis Foundation with peer funders
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About John and Deborah Gillis Foundation
- How much does John and Deborah Gillis Foundation give?
- John and Deborah Gillis Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $385,883 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 47 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does John and Deborah Gillis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (88%), Housing & Shelter (5%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are John and Deborah Gillis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Tyler Junior College ($54k), Southern Methodist University ($37k), College of the Ozarks ($32k).
- Does John and Deborah Gillis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Deborah Gillis 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 John and Deborah Gillis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Folds of Honor Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is John and Deborah Gillis Foundation based?
- John and Deborah Gillis Foundation is based in TX.
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