Washington · Private foundation
Mary Garner Esary Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $143k
- Granted FY2021
- 47
- Grants FY2021
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Mary Garner Esary Trust’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Blue Mountain Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Mary Garner Esary Trust named its own grantees at scale: 28 organizations, $143k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $17,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 17% of the organizations Mary Garner Esary Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 41 | $143k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $126k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $140k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $140k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $132k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walla Walla Community College Foundation | $55,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm | $33,325 | 8 | 0% |
| Blue Mountain Action Council | $32,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trilogy Recovery Community | $27,000 | 8 | 1% |
| City of Walla Walla | $26,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Christian Aid Center | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Fort Walla Walla Museum Walla Walla Valley Historical Society | $24,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Community Council | $24,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Friends of Children of Walla Walla | $19,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Walla Walla Symphony Society Inc | $18,100 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($486k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary Garner Esary Trust 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: Blue Mountain Community Foundation · Clara and Art Bald Trust · Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield · Sherwood Trust · Yancey P Winans Testamentary Trust · George T Welch Testamentary Trust · Bonnie & Clifford Braden Foundation · United Way of the Blue Mountains · The Sunny Day Charitable Foundation · Wells Charitable Trust · Artsfund · Cape Flattery Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mary Garner Esary Trust
- How much does Mary Garner Esary Trust give?
- Mary Garner Esary Trust reported 47 grants totaling $143,015 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Mary Garner Esary Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Education (10%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Mary Garner Esary Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Walla Walla Community College Foundation ($56k), Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm ($33k), Blue Mountain Action Council ($32k).
- Does Mary Garner Esary Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mary Garner Esary Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mary Garner Esary Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Mountain Community Foundation, Clara and Art Bald Trust, Estate of Joseph L Stubblefield.
- Where is Mary Garner Esary Trust based?
- Mary Garner Esary Trust is based in WA.
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