Texas · Private foundation
Mary W Covey 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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Mary W Covey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | 9 | $87k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $83k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $83k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $92k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $79k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $59k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham Hall | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc | $93,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Methodist Home of the South Georgia Conference Inc | $69,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Atlanta Fulton County Zoo Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for Hospital Art Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Must Ministries Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Georgia Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham Hall | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc | $93,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Methodist Home of the South Georgia Conference Inc | $69,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Atlanta Fulton County Zoo Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation for Hospital Art Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Must Ministries Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rescue Mission of Middle Georgia Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Georgia Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kidz2leaders Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary W Covey 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: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Clark and Ruby Baker Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Mary W Covey Foundation
- How much does Mary W Covey Foundation give?
- Mary W Covey Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $87,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Mary W Covey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Education (26%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Mary W Covey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chatham Hall ($105k), Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc ($93k), Methodist Home of the South Georgia Conference Inc ($70k).
- Does Mary W Covey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mary W Covey 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 Mary W Covey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Clark and Ruby Baker Foundation.
- Where is Mary W Covey Foundation based?
- Mary W Covey Foundation is based in TX.
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