· Private foundation
Pamela and Wayne Garrison Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
- $250k+3 grants · $2.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM | $1,136,175 |
| PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY | $545,000 |
| BIG HORN BASEBALL CLUB | $375,000 |
| PALM BEACH POLICE & FIRE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC | $25,000 |
| BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| SUFFIELD ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| KIDS DREAMS | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 100% of Pamela and Wayne Garrison Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 3% of the giving stays in WY; by stated purpose, 0%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +58% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $380k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PBPALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC7× · 2019–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +100%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC8× · 2018–2025 · $125k · revenue +127%
- CRCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2019 · $115k · revenue +67%
Funded once
- CBCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Incgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $109k · revenue +79%
- SCSHERIDAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $65k · revenue -7%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $25k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.
Our mission is to grow the sport of pro rodeo, positively impact our communities, and provide an exceptional experience for our members, fans, and sponsors. continued, see schedule o.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.
To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The mission of royal palm academy is to partner with families to provide an education of rich academics with catholic formation. we teach the mind, educate the heart, and form the character of tomorrow's leaders.
The physical therapy fund provides research and educational support for physical therapy.
To create beautiful running events that promote health and benefit our community.
The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…
The vision of the csfc is to partner with the fire service and supplier partners across the state of colorado in their efforts to protect all of colorado's life and property from fire and other disasters. it is a dynamic organization,…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds BIG HORN BASEBALL CLUB ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc ↗
- Who funds SUFFIELD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Kids Dreams Inc ↗
- Who funds The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds SHERIDAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE 52ND STREET PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds BIG HORN EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Polo Players Support Group Inc ↗
- Who funds POLO TRAINING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHERIDAN COUNTY RODEO ↗
- Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds LEEDS FOUNDATION PBC INC ↗
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: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pamela and Wayne Garrison Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pamela and Wayne Garrison Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
- Palm Beach Day Academy Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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