Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Parker Carson 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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Parker Carson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 21 | $169k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $158k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $155k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $113k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $114k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $116k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $111k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $110k | 26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sabot School Inc | $145,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance | $73,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Montessori de Terra Linda | $70,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Earthjustice | $53,000 | 9 | 0% |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | $48,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fauquier Free Clinic Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | $23,500 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($273k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Parker Carson Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Community Foundation Inc · The William and Mary Greve Foundation Inc · Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Jesse and Rose Loeb Foundation Inc · Robins Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Fhi Services · Tesco Foundation
How this is measured
About Parker Carson Foundation
- How much does Parker Carson Foundation give?
- Parker Carson Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $170,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Parker Carson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Environment (25%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Parker Carson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Sabot School Inc ($145k), Southern Environmental Law Center ($90k), Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc ($75k).
- Does Parker Carson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Parker Carson 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 Parker Carson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, The William and Mary Greve Foundation Inc, Northern Piedmont Community Foundation.
- Where is Parker Carson Foundation based?
- Parker Carson Foundation is based in PA.
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