Massachusetts · Private foundation
Seymour and Katherine Garay 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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 21
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $541k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 16 | $44k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $42k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $55k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $27k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $39k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $37k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seton Hall University | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boca Helping Hands Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Gateway Community Outreach Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Mission of Deeds Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women & Family Life Center Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Guilford Free Library | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dog Days Adoption Events Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| AARP Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Services | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| South Florida Pbs Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seton Hall University | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boca Helping Hands Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Gateway Community Outreach Inc | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Mission of Deeds Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women & Family Life Center Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Guilford Free Library | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dog Days Adoption Events Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| AARP Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Services | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| South Florida Pbs Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Partnership With Children Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Shrine | $2,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Adopt-A-Classroom Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Broward County Inc | $1,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| VNA Community Healthcare Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Guilford Art Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| From The Heart Productions | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Gulf Gate Library Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Seymour and Katherine Garay 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.
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How this is measured
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About Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation
- How much does Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation give?
- Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $44,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Human Services (33%), Education (13%).
- Who are Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Seton Hall University ($30k), Boca Helping Hands Inc ($6k), Gateway Community Outreach Inc ($6k).
- Does Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Seymour and Katherine Garay 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 Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation based?
- Seymour and Katherine Garay Foundation is based in MA.
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