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The Graymer Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$716k
Granted FY2023
35
Grants FY2023
35
Organizations funded FY2023
3%
First-time grantees FY2023
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72% of The Graymer Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Indian River Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 23 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Graymer Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 23 organizations, $716k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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24
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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2023
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 47
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
13
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 3% of the organizations The Graymer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
EducationReligionFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202335$716k3%
FY202240$760k15%
FY202139$630k18%
FY202047$559kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$16MEducation$1.2MEnvironment$672kHealth$522kAnimals$164kHuman Services$159kFood & Nutrition$157kRecreation & Sports$134kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OH
PA
NJ
CO
KY
WV
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of The Graymer Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Graymer Phoenix Foundation Inc$4,081,3861n/a
Wildlands Conservancy Inc$264,50052%
The Land Conservancy of New Jersey$262,50052%
Davis & Elkins College$234,00050%
The Hillside School$225,00034%
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center$182,50050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$115,00050%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$113,25040%
Elizabethtown College$97,80050%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$85,00051%
Indian River Land Trust Inc$76,50051%
Environmental Learning Center Inc$63,00053%
Flagler College Inc$61,50050%
Gifford Youth Achievement Center Inc$60,00051%
Friends of Lansford Recreation Inc$52,0002n/a
Indian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc$52,00050%
Shining Light Garden Foundation Inc$50,00057%
Step Forward Scholarship Fund Inc$50,00039%
Old Friends Inc$47,50050%
Panther Valley Public Library$44,0005n/a
Samaritan's Purse$43,25030%
The Peddie School$39,50040%
Feeding America$30,00030%
The Swain School$23,00020%
Interfaith Food Pantry Inc$22,50050%
Nourishnj Inc$22,50050%
Lansford Historical Society$22,0002n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$17,50020%
Cornerstone Family Programs$17,00010%
The Greater Morristown YMCA Inc$10,00010%
Bucknell University$10,00010%
Community Church of Vero Beach$10,0001n/a
Panther Creek Valley Foundation Inc$7,00014%
Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc$5,00010%
Smile Train Inc$5,00010%
The Seeing Eye Inc$5,00010%
Riverside Theatre Inc$5,00010%
McKee Botanical Garden Inc$5,0001n/a
The John's Island Foundation Inc$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($928k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Graymer Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWildlands Conservancy Inc: $264,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetThe Land Conservancy of New Jersey: $262,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetDavis & Elkins College: $234,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Hillside School: $225,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $182,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $113,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetElizabethtown College: $97,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPuppies Behind Bars Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetIndian River Land Trust Inc: $76,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetEnvironmental Learning Center Inc: $63,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetFlagler College Inc: $61,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGifford Youth Achievement Center Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetIndian River County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $52,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetShining Light Garden Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetStep Forward Scholarship Fund Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetOld Friends Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $43,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Peddie School: $39,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Swain School: $23,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetInterfaith Food Pantry Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNourishnj Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone Family Programs: $17,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Greater Morristown YMCA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBucknell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPanther Creek Valley Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetVero Beach Museum of Art Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiverside Theatre Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe John's Island Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995FL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995 · Bernard a Egan Foundation Inc · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Higgs Family Foundation · Jacobs Family Foundation Inc · Griffith-Laserson Family Foundation · The Rogers Family Foundation · The Carwill Foundation · The Berghorst Foundation Inc · The Toffey Family Charitable Trust · Lynch Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Graymer Foundation

How much does The Graymer Foundation give?
The Graymer Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $716,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Graymer Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Education (6%), Environment (3%).
Who are The Graymer Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Graymer Phoenix Foundation Inc ($4.1M), Wildlands Conservancy Inc ($265k), The Land Conservancy of New Jersey ($263k).
Does The Graymer Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Graymer 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 The Graymer Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995, Bernard a Egan Foundation Inc, Indian River Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Graymer Foundation based?
The Graymer Foundation is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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