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Alice Taylor Gray Foundation

Galveston, TX · EIN 76-6137958. Reported 98 grants totalling $227,350 to 46 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$227,350granted, 2020-2024
46organizations funded
53%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,233,770assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Alice Taylor Gray Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $8,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
84 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
James Dick Fdn for Performing ArtsRound Top, TX$15,500222021
Jennis Rescue RanchAlvin, TX$14,000442024
Galveston Island Humane SocietyGalveston, TX$12,500552024
The James Dick FoundationRound Top, TX$12,000332024
Main Street TheaterHouston, TX$11,500442024
Galveston Historical FoundationGalveston, TX$11,000542024
Bach Society HoustonHouston, TX$10,000222021
Galveston Arts CenterGalveston, TX$10,000552024
Midshipmans FoundationAustin, TX$8,500442024
German-Texas Heritage SocietyAustin, TX$8,000442024
1894 IncGalveston, TX$7,000332024
Bach Society at Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran ChurchHouston, TX$7,000222024
Bugle Boy FoundationLa Grange, TX$7,000552024
Boys & Girls Club - Greater HoustonHouston, TX$6,500332022
The Rosenberg Library AssociationGalveston, TX$6,500332024
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto CouncilHouston, TX$6,000222024
Sons of the Republic of TexasBay City, TX$5,500442024
Gisd Educational FoundationGalveston, TX$5,000222021
Mount Saint Marys UniversityLos Angeles, CA$5,000112021
The Women's HomeHouston, TX$5,000222024
4TH Wall Theatre CompanyHouston, TX$4,500112024
Galveston Island Meals on Wheels IncGalveston, TX$4,000222024
Lutherhill MinistriesLa Grange, TX$4,000112021
Santa Fe Ten Memorial FoundationSanta Fe, TX$4,000112021
Galveston College FoundationGalveston, TX$3,500222024
Faison Preservation SocietyLa Grange, TX$3,000222024
Freewheels HoustonHouston, TX$3,000222024
Landing Theatre CompanyHouston, TX$2,750112020
Navy LeagueSugarland, TX$2,500112020
Bach Society at Christ the Knig Evangelical Lutheran ChurchHouston, TX$2,000112022
Bellville Turnverein Pav RestortnBellville, TX$2,000112021
Fayetteville Community Center GroupFayetteville, TX$2,000222024
Galveston Isd Educational FoundationGalveston, TX$2,000112024
Houston Early MusicHouston, TX$2,000222021
City of GalvestonGalveston, TX$1,600112020
University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX$1,500112020
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston IncHouston, TX$1,000112024
Daughters of the Republic of TexasAustin, TX$1,000112023
Friends of Monument Hill & Kreische BreweryLa Grange, TX$1,000112024
Galveston Naval MuseumGalveston, TX$1,000112021
German Texan Heritage SocietyAustin, TX$1,000112020
Justice ForwardHouston, TX$1,000222024
Magnolia City Brass BandHouston, TX$1,000112022
The English Speaking UnionHouston, TX$1,000112020
The Grand 1894 Opera HouseGalveston, TX$1,000112020
Navy League - Greater Houston CouncilSugar Land, TX$500112022

26 of 46 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 53%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
36 grants
Education
7 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202020$47,850$2,000
202119$58,000$2,500
202217$25,000$1,000
202317$28,500$1,500
202425$68,000$2,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$222K
California
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund15 shared recipientsGreater Houston Community Foundation13 shared recipientsThe Moody Foundation10 shared recipientsHarris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Alice Taylor Gray Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 2201 Market Street 3RD Floor, Galveston, TX, 77550. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 76-6137958 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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