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Greg Carr Foundation Inc

Idaho Falls, ID · EIN 27-0564755. Reported 84 grants totalling $32.7M to 51 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$32.7Mgranted, 2021-2024
51recipients, as named on its returns
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$53.8Massets, 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. Greg Carr Foundation Inc 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,500 and $50,000; the smallest was $816 and the largest $10.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
14 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
26 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
13 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 and Up
15 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Gorongosa Project IncIdaho Falls, ID$19.7M332023
See AttachmentIdaho Falls, ID$10.0M112024
Museum of IdahoIdaho Falls, ID$535,000332023
Standford UniversityWood City, CA$450,000222023
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeBoston, MA$300,000222023
Boise State UniversityBoise, ID$269,603332023
The Community Library IncKetchum, ID$150,000332023
Alturas Institute IncIdaho Falls, ID$120,000222022
Sun Valley Writers' ConferenceKetchum, ID$112,041332023
The Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ$105,000222023
Kootenai County Task Force on Human RelationsCoeur Dalene, ID$90,000332023
Vanessa Dos Santos the New SchoolNew York, NY$81,347222023
Wassmuth Center for Human RightsBoise, ID$73,500332023
Gorongosa Restoration Project MozBeira$65,500112021
Sun Valley Film FestivalSun Valley, ID$52,429112022
Friends of Idaho Public TvBoise, ID$50,000332023
Funcacao Joaquim ChissanoMaputokatembe$50,000112023
IucnGland$50,000112022
Tautphaus Park Zoological SocietyIdaho Falls, ID$42,391332023
American Repertory TheatreCambridge, MA$33,000332023
Planet WorldWashington, DC$30,000332023
Sun Valley Institute for ResilienceHailey, ID$26,000222022
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film FestivalJackson, WY$25,500222022
Boise State University FoundationBoise, ID$25,000112021
Human Rights WatchNew York, NY$25,000222022
Nautilus Thick IncNew York, NY$25,000332023
Society of Environmental JournalistsWashington, DC$20,000112023
Dalva Thronycroft Monash Sa$18,719222022
Dominique Goncalves Kent UniversityCambridge$15,960112021
InternewsArcata, CA$15,000112022
RasberrysKetchum, ID$10,188112021
E O Wilson Biodivesity FoundationDurham, NC$10,000112021
International Conservation Caucus FoundationWashington, DC$10,000112021
International Conservation Caucus Foundation UkWashington, DC$10,000112021
New Big 5 Project$10,000112021
Luis Tome JingaBoston, MA$5,000112023
People for Nature and Peace$5,000112022
What the Vote Idaho IncBoise, ID$5,000112022
Gaby Curtiz Boise State UniversityBoise, ID$4,350112021
Michel Sousa Boise State UniversityBoise, ID$4,003112021
Reitoria Da Universidade Nova De LisboaLisboa$3,032112023
That's EntertainmentKetchum, ID$2,907112021
Monash South AfricaRiumsig$2,821112021
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleJackson, WY$2,560112023
University of Cape TownCape Town$2,173112021
Chetawan Health SchoolBangkok$1,844112023
Idaho Falls YMCAIdaho Falls, ID$1,800112023
University of CoimbraCoimbra$1,670112021
Mountain JournalBozeman, MT$1,000112021
University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA$1,000112023
Sam ParkerHailey, ID$816112021

21 of 51 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

Plus 8 grants to individuals totalling $146,831 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 34 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Education
13 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Civil Rights
4 grants
Animal Welfare
3 grants
International Affairs
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Environment
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202134$8,233,891$10,094
202225$7,893,837$25,000
202324$6,498,876$18,750
20241$10.0M$10.0M

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.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Greg Carr Foundation Inc has 47 of them, worth $72.0M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Gorongosa Project IncIdaho Falls, ID$21.2M
Gorongosa Project IncIdaho Falls, ID$21.0M
Gorongosa Project IncIdaho Falls, ID$20.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeBoston, MA$975,000
Museum of IdahoIdaho Falls, ID$925,000
Museum of IdahoIdaho Falls, ID$925,000
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA$750,000
Museum of IdahoIdaho Falls, ID$700,000
Boise State UniversityBoise, ID$550,000
The Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ$500,000
Boise State University FoundationBoise, ID$500,000
The Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ$500,000
Standford UniversityWood City, CA$450,000
Boise State University FoundationBoise, ID$400,000
The Trustees of Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ$400,000

Where its money goes

96% of its giving went to organizations in Idaho. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Idaho
$31.3M
California
$466K
Massachusetts
$338K
New York
$131K
New Jersey
$105K
District of Columbia
$70K
Wyoming
$28K
North Carolina
$10K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program11 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc10 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust9 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation8 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Idaho.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Greg Carr Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 313 North Water Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID, 83402. 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 27-0564755 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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