The Patricia & J Harvey Graves Family Foundation
Dallas, TX · EIN 31-1545374. Reported 77 grants totalling $87,800 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Patricia & J Harvey Graves Family 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $300 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls Episcopal Church | Akron, OH | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cuyahoga Valley Preservation and Scenic Railroad | Peninsula, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad | Peninsula, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gasp | Akron, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grace House Akron | Akron, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Akron Garden Club | Akron, OH | $1,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Metro Parks | Akron, OH | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Akron Canton Regional Food Bank | Akron, OH | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Historic Tree Coalition | Wylie, TX | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Village of St Edward | Fairlawn, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bluecoats | Clinton, OH | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park | Peninsula, OH | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Akron Art Museum | Akron, OH | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Akron Roundtable | Akron, OH | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bluecoats of Summit County | Clinton, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dr Bob's Home | Akron, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Akron | Akron, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Association | Hudson, OH | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Twinsburg, OH | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Akron Rotary Camp | Akron, OH | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Akron Childrens Hospital | Akron, OH | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 1000 Friends of Florida | Tallahassee, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Akron Community Foundation -Women's Endowment | Akron, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Avant Ministries | Kansas City, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christ Child Society of Akron | Akorn, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Church of the Incarnation | Dallas, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary | Akron, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Julie Billiart School | Akron, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Traverse Conservancy | Harbor Springs, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Media Research | Reston, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Akron, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rotary Camp | New Franklin, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Street Ministries | Akron, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Anthony of Paudua | Cleveland, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Well Cdc | Akron, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haven of Rest | Akron, OH | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pink Bows Foundation | Clermont, FL | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safety Forces Support Center | Akron, OH | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Soldier's Angels | San Antonio, TX | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit County Historical Society | Akron, OH | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barberton All Sports Booster | Barberton, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleveland Orchestra | Cleveland, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Church of God | Tallmadge, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One of a Kind Pet Rescue | Akron, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Summa Hospital Pallative Care | Akron, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Akron Foundation | Akron, OH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Generation Akron | Akron, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Akron Community Foundation - Bath Community Fund | Akron, OH | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of Summit County | Twinsburg, OH | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse | Jupiter, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mutts With a Mission | Portsmouth, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Susan Komen | Dallas, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Victim Assistance | Akron, OH | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Pittsburgh, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Akron Childrens Hospital Women's Board | Akron, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Bible Society | Philadelphia, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Archbishop Hoban High School | Akron, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keep Akron Beautiful | Akron, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medina Raptor Center | Spencer, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rotary Camp of Akron | New Franklin, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
12 of 61 (20%) 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 15%, across 3 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 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.
- St Pauls Episcopal Church
General Fund, John Graves Fund, Easter Fund, In Memory - Gasp
All About Kids and Fall Luncheon - Grace House Akron
Love Campaign and B Rogers and Rogers Gatterini and Memory of J Harvey and John Graves - Village of St Edward
Friendship Garden Emily Petrarca, In Memory of Sally ONeill - Bluecoats
2021 Golf Classing and Endowment Fund - Akron Art Museum
Directors Circle and Bud and Susie Rogers Garden
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | $49,600 | $500 |
| 2022 | 10 | $15,700 | $500 |
| 2023 | 3 | $7,400 | $500 |
| 2024 | 18 | $15,100 | $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. 92% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- 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.
- 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 The Patricia & J Harvey Graves Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3419 Westminster Ave Ste 319, Dallas, TX, 75205. 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.
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