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The Walter R Garrison Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 82-1851668 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$8.4M
Grants reported
5
Typical grant
$1M
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE WALTER R GARRISON FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
20252$2M
20243$6.4M

Where The Walter R Garrison Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Pennsylvania Institute of Technology

MEDIA, PA

$3.9MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra

PHILADELPHIA, PA

$1.5MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Musicopia Inc

PHILADELPHIA, PA

$1MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Ku Endowment

LAWRENCE, KS

$1MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Media Providence Friends School

MEDIA, PA

$998KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Unrestricted

Showing 5 of the 5 largest grants (5 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Walter R Garrison Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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