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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 82-1851668

The Walter R Garrison Foundation

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,998,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,814,987

  • Tax year 2024

    $6,427,581

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,784,163

  • Tax year 2023

    $79,086

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $10,861,708

  • Tax year 2022

    $68,750

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $6,130,545

  • Tax year 2021

    $80,871

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,411,692

  • Tax year 2020

    $37,343

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $1,557,734

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,654,214

  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. KU EndowmentLawrence, KS

    Unrestricted

    $1,000,000
  2. Media Providence Friends SchoolMedia, PA

    Unrestricted

    $998,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $1,998,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas1 grant $1,000,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $998,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Barton J WinokurDIRECTOR, CHAIR Hours 0.1Pay $10,000
  • Michael EmmiDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $10,000
  • Lawrence KarlsonDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $10,000
  • Walter Strine JrDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $20,000
  • Jonathan W MeyerDIRECTOR Hours 0.1Pay $10,000

The return

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