Pamela and Wayne Garrison Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation contributes only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold proposal is not the route in; a small nonprofit should first look for a personal introduction or a relationship with someone connected to the foundation.
- Its filings give one broad purpose for all grants, to advance each recipient's mission, across cultural, educational, youth, recreational, civic, health and religious organisations, so the filing gives no basis for judging fit beyond that.
- If a connection does open the door, about 8 in 10 of its 27 organisational grants fall between $10,000 and $945,000, and half were $25,000 or less, so this is a typical band rather than the full range, and a modest request matches most of its giving.
- In the latest filing, 82% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, which suggests that giving is largely repeat and relationship-led.
- The filing states no geographic focus, though its grants mainly went to Arkansas, Florida and Wyoming, so that pattern should not be read as a rule about who may apply.
Overview
Pamela and Wayne Garrison Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Big Horn, WY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across its recorded organisational grants, the foundation has chiefly supported a museum and an academy, alongside a baseball club, youth organisations, a recreation centre, a police and fire foundation, an eye institute, a science centre, a church and other charitable bodies. The filings give the same broad purpose for every grant: to provide funds to advance the recipient’s mission. They do not identify the projects or activities financed. The record therefore shows giving across cultural, educational, youth, recreational, civic, health and religious organisations, rather than a single stated funding field. It provides no basis for describing a general applicant eligibility policy or a public application route.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Arkansas, Florida and Wyoming.
How to apply
It contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing provides no submission steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 82% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 27 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 52% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 82% of grant dollars went to organisations Pamela and Wayne Garrison Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 9 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Crystal Bridges Museum · Provide funds to advance mission$1,136,1752025 tax year
- Palm Beach Day Academy · Provide funds to advance mission$545,0002025 tax year
- Big Horn Baseball Club · Provide funds to advance mission$375,0002025 tax year
- Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation · Provide funds to advance mission$25,0002025 tax year
- Boys & Girls Club Of PBC · Provide funds to advance mission$25,0002025 tax year
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute · Provide funds to advance mission$25,0002025 tax year
- Kids Dreams · Provide funds to advance mission$10,0002025 tax year
- Suffield Academy · Provide funds to advance mission$10,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Alexandra Garrison — Secretary / Treasurer / Director
- Pamela Garrison — Vice-President / Director
- Wayne Garrison — President / Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $2,680,378 | $1,915,962 | $46,741,766 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,492,816 | $1,860,343 | $54,367,134 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $2,866,690 | $2,156,175 | $60,722,435 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Big Horn, WY