The William Stamps Farish Fund

• The Fund's stated focus is social services, health and education, with faith-based programmes also listed, and it gives preference to Greater Houston, with Texas, Florida, Tennessee, New York and Kentucky also named as priority areas.
• Its application information describes out-of-state giving as limited, so a Houston-area organisation fits most clearly, and organisations elsewhere should weigh that wording before applying.
• About 8 in 10 grants fall between $20,000 and $250,000, the median grant is $50,000 and half of grants are $50,000 or less, so a request near $50,000 sits in the usual range, although the largest grant was $1,000,000 and the band is not a ceiling.
• In the filing, 90% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations the Fund had also funded in an earlier year, so the Fund leans towards continuing relationships; make a clear case for the work and check whether a connection exists.
• The filing gives no deadlines, so the timing of a request is not set there, but proof of exempt status must be included, and the filing states no exclusions beyond fit with the four themes.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Foundation · Contribution 4 of 5 -excellence in urologic cancer
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Memorial Hermann Foundation · Capital campaign for life flight
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• University of Virginia McIntire School Foundation · Fulfillment of pledge towards creation of endowment at the mcintire school of commerce
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation · Contribution 2 of 3 for clinic of the future capital campaign
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Methodist Hospital Foundation · Fulfillment of pledge for alzheimer's research study
  $750,0002024 tax year
• Tampa Museum of Art · General operations; contribution 3 of 10 - centennial campaign
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for Fighting Blindness · Contribution 4 of 5 - retinitis pigmentosa
  $500,0002024 tax year
• The Brotherhoodsister Sol Inc · Program support and capacity building
  $450,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.