Garry Weber Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The Garry Weber Foundation, based in Dallas, TX, operates by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small nonprofit without an existing relationship is unlikely to get anywhere by applying cold.
- Its giving has gone chiefly to a university for an athletics end-zone complex, an education foundation for general purposes, and a museum campaign, with other grants to charitable foundations and organisations for medical equipment, programme sponsorship, education and health assistance, and a postgraduate urology residency, so this looks like relationship-led, large-institution giving rather than open grantmaking with a stated field or applicant profile.
- A realistic request size, if ever invited, would be modest by this foundation's standards: half of its 15 recorded grants were $200,000 or less, with a median of $200,000, though the range runs from $50,000 up to a largest single grant of $10,000,000.
- Ninety per cent of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded in the previous two filings, so new, unconnected applicants account for a small share of the money actually given.
- Given the invitation-only approach and this pattern of repeat, large-scale support, small charities without a prior connection should not spend time preparing an unsolicited proposal.
Overview
Garry Weber Foundation is a US private foundation based in Dallas, TX.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) 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
The filings show that the foundation's grants went chiefly to a university for an athletics end-zone complex, to an education foundation for general purposes, and to a museum campaign. Other recorded grants went to charitable foundations and organisations for medical equipment, programme sponsorship, education and health assistance, and a postgraduate urology residency. Several grants are described only as general purpose, so their specific uses are not identified. The recorded recipients include higher education, school-related philanthropy, a museum, and other charitable organisations. The filings describe a mix of capital, educational, health-related and general-purpose support, rather than setting out a stated field, applicant profile or formal eligibility criteria.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Texas.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 90% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 15 grants to organisations were $200,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 82% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 90% of grant dollars went to organisations Garry Weber 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 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Southern Methodist University · Garry weber end zone complex$5,000,0002024 tax year
- Highland Park Isd Education Foundation · General purpose$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Crystal Foundation · Medical equipment$200,0002024 tax year
- Adaptive Training Foundation · Redefine program sponsorship$100,0002024 tax year
- George W. Bush Foundation · General purpose$100,0002024 tax year
- Gary and Vivienne Player Foundation · Education & health assistance$100,0002024 tax year
- Adaptive Training Foundation · General purpose$100,0002024 tax year
- Fit and Faithful Living · General purpose$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Barbara Cooke — Director
- Robert L Walker — Director
- Daniel K Podolsky — Director
- Brad E Cheves — Director
- Anita Fought — Secretary
- John Eric Gambrell — Vice President
- Garry A Weber — President / Treasurer
- Michael McMahan — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $11,163,673 | $11,100,000 | $49,239,200 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $6,660,337 | $6,500,000 | $44,887,220 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,870,429 | $6,675,000 | $39,889,029 | Filing for 2024 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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- Dallas, TX