Harry E Bovay JR Foundation
Houston, TX · EIN 76-0343221. Reported 104 grants totalling $8,209,570 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Harry E Bovay JR Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,002. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,525 and $50,000; the smallest was $984 and the largest $1,169,910. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bovay Scout Ranchshac | Navasota, TX | $2,799,792 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Philmont Scout Ranch | Cimarron, NM | $1,353,021 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Comm and Economic Development | Jackson, MS | $1,281,097 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bevill State Community College | Fayette, AL | $678,980 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Foundation | Austin, TX | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas A&m Foundation | College Station, TX | $222,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Retina Research Foundation | Houston, TX | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $202,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Educator Grants | Jackson, MS | $157,301 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Joseph F Weldy Home for Children Inc | Winfield, AL | $114,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kansas Vouchers | Lawrence, KS | $103,979 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Directors Charitable Gifts | Topeka, KS | $61,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washburn University | Topeka, KS | $46,467 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwest Georgia Council | Rome, GA | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emporia State University | Emporia, KS | $40,776 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jayhawk Area Council | Topeka, KS | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chickasaw Council | Memphis, TN | $35,815 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allen Community College | Iola, KS | $27,228 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Itawamba Community College | Belden, MS | $25,335 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westminster College | Fulton, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sante Fe Trail Usd 434 | Burlingame Scranton, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS | $24,043 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wichita State Unversity | Wichita, KS | $23,587 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Warrior Council | Tuscaloosa, AL | $23,525 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | $21,416 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Jacinto | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of San Jacinto | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Hays State University | Hays, KS | $19,319 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Fndation | Staten Island, NY | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Alabama Children's Advocacy Center | Vernon, AL | $12,646 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Houlka Attendance Center | Houlka, MS | $10,115 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christar International Inc | Richardson, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Delta State University | Cleveland, MS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flint Hills Technical College | Emporia, LA | $9,639 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of West Alabama | Livingston, AL | $8,731 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Lamar Chamber of Commerce | Millport, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Propst Memorial United Methodist Church | Houston, TX | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christar International Inc | Richardson, TN | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Alabama Children's Advocay Center | Vernon, AL | $5,945 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of North Alabama | Florence, AL | $5,680 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Children - Central Oregon | Bend, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mississippi State University | Mississippi State, MS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Onramp | College Station, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sos Ministries | Bryan, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $4,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pleasant Hill Baptist Church | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ashcraft Trust Fund Two | Tuscaloosa, AL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Breast Cancer Foundation | Frisco, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Washburn Technology | Topeka, KS | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grand Canyon University | Phoenix, AZ | $1,949 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Majority Inc | Purcellville, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for American Liberty | Ashburn, VA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association | Memphis, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mississippi Methodist Senior Services | Tupelo, MS | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Athens State University | Athens, AL | $984 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
25 of 62 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 49%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Comm and Economic Development
Grant - to support the mission of the organization - Philmont Scout Ranch
Grant- to support the mission of the organzation - Texas A&m Foundation
Grant - Harry E Bovay Jr. Foundation Symposium in Chemical Biology Endowment - St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Grant - Division of Cancer Survivorship - Bevill State Community College
Tuition Guarantee Program and textbooks in Spring 2024 and Fall 2024 - Retina Research Foundation
Grant - to support the mission of the organzation
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $1,227,197 | $56,904 |
| 2022 | 22 | $2,476,207 | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $2,236,430 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $2,269,736 | $11,002 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 44% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,002. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Harry E Bovay JR Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1471, Houston, TX, 77251. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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