Eleanor Garrett Charitable Trust
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to funding initiatives that promote historical preservation, education, and community service. Its mission includes supporting the restoration of historical sites and providing scholarships for graduating seniors in local school districts. The foundation primarily serves educational institutions and historical societies, emphasizing the importance of cultural heritage and community development. Its activities are concentrated in Texas, where it supports various local initiatives, including cemetery upkeep and educational scholarships.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small or local Texas organizations focused on historic preservation, cemetery upkeep, or graduating‑senior scholarships (including local ISDs and heritage societies).
Good Fit
- • Based in Texas and serving a specific local community or county.
- • Project is historic preservation, cemetery maintenance, or narrowly scoped scholarships for local graduating seniors.
- • Organizational size and budget consistent with local nonprofits or school districts previously funded.
- • Existing local visibility or prior relationship to the foundation or its trustee(s).
Geography
All observed grants were made to recipients in Texas; the foundation’s filings show giving concentrated entirely in its home state.
Recipient Variety
The 2023 filings show six distinct local grantees while 2024 shows a single grantee; across observed years the foundation funded multiple independent local organizations but the overall recipient pool is small.
New Applicants
Although filings show new grantees in different years, the foundation explicitly indicates it only funds preselected recipients and there is no public application pathway, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to enter the portfolio without invitation.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
