The Camp Gary Fund is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to supporting organizations and individuals, through grants and scholarships, who enhance a spirit of learning and inspire youth and young adults to increase their potential.
Camp Gary Fund’s recent giving is built around youth and young adults, with scholarships and organizational grants that reflect the legacy of Gary Hale. The fund supports both people and nonprofits, and its recent grants show a mix of camps, recovery housing, arts education, and youth-serving organizations. In the latest grant list, Camp Aranzazu in Rockport and Journey Home Houston each received $20,000, placing camp programming and transitional support among the fund’s visible priorities. The foundation also backed Create a Spark Foundation with $18,000, alongside awards to Bridging for Tomorrow and sharpen recovery, indicating attention to services for young people moving through education, mentorship, and recovery-related support. Scholarships are part of the fund’s structure as well, with individual awards listed for recipients such as Rachel Carter, Nate Pyfer, and Hope Bell. Across the recent record, the pattern is one of moderate-to-large grants given to both organizations and individuals in service of learning, youth development, and young adult potential.
Youth development appears in several organizational awards, including $18,000 to Create a Spark Foundation in Houston for youth-serving programming and educational support. Camp programming is another clear theme: Camp Aranzazu in Rockport received $20,000 for camp-related work, and the fund’s organizational-grants program is explicitly tied to camps and youth programs. Support for young adults in transition shows up through $20,000 to Journey Home Houston for recovery housing and related services, as well as $2,500 to sharpen recovery in Houston. Arts education also appears in the record through $20,000 to Manhattan School of Music in New York and $10,000 to the same organization in a later year, showing that the fund’s youth-learning focus can extend beyond traditional nonprofit youth services.
Typical grants cluster in a middle range: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $15,000, and the 75th percentile is $20,000. The recent record includes repeated awards to the same organizations across years, including Camp Aranzazu, Journey Home Houston, Create a Spark Foundation, and Manhattan School of Music, which points to recurring support rather than isolated one-time gifts. Camp Gary Fund is structured as a 501(c)3 that gives both organizational grants and scholarships, and its programs accept unsolicited requests. The fund also lists direct support to individuals as part of its philosophy, consistent with the scholarship awards in the recent grants record.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $20K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$20K
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Grantmaking is concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 75% of grants and is the top state by grant count. Recent awards reached Houston, Rockport, Spring, and Greater Houston / Coastal Texas organizations, showing a strong in-state emphasis with some regional spread. The record also includes grants outside Texas, including New York, NY and Pleasant Grove, UT, but all recent grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients. The geographic pattern is regional rather than national.
The fund supports organizations that enhance a spirit of learning and inspire youth and young adults to increase their potential. Recent grant purposes include camp programming, recovery housing, youth services, mentorship, and educational support. The active programs also name scholarships and organizational grants for youth-serving groups.
It gives both. The program list includes Camp Gary Fund Scholarships for individuals and organizational grants for nonprofits, and the recent grant record also shows individual awards alongside nonprofit grants.
Typical grants center around $10,000 to $20,000. The 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $15,000, and the 75th percentile is $20,000.
Texas is the main giving state, with 75% of grants going to recipients in TX. Recent recipients include organizations in Houston, Rockport, and Spring, plus awards elsewhere in the U.S.
Yes. The active program descriptions for Camp Gary Fund Scholarships and Camp Gary Fund — Organizational Grants both state that they accept unsolicited requests.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Camp Gary Fund that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Organizations and individuals that support youth learning and development. Full eligibility not specified.
Deadline: APPLICATION DEADLINE: Dec 1st 2026
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| camp aranzazu | Rockport, TX | $25,510 | 2026 | — |
| Create a Spark Foundation | Tomball, TX | $17,000 | 2026 | — |
| Bridging for tomorrow | Houston, TX | $17,000 | 2026 | — |
| Haley Rasco Foundation | Cypress, TX | $13,500 | 2026 | — |
| Greater houston Comm Found | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 2026 | — |
| Lone str college | Spring, TX | $9,490 | 2026 | — |
| Epilepsy Foundation texas | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 2026 | — |
| DPAC | Spring, TX | $5,000 | 2026 | — |
| camp aranzazu | Rockport, TX | $20,000 | 2024 | — |
| Journey Home Houston | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 2024 | — |
| Create a Spark Foundation | Houston, TX | $18,000 | 2024 | — |
| Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| Nate Pyfer | Pleasant Grove, UT | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| Rachel Carter | — | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| Hope Bell | — | $5,000 | 2024 | — |
| Lone str college | Spring, TX | $1,740 | 2024 | — |
| Journey Home Houston | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 2023 | — |
| camp aranzazu | Rockport, TX | $20,000 | 2023 | — |
| Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2023 | — |
| Bridging for Tomorrow | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 2023 | — |
| Create a Spark Foundation | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 2023 | — |
| sharpen recovery | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 2023 | — |
Create a Spark Foundation
$17,000Haley Rasco Foundation
$13,500Greater houston Comm Found
$10,000Lone str college
$9,490Epilepsy Foundation texas
$5,000DPAC
$5,000Journey Home Houston
$20,000Create a Spark Foundation
$18,000Nate Pyfer
$10,000Rachel Carter
$10,000Hope Bell
$5,000Lone str college
$1,740Journey Home Houston
$20,000Create a Spark Foundation
$15,000sharpen recovery
$2,500