About Givio Charitable Foundation
GIVIO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION appears to mix a small number of sizable strategic gifts with many modest, local or mission-specific awards. Their grants span agricultural and land-justice organizations, housing/homelessness initiatives, children's health and education, and both environmental and civil-society causes, with funding going to national nonprofits as well as grassroots and community groups. They show a preference for a handful of larger, sometimes repeated commitments alongside a broader set of smaller, one-off gifts that support churches, schools, and local service providers.
Focus Areas
Agricultural & rural development/support (e.g., Vermont Farm Bureau Foundation, land assistance to cooperatives)Homelessness prevention and housing stability in high-cost regions (e.g., Destination Home Silicon Valley)Children's health and pediatric medical research support (e.g., Lucile Packard Foundation, St. Jude)Local education and youth enrichment (K–12 boosters, music academies, Christian academy)Environmental conservation and land-rights advocacy (e.g., Sierra Club Foundation, Federation of Southern Cooperatives)
Giving Approach
Concentrated around a few large grants annually complemented by many smaller local and program-level gifts; several repeat grantees but overall a relatively distributed portfolio that mixes national NGOs with community-based organizations.
About Givio Charitable Foundation
A $104,631 grant to Vermont Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture stands out as the largest recent gift from Givio Charitable Foundation and helps define its pattern: general-support awards to a mix of agricultural, housing, health, civic, and community-serving organizations. The foundation’s recent giving also includes a $100,000 grant to Destination Home Sv Co Silicon Valley Community Foundation and repeated support for Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, showing both larger strategic commitments and smaller ongoing gifts. Its portfolio reaches beyond one sector, with funding directed to land-assistance work, homelessness prevention, pediatric health, education, and local service providers. Several grants go to organizations tied to community life and public benefit, including churches, libraries, youth clubs, and advocacy groups. That mix suggests a funder comfortable supporting both established nonprofits and local institutions, while using general support as the dominant grant purpose across the portfolio.
What Givio Charitable Foundation Funds
Agriculture and rural support appear as a visible thread. Givio Charitable Foundation gave $104,631 to Vermont Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture in 2025 and another $10,000 to the same organization in 2024, both for general support. Land and cooperative assistance also shows up in the $17,597 grant to Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund. Housing stability is another theme: the foundation awarded $100,000 to Destination Home Sv Co Silicon Valley Community Foundation for general support and also funded Pathway Homes and Stewpot Community Services. Health-related giving includes $33,615 and $31,561 to Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, plus $13,284 to St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Civic and advocacy work appears in grants to United States Association for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Doctors Without Borders USA, and Aclu Foundation.
How Givio Charitable Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the low thousands: the 25th percentile is $6,064, the median is $7,710, and the 75th percentile is $12,630. The distribution is wide because a few larger awards sit above a broad base of modest general-support gifts. Recurring support is present: Vermont Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, Food for Others, and Stadium High School Boosters each appear more than once in the recent-grants list. The foundation is organized as a charitable foundation, led by Gary Carr, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$154K
Total Assets
$1.2M
Total Revenue
$1.6M
Total Expenses
$294K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $6K and $13K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$13K
Geographic Reach
National11 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
GARY CARR
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