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Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation
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About Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation
The Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation focuses on a small set of local social service and youth-focused nonprofits in the Bethesda/Montgomery County area, concentrating significant dollars on a few repeat grantees. Their grants emphasize direct human services delivered through arts and storytelling, conflict resolution/teacher support, and mentoring programs for Latinx youth. The foundation appears to prioritize hands-on, community-level interventions rather than broad national initiatives.
Focus Areas
Arts-based healing and youth storytelling programs (e.g., Story Tapestries)Local conflict resolution, mediation, and teacher recognition in Montgomery CountyLatinx youth mentoring and wraparound supports (e.g., Full Circle Mentors)Small, community-level human services in the DC–Maryland suburban corridor
Who They Fund
K–12 students (middle school youth)teachers / school staffvulnerable / homeless individualsyouth participants in community programs
About Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation
A $180,751 grant to Story Tapestries in 2023 is the clearest signal of how Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation Inc works: it puts substantial support behind a small number of local nonprofits serving Montgomery County and nearby DC-area communities. The foundation’s recent awards show a preference for direct human services and youth-facing programs, including arts-based healing and storytelling, conflict resolution and teacher support, and mentoring for Latinx youth. Story Tapestries also received a $64,089 grant in 2024, reinforcing the foundation’s pattern of repeat support for selected organizations rather than one-time gifts. Other sizable awards went to the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County for teacher-related work and to the Latin American Youth Center for Full Circle Mentors programming. The grant list suggests a funder that backs hands-on, place-based interventions, often through community nonprofits working with children, students, teachers, and vulnerable individuals. Smaller awards appear alongside these larger commitments, but the overall profile is defined by concentration: a few local grantees, recurring support, and program funding tied to specific community services.
What Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation Funds
Arts-linked human services are a visible thread in the foundation’s giving. Story Tapestries received $180,751 in 2023 and $64,089 in 2024 for health and human services work, placing arts and storytelling inside a service-oriented grant relationship. The same pattern appears in the arts sector through support for Black Rock Center for Arts and Arts on the Block, including a TeamUp-related grant for Briggs Chaney Middle School. Youth mentoring is another clear area. The Latin American Youth Center received $25,000 for Full Circle Mentors and another $13,525 for health and human services. The foundation also supported Identify for Project Inform, with grants of $14,877 in 2024 and $10,000 in 2023, showing continued interest in youth-oriented community programming. Local support work extends to food and basic-needs efforts, including grants to Nourishing Bethesda, Feed the Fridge, Shepherd's Table Inc, and Comfort Cases.
How Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation Gives
Typical grants are small, with a p25 of $250, a median of $500, and a p75 of $20,000. That spread reflects a mix of modest community awards and a few much larger project grants. The recent record also shows repeat funding: Story Tapestries and the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County each appear in more than one year, and the Latin American Youth Center received two grants in different amounts. The foundation’s structure includes programmatic support, discretionary grants, legacy support, and specific award programs. It also funds individuals through the Trawick Prize and the Bethesda Painting Awards. Several programs do not accept unsolicited applications, while the arts award programs do.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$54K
Total Assets
$253K
Total Revenue
$330K
Total Expenses
$341K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $250 and $20K, with a median of $500.
25th Percentile
$250
Median
$500
75th Percentile
$20K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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