The Moyer Family Foundation appears to concentrate its giving on national civic and political advocacy, providing large, unrestricted gifts to support the operations of a single advocacy organization. All recorded funding went to the Convention of States Foundation, indicating a clear preference for advancing constitutional reform and grassroots civic engagement efforts aligned with that group's mission. The foundation’s pattern suggests targeted, mission-driven philanthropy rather than broad community or programmatic funding.
Highly concentrated: very large, repeat unrestricted grants to a single national advocacy organization rather than diversified or small-scale giving.
The Moyer Family Foundation’s recent giving is dominated by two $500,000 general-support grants to the Convention of States Foundation in Houston, a signal that the foundation places major emphasis on constitutional reform advocacy. That pattern continues through a set of unrestricted gifts to legal, media, and civic organizations, including America First Legal Foundation in Washington, DC, Media Research Center Inc. in Herndon, Virginia, and Landmark Legal Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The foundation also extends into education and local service support, with grants to Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and smaller awards to community-based recipients in Texas and South Carolina. Several grants are designated general and unrestricted, suggesting flexibility in how recipients use the funds. Across the available records, the foundation appears to favor targeted support for organizations tied to civic engagement, public policy, and selected local initiatives rather than a broad, multi-sector portfolio. Its grant file also shows repeat support to the same organizations in the same year, indicating a concentrated and relationship-based pattern of giving.
Constitutional reform is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s recent portfolio. Two separate 2025 grants of $500,000 each went to the Convention of States Foundation in Houston for general and unrestricted support. The same year, America First Legal Foundation received $40,000 and another $10,000, both unrestricted, reinforcing a legal-advocacy angle. Media and public-policy alignment appears as well: Media Research Center Inc. in Herndon, Virginia, received $20,000 and another $10,000 for general support. The portfolio also reaches into education, with Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, receiving $18,000 and $17,263, both unrestricted. Smaller grants to Fishers of Men of Sumter Inc. in Chapin, South Carolina, and Citizens News Guild Inc. in Leander, Texas, show that the foundation also funds community organizations, again through unrestricted awards.
Typical grant size is tightly clustered: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $10,000. The record also shows a few much larger awards, including two $500,000 grants in 2025, which makes the distribution look highly concentrated at one end and uniform at the other. Grants appear to recur to the same recipients: the Convention of States Foundation, America First Legal Foundation, Media Research Center Inc., Landmark Legal Foundation, and Lamar University each received multiple awards in the recent file. The foundation uses general and unrestricted support frequently. It also makes grants to individuals, including a healthcare-related award to Sharon Byley/S Byley in Hemphill, Texas.
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$1.6M
$315K
$718K
Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Notable grantees: Convention of States Foundation
Grantmaking is U.S.-only in the available record, with all recent grants going to recipients in the United States. Texas appears often, including Houston, Beaumont, Leander, and Hemphill. Virginia is the top state by grant count, helped by multiple awards to Herndon. Other recipient cities include Washington, DC, Kansas City, Missouri, and Chapin, South Carolina. The geographic pattern is regional and multi-state rather than limited to the foundation’s headquarters in Delaware.
The recent grants point to constitutional reform advocacy, legal-policy organizations, media and public-interest groups, education, and a small number of local community or service recipients. Examples include large unrestricted support for the Convention of States Foundation and smaller awards to organizations such as Lamar University and Fishers of Men of Sumter Inc.
Yes. The grant list repeatedly labels awards as General & Unrestricted, including the two $500,000 grants to the Convention of States Foundation and several smaller grants to legal, media, education, and community recipients.
The typical grant size is $10,000. The p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000, even though the file also includes much larger awards of $500,000.
Virginia is the top state by grant count. Recent grants in the state went to Herndon-based Media Research Center Inc., while other grants are spread across Texas, Washington, DC, Missouri, and South Carolina.
Yes. The recent record includes grants to Sharon Byley, also listed as S Byley, in Hemphill, Texas, for rent forgiveness to induce provision of healthcare services in a remote underserved area.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONVENTION OF STATES FOUNDATION | HOUSTON, TX | $500,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CONVENTION OF STATES FOUNDATION | HOUSTON, TX | $500,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICA FIRST LEGAL FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $40,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER INC | HERNDON, VA | $20,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION | KANSAS CITY, MO | $20,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CITIZENS NEWS GUILD INC | LEANDER, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| LAMAR UNIVERSITY | BEAUMONT, TX | $18,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| LAMAR UNIVERSITY | BEAUMONT, TX | $17,263 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER INC | HERNDON, VA | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICA FIRST LEGAL FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| FISHERS OF MEN OF SUMTER INC | CHAPIN, SC | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CITIZENS NEWS GUILD Inc | LEANDER, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION | KANSAS CITY, MO | $10,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| S Byley | Hemphill, TX | $9,000 | 2025 | RENT FORGIVENESS TO INDUCE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN REMOTE UNDERSERVED AREA |
| S Byley | Hemphill, TX | $9,000 | 2025 | RENT FORGIVENESS TO INDUCE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN REMOTE UNDERSERVED AREA |
| Sharon Byley | Hemphill, TX | $9,000 | 2023 | rent forgiveness to induce provision of healthcare services in remote underserved area |
CONVENTION OF STATES FOUNDATION
$500,000General & Unrestricted
CONVENTION OF STATES FOUNDATION
$500,000General & Unrestricted
AMERICA FIRST LEGAL FOUNDATION
$40,000General & Unrestricted
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER INC
$20,000General & Unrestricted
LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION
$20,000General & Unrestricted
CITIZENS NEWS GUILD INC
$20,000General & Unrestricted
LAMAR UNIVERSITY
$18,000General & Unrestricted
LAMAR UNIVERSITY
$17,263General & Unrestricted
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER INC
$10,000General & Unrestricted
AMERICA FIRST LEGAL FOUNDATION
$10,000General & Unrestricted
FISHERS OF MEN OF SUMTER INC
$10,000General & Unrestricted
CITIZENS NEWS GUILD Inc
$10,000General & Unrestricted
LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION
$10,000General & Unrestricted
S Byley
$9,000RENT FORGIVENESS TO INDUCE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN REMOTE UNDERSERVED AREA
S Byley
$9,000RENT FORGIVENESS TO INDUCE PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN REMOTE UNDERSERVED AREA
Sharon Byley
$9,000rent forgiveness to induce provision of healthcare services in remote underserved area