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GPK Foundation

Accepts applications Buda, Texas · EIN 261175028

GPK Foundation is a private foundation in Buda, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $50,000 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $9,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $45,000 the year before.

30% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$50,00014$1.0 million
2024$45,00013$1.0 million
2025$50,00010$1.2 million

How to apply

ContactKati L Cesario
6306 Night Chinook Drive, Buda, TX 78610
Phone or email(713) 306-0966
Restrictions501(c)(3) charitable organizations

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What GPK Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas2$14,500
New York2$9,500
Maryland1$7,000
California1$4,000
District of Columbia1$4,000
Illinois1$4,000
Virginia1$4,000
Massachusetts1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
ACLU Foundation of Texas
Austin, TX
Unrestricted$9,000
Doctors Without Boarders
Hagerstown, MD
Unrestricted$7,000
Planned Parenthood
New York, NY
Unrestricted$5,500
Raices
San Antonio, TX
Unrestricted$5,500
Cure Sma
Elk Grove, IL
Unrestricted$4,000
Open Primaries Educational Fund
New York, NY
Unrestricted$4,000
The Trevor Project
West Hollywood, CA
Unrestricted$4,000
National Public Radio Inc
Washington, DC
Unrestricted$4,000
PBS Foundation
Arlington, VA
Unrestricted$4,000
World Ocean School
Boston, MA
Unrestricted$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does GPK Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does GPK Foundation give?

$50,000 in tax year 2025, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs GPK Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Kati L Cesario (Treasurer), Peter V Meyers (President), Carole A Meyers (Vice-Pres) and Peter T Meyers (Secretary) among 8 officers and trustees.

What does GPK Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and education.

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