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Bob & Marie Gallo Foundation at a glance

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Bob & Marie Gallo Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.5MReligion$706kPhilanthropy$671kAnimals$445kArts & Culture$319kYouth Development$149kHuman Services$117kHealth$89kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $269k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $722k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY$200,000
WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$200,000
Individual grant recipient$150,000
ST STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCH$122,075
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY$50,000
GALLO CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC$41,200
SISTERS OF THE CROSS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS$30,825
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$25,000
BISHOP'S MINISTRY APPEAL$20,000
SONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION$17,000
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH$15,000
DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION$15,000
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL$15,000
CAL POLY FOUNDATION$15,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COLLABRIA CARE: $27k → 9%COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC: $500 → 15%COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC: $200 → 15%JACK'S HELPING HAND: $1k → 12%CRICKETS HOPE INC: $2k → 15%CRICKETS HOPE INC: $2k → 15%CRICKETS HOPE INC: $2k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 49 repeat orgs$764k to everyone else

49 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
59

Total granted

$3.0M
$699k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+32%

Still filing today

45%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GC
    GALLO CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $224k · revenue +11%
  • SC
    Sigma Chi Foundation
    2× · 2020–2023 · $200k · revenue +69%
  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $65k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • ND
    NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $210k · revenue +25%
  • PF
    PACIFIC FLYWAY FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +225%
  • AO
    AG ONEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +56%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
California State University Foundation

Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…

Philanthropy
2
San Jose State University Research Foundation

As an integral member of the san jose state university community, the san jose state university research foundation provides an entrepreneurial framework through which local, state and federal agencies, businesses and private foundations…

Education
3
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation

To benefit the university of california santa cruz.

Education
4
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
5
Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay

To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.

Education
6
Solano Community Foundation

The Solano Community Foundation strengthens Solano County by advancing equity, supporting nonprofit resilience, and expanding access to philanthropy. We serve as a community leader, responsive grantmaker, and trusted partner for donors who…

Philanthropy
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
9
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
10
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
11
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
12
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Rangeland Trust; the most unlike its peers is Crickets Hope Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

60 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 60 of the 122 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/60
Grantees still filing
34/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCH: $410,070 · OtherST STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCHWILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $400,000 · OtherWILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAUDUBON CALIFORNIA: $390,000 · OtherAUDUBON CALIFORNIAIndividual grant recipient: $180,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY: $155,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY+81 more: $872,001 · Other+81 moreNOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY: $210,000 · EducationNOTRE DAME DE NAMU…Sigma Chi Foundation: $200,000 · EducationSigma Chi Foundati…PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $65,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALI…AG ONE: $40,000 · EducationAG ONESprouts Chef Training: $38,000 · EducationSprouts Chef Train…ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HEALDSBURG SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationOregon State University Foundation: $25,000 · Education+4 more: $48,400 · Education+4 moreSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $400,000 · PhilanthropySONOMA COUNTY COM…Stanislaus Community Foundation: $220,000 · PhilanthropyStanislaus Commun…Daughters of Charity Foundation: $45,000 · PhilanthropyDaughters of Char…+4 more: $20,500 · PhilanthropyGALLO CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $223,900 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC FLYWAY FUND: $50,000 · Arts & CultureGRIOT ARTS INC: $38,500 · Arts & CultureMODESTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $20,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $7,000 · Arts & CultureOPEN HEARTS FOUNDATION: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR NAVY SEALS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOLLABRIA CARE: $27,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SONOMA COUNTY: $25,000 · Human ServicesCRICKETS HOPE INC: $6,000 · Human Services+3 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesBest Buddies International Inc: $25,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,000 · International
Other$2,407,071Education$701,400Philanthropy$685,500Arts & Culture$339,900Youth Development$115,000Human Services$60,000International$29,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGALLO CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $223,900 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetStanislaus Community Foundation: $220,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY: $210,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSigma Chi Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetOPEN HEARTS FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC FLYWAY FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetDaughters of Charity Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAG ONE: $40,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGRIOT ARTS INC: $38,500 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetSprouts Chef Training: $38,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSt Helena Montessori School Inc: $30,800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JOHN THE BAPTIST HEALDSBURG SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCOLLABRIA CARE: $27,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SONOMA COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF NAPA INC BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NAPA VALLEY: $23,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMODESTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $20,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE LEGACY FUNDS OF HOLY NAMES UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY VINTNERS FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE GUILD: $17,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD GOSPEL MISSIONS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAPA HIGH CHORAL BOOSTERS: $12,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA RANGELAND TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EMERIL LAGASSE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHANDS ACROSS THE VALLEY INC GEORGE ALTAMURA SR: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCHENRY MANSION FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetCRICKETS HOPE INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRIVERS OF RECOVERY: $5,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED SAMARITANS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALDSBURG JAZZ FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUST: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Stanislaus County: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDYF: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK COALITION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMODESTO GOSPEL MISSION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMODESTO PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT EDUCATION FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTANISLAUS MULTI CULTURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH COALITION WEST MODESTO KING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJACKS HELPING HAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GALLO CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Stanislaus Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Sigma Chi Foundation ↗
  • Who funds OPEN HEARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC FLYWAY FUND ↗
  • Who funds Daughters of Charity Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AG ONE ↗
  • Who funds GRIOT ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Sprouts Chef Training ↗
  • Who funds St Helena Montessori School Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HEALDSBURG SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLLABRIA CARE ↗
  • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SONOMA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOYS CLUB OF NAPA INC BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NAPA VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds MODESTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Stanislaus Community …Julio R Gallo Foundat…Sutter Valley Hospita…Reed FoundationPeter a & Vernice H G…Craig and Kathryn Hal…Teichert FoundationSonoma County Communi…McNabb FoundationKaiser Foundation Hos…Marin Community Found…Ernest Gallo Foundati…
Stanislaus Community FoundationCA44.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stanislaus Community Foundation · Julio R Gallo Foundation · Sutter Valley Hospitals · Reed Foundation · Peter a & Vernice H Gasser Foundation · Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · Ernest Gallo Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bob & Marie Gallo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bob & Marie Gallo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Bob & Marie Gallo Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bob & Marie Gallo Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 122 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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