California · Private foundation
Ernest Gallo Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
70% of Ernest Gallo Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $45M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Ernest Gallo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $756k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.7M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $887k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $631k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $275k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $2,867,000 | 4 | 1% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jordans Guardian Angels | $600,000 | 6 | 18% |
| John Burton Advocates for Youth | $300,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Gallo Center for the Arts Inc | $235,000 | 6 | 3% |
| United Samaritans Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Mark Stephen Gallo Memorial Fund | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of California United | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
| 1984 Grupe Fair Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Modesto Gospel Mission | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $2,867,000 | 4 | 1% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jordans Guardian Angels | $600,000 | 6 | 18% |
| John Burton Advocates for Youth | $300,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Gallo Center for the Arts Inc | $235,000 | 6 | 3% |
| United Samaritans Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Mark Stephen Gallo Memorial Fund | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of California United | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
| 1984 Grupe Fair Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Modesto Gospel Mission | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Modesto Parent Participation Preschool Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| St Mary's Community Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Autism Trust USA | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($176k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ernest Gallo Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Bob & Marie Gallo Foundation · The Cortopassi Family Foundation · Stanislaus Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ernest Gallo Foundation
- How much does Ernest Gallo Foundation give?
- Ernest Gallo Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $2,536,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Ernest Gallo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (56%), Health (32%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Ernest Gallo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health ($2.9M), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($1.0M), Jordans Guardian Angels ($600k).
- Does Ernest Gallo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ernest Gallo Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ernest Gallo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bob & Marie Gallo Foundation, The Cortopassi Family Foundation, Stanislaus Community Foundation.
- Where is Ernest Gallo Foundation based?
- Ernest Gallo Foundation is based in CA.
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