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G L Connolly Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$491k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
68
Grants FY2024
66
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 66
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
22
Total assets, FY2024
$12M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations G L Connolly Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationPublic BenefitHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving68$491k4%
FY202366$470k23%
FY202233$263k3%
FY202132$223k6%
FY202063$388kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$654kReligion$421kHuman Services$194kPublic Benefit$180kHealth$92kCivil Rights$79kPhilanthropy$52kSocial Science$40kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
MI
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MA
WY
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OH
PA
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CT
CA
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MO
KY
VA
MD
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of G L Connolly Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine$125,00050%
Wyoming Catholic College$89,00040%
The Maine Heritage Policy Center$70,00053%
Keep the Faith Inc$65,00038%
Calvary Hospital Inc$54,00050%
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$52,00050%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$50,00050%
Cristo Rey Network$45,00050%
Kolbe Academy Inc$44,10030%
Thomas Aquinas College$44,00030%
Lakes Environmental Association$39,00051%
Center for Immigration Studies Inc$36,00050%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$35,00050%
The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Inc$31,00030%
The Ministry of Caring Inc$30,00020%
National Association of Scholars Inc$28,00050%
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$26,00050%
Real Clear Foundation$25,00050%
National Catholic Bioethics Center$24,0003n/a
Augustine Institute Inc$24,00030%
St Agnes Church$23,0004n/a
Life Legal Defense Foundation$22,00030%
Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc$20,00020%
The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc$18,50030%
Sophia Institute$17,50020%
Assumption Abbey$17,0005n/a
Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Trappistine Nuns Inc$16,0005n/a
Christendom Educational Corporation$16,00030%
Andrew L Hicks Jr Foundation$15,00058%
St Mary's Center$15,00030%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$15,00050%
Human Life International Inc$13,00030%
Aid to the Church in Need Inc$12,5003n/a
Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed$11,00030%
Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc$10,5003n/a
St Jean Baptiste Church$9,0005n/a
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty$8,00030%
Ave Maria University Inc$8,00020%
Carmel of Jesus Mary and Joseph of Kensington California$7,5003n/a
Priestly Fraternity of St Peter Inc$6,5003n/a
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception$6,0003n/a
Ursuline Academy Inc$5,0001n/a
The Ruth Institute$4,50020%
Diocese of Oakland Ca Department of Education$4,0002n/a
Life Issues Institute Inc$4,00020%
Priests for Life$3,50020%
The Center for Bioethics and Culture$2,50011%
Center for Bio - Ethical Reform$2,00010%
American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the US$2,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($585k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget G L Connolly Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWyoming Catholic College: $89,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Maine Heritage Policy Center: $70,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetKeep the Faith Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetCalvary Hospital Inc: $54,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe United Way of Central Maryland Inc: $52,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCristo Rey Network: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKolbe Academy Inc: $44,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThomas Aquinas College: $44,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLakes Environmental Association: $39,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCenter for Immigration Studies Inc: $36,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetIntercollegiate Studies Institute Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Inc: $31,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Ministry of Caring Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Association of Scholars Inc: $28,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEternal Word Television Network Inc: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetReal Clear Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLife Legal Defense Foundation: $22,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEthics and Public Policy Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc: $18,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSophia Institute: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChristendom Educational Corporation: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAndrew L Hicks Jr Foundation: $15,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetSt Mary's Center: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Life International Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAve Maria University Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ruth Institute: $4,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLife Issues Institute Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPriests for Life: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Bioethics and Culture: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Bio - Ethical Reform: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

The Moran FoundationNV26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Moran Foundation · Louise M Davies Foundation · Rafael Madan & Lilian Casas Foundation · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Donors Trust Inc · William J Cammack Foundation Co William D Cammack · The Amaturo Family Foundation · The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · John P & Ann Marie Martin Charitable Trust · David S Cammack Foundation · Sacred Heart Trust Foundation · Mary's 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.

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How do I get to G L Connolly Foundation?

Find your warmest path to G L Connolly 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.

About G L Connolly Foundation

How much does G L Connolly Foundation give?
G L Connolly Foundation reported 68 grants totaling $491,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 66 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does G L Connolly Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Religion (23%), Human Services (11%).
Who are G L Connolly Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine ($125k), Wyoming Catholic College ($89k), The Maine Heritage Policy Center ($70k).
Does G L Connolly Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does G L Connolly Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as G L Connolly Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Moran Foundation, Louise M Davies Foundation, Rafael Madan & Lilian Casas Foundation.
Where is G L Connolly Foundation based?
G L Connolly Foundation is based in CA.

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 84 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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