Illinois · Private foundation
Gabus Family Foundation II
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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $306k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Gabus Family Foundation II funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 6 | $36k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $22k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $21k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Wildlife Foundation Inc | $31,500 | 7 | 6% |
| Furry Friends Refuge | $29,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Animal Lifeline of Iowa Inc | $20,900 | 7 | 1% |
| Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc | $16,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rhythms of Grace | $9,700 | 2 | 3% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Morris Animal Foundation | $1,700 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gabus Family Foundation II 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Gabus Family Foundation II
- How much does Gabus Family Foundation II give?
- Gabus Family Foundation II reported 12 grants totaling $35,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gabus Family Foundation II fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (89%), Health (8%), Public Benefit (3%).
- Who are Gabus Family Foundation II's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Southwest Wildlife Foundation Inc ($32k), Furry Friends Refuge ($29k), Animal Lifeline of Iowa Inc ($21k).
- Does Gabus Family Foundation II fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gabus Family Foundation II 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 Gabus Family Foundation II?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gabus Family Foundation II based?
- Gabus Family Foundation II is based in IL.
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