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Gagnon Foundation Inc

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.

$595k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2024
26
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$13,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$297,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 26
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$7.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Gagnon Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $147k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesAnimalsEducationReligionPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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 arriving22$595k18%
FY202326$462k42%
FY202224$339k67%
FY20215$278k40%
FY20205$101k20%
FY201910$107k40%
FY201810$129k50%
FY201711$116kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$842kReligion$720kHuman Services$142kYouth Development$103kArts & Culture$95kEducation$45kAnimals$44kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
CO
MO
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Inspired Acres Inc$505,675853%
Fellowship of Believers in Christ Jesus Inc$200,0001n/a
Directions for Mental Health Inc$145,00070%
Metropolitan Ministries Foundation Inc$60,00031%
The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation Inc$45,00041%
Wheelchairs 4 Kids Inc$40,00021%
Somebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc$37,50043%
Friends Down Syndrome Special Needs West Florida Inc$35,000318%
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc$30,20020%
One More Child Foundation Inc$28,0003n/a
Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of Gagnon Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Inspired Acres Inc$505,675853%
Fellowship of Believers in Christ Jesus Inc$200,0001n/a
Directions for Mental Health Inc$145,00070%
Metropolitan Ministries Foundation Inc$60,00031%
The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation Inc$45,00041%
Wheelchairs 4 Kids Inc$40,00021%
Somebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc$37,50043%
Friends Down Syndrome Special Needs West Florida Inc$35,000318%
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc$30,20020%
One More Child Foundation Inc$28,0003n/a
Tampa Museum of Art Inc$25,00020%
Ryan Wells Foundation Inc$24,20036%
Make a Difference Fishing Tournament Inc$23,000212%
Lighthouse of Pinellas Inc$21,50041%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida Inc$20,00010%
Hope Villages of America Inc$20,00020%
Camp Rusk Foundation Inc$17,000322%
Armed Forces Families Foundation Inc$15,00016%
Salvador Dali Museum Inc$15,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$15,00010%
The University of Tampa Incorporated$15,00030%
St Petersburg Free Clinic Inc$15,00010%
Jan Stephenson's Crossroads Foundation Inc$15,000114%
Charity Works Inc$11,00031%
Wings 4 Recovery Inc$10,0001n/a
Ready for Life Inc$10,00011%
Cindys Pets Inc$10,000114%
Florida Top Dog Allstars Inc$6,0002n/a
Queen's Court Inc Simms$5,00013%
Alveus Sanctuary Inc$5,00012%
Special Olympics Florida Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
360 Eats$5,00011%
New Frontiers Health Force Inc$1,55020%
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc$1,00010%
Messenger International Inc$1,0001n/a
World Vision International$7002n/a
Best Buddies International Inc$51510%
Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($688k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gagnon Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInspired Acres Inc: $505,675 over 8y, 53% of budgetDirections for Mental Health Inc: $145,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Ministries Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Arc Tampa Bay Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetWheelchairs 4 Kids Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSomebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetFriends Down Syndrome Special Needs West Florida Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetClearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: $30,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTampa Museum of Art Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRyan Wells Foundation Inc: $24,200 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetMake a Difference Fishing Tournament Inc: $23,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetLighthouse of Pinellas Inc: $21,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope Villages of America Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Rusk Foundation Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetArmed Forces Families Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSalvador Dali Museum Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJan Stephenson's Crossroads Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCharity Works Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetReady for Life Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCindys Pets Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetQueen's Court Inc Simms: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAlveus Sanctuary Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budget360 Eats: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNew Frontiers Health Force Inc: $1,550 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $515 over 1y, 0.0% 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 30.

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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.

Pinellas Community FoundationFL23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinellas Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · The Ruth & J O Stone Foundation · Westphal Family Foundation Inc · White Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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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About Gagnon Foundation Inc

How much does Gagnon Foundation Inc give?
Gagnon Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $595,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gagnon Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Religion (34%), Human Services (7%).
Who are Gagnon Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Inspired Acres Inc ($506k), Fellowship of Believers in Christ Jesus Inc ($200k), Directions for Mental Health Inc ($145k).
Does Gagnon Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gagnon Foundation Inc 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 Gagnon Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pinellas Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc, Rays Baseball Foundation Inc.
Where is Gagnon Foundation Inc based?
Gagnon Foundation Inc is based in FL.

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 54 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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