California · Private foundation
Gale Family Foundation Inc
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)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,030
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $769k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Gale Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $33k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $41k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $38k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $37k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $37k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $38k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Friends Animal Society | $38,895 | 7 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $34,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Maltese Rescue | $26,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Border Collies in Need | $18,460 | 4 | 14% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc | $11,030 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $9,182 | 3 | 0% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gale Family Foundation Inc 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: California Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gale Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Gale Family Foundation Inc give?
- Gale Family Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $35,530 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gale Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (40%), Public Benefit (15%), Health (14%).
- Who are Gale Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Best Friends Animal Society ($39k), Judicial Watch Inc ($34k), Metropolitan Maltese Rescue ($26k).
- Does Gale Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gale Family 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 Gale Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Gale Family Foundation Inc based?
- Gale Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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