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Galesburg Community Foundation
The GALESBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION works to improve the quality and health of our communities. We believe that connecting people to the causes they care about is a key ingredient to effective philanthropy.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2018
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2018
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Itemized, FY2018
- $895k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2018
- $11,883
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $289,101
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 2
- Total assets, FY2018
- $50M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 44% of the organizations Galesburg Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 34 | $895k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Sandburg College | $582,035 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Galesburg | $340,431 | 2 | n/a |
| Williamsfield Parks Association | $137,981 | 2 | 96% |
| Orpheum Theatre of Galesburg Il Nfp Inc | $130,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Forefront | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Galesburg Museums Inc Dba Discovery Depot | $49,960 | 2 | 5% |
| Rainbow Riders Nfp | $38,420 | 2 | 23% |
| Fish of Galesburg | $37,346 | 2 | n/a |
| Kccdd Inc | $35,480 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa of West Central Illinois | $29,500 | 2 | 22% |
Show all 45 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Sandburg College | $582,035 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Galesburg | $340,431 | 2 | n/a |
| Williamsfield Parks Association | $137,981 | 2 | 96% |
| Orpheum Theatre of Galesburg Il Nfp Inc | $130,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Forefront | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Galesburg Museums Inc Dba Discovery Depot | $49,960 | 2 | 5% |
| Rainbow Riders Nfp | $38,420 | 2 | 23% |
| Fish of Galesburg | $37,346 | 2 | n/a |
| Kccdd Inc | $35,480 | 2 | 1% |
| Casa of West Central Illinois | $29,500 | 2 | 22% |
| Central Congregational Church | $27,200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $21,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Knox County Illinois | $21,184 | 1 | 1% |
| Why Not Now Inc | $20,133 | 2 | n/a |
| Christmas in Action Galesburg Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Triumph Services Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Choral Dynamics of Galesburg Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Galesburg Symphony Society | $19,505 | 2 | 7% |
| Western Illinois Works Inc | $18,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Rural Schools Collaborative Inc | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rowva Public Schools Foundation | $14,500 | 1 | 34% |
| Warren Achievement Center Inc | $13,850 | 1 | 0% |
| Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank | $13,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Illinois | $12,516 | 2 | 0% |
| Jamieson Community Center | $12,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Knox County Community Health Clinic | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Galesburg Rescue Mission & Womens Shelter | $10,302 | 1 | n/a |
| Buchanan Center for the Arts | $10,250 | 1 | 4% |
| Family Planning Service of Western Illinois Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Knox County Housing Authority | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roseville Kids Place | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| 1st Street Armoury Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Stone-Hayes Center for Independent Living | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| OSF Healthcare Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Galva Arts Council | $6,427 | 1 | n/a |
| Galesburg Cusd 205 | $6,240 | 1 | n/a |
| Henderson Knox Mercer Warren Regional Office of Education #33 | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Knox Prairie Community Kitchen | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Harbor Family Crisis Center Ltd | $5,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Monmouth Roseville Education Foundation | $5,150 | 1 | 9% |
| Locus Impact Investing | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Altonaoneida&Wataga Ambulance Serv | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knox County Teen Court | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| VNA Community Service | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Galesburg Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: United Way of Knox County Inc · Addleman Foundation · Warren County United Way · Donald E Fike Family Foundation · Pattee Foundation Inc · Twomey Foundation · Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Galesburg Community Foundation
- How much does Galesburg Community Foundation give?
- Galesburg Community Foundation reported 34 itemized grants totaling $894,624, out of $1,062,166 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Galesburg Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Education (6%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Galesburg Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Carl Sandburg College ($582k), City of Galesburg ($340k), Williamsfield Parks Association ($138k).
- Does Galesburg Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Galesburg Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Knox County Inc, Addleman Foundation, Warren County United Way.
- Where is Galesburg Community Foundation based?
- Galesburg Community Foundation is based in IL.
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