California · Private foundation
GAM Foundation
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.
- $47k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,022
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $996k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations GAM Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $45k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $39k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $40k | 79% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough Schools Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $18,025 | 3 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Quest Scholars Program Inc | $9,523 | 3 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $9,427 | 4 | 0% |
| San Mateo High School PTO and Foundation for Excellence | $5,330 | 1 | 1% |
| Cool Effect Inc | $3,327 | 3 | 0% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $3,023 | 3 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $3,023 | 3 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $3,023 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget GAM Foundation 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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About GAM Foundation
- How much does GAM Foundation give?
- GAM Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $46,725 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does GAM Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Environment (18%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).
- Who are GAM Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Hillsborough Schools Foundation ($30k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($18k), Ocean Conservancy ($15k).
- Does GAM Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does GAM Foundation 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 GAM Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is GAM Foundation based?
- GAM Foundation is based in CA.
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