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Gegax Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$43k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
57%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$550
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 23
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$901k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Gegax Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationInternationalCivil RightsHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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 arriving19$43k21%
FY202323$42k57%
FY202218$51k78%
FY20218$8k38%
FY202021$39kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$43kHealth$39kFood & Nutrition$25kCivil Rights$15kInternational$12kReligion$12kHuman Services$8kHousing & Shelter$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
IA
IN
CA
NE
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Uc Davis Foundation$25,00020%
National Food Museum$20,1503n/a
Chopra Foundation$20,00021%
Malembe Rise Inc$10,00052%
Congregation Shearith Israel$5,9355n/a
Mt Soledad Memorial Assoc Inc Dba Mt Soledad National Veterans Memorial$5,55540%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Center for Communicationshealth$5,00015%
San Diego Rescue Mission Inc$4,50010%
Repower Fund$3,62720%
Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Gegax Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Uc Davis Foundation$25,00020%
National Food Museum$20,1503n/a
Chopra Foundation$20,00021%
Malembe Rise Inc$10,00052%
Congregation Shearith Israel$5,9355n/a
Mt Soledad Memorial Assoc Inc Dba Mt Soledad National Veterans Memorial$5,55540%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Center for Communicationshealth$5,00015%
San Diego Rescue Mission Inc$4,50010%
Repower Fund$3,62720%
La Jolla Community Center$3,19021%
The Paideia School Inc$3,00030%
Hospitality House Youth Development$2,55020%
National Redistricting Foundation$2,54420%
Check My Ads Institute$2,54320%
Feeding San Diego$2,50010%
St Vincent de Paul Village Inc$2,50010%
Center for Science in the Public Interest$2,00010%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$2,00010%
States United Democracy Center Inc$1,56510%
White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church$1,2501n/a
First Universalist Church$1,2501n/a
Flux Projects Inc$1,11030%
Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc$1,05010%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$1,03220%
Just Like My Child Foundation$1,00010%
San Diego Veteran Honor Color Guard$1,0001n/a
Paws4thought Animal Rescue$1,00011%
Board of Jewish Education Inc$1,00020%
East West Academy of Healing Arts$1,00012%
Arthaus Inc$7501n/a
City of Skate$7502n/a
Forge Foundation Inc$52510%
Foundation for Middle East Peace$50020%
Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia$50010%
Quilts of Valor Foundation$50010%
American Jewish Committee$50010%
J Street$35020%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$20010%
Congregation Bnai Jeshurun$1801n/a
Girl Scouts of the United States of America$10010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10010%
National Academy of Inventors Inc$10010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$8510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gegax Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Uc Davis Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChopra Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMalembe Rise Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetMt Soledad Memorial Assoc Inc Dba Mt Soledad National Veterans Memorial: $5,555 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Communicationshealth: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetSan Diego Rescue Mission Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRepower Fund: $3,627 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLa Jolla Community Center: $3,190 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Paideia School Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHospitality House Youth Development: $2,550 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNational Redistricting Foundation: $2,544 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCheck My Ads Institute: $2,543 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding San Diego: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Vincent de Paul Village Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Science in the Public Interest: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStates United Democracy Center Inc: $1,565 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlux Projects Inc: $1,110 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWounded Warriors Family Support Inc: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $1,032 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJust Like My Child Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPaws4thought Animal Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBoard of Jewish Education Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast West Academy of Healing Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetForge Foundation Inc: $525 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation for Middle East Peace: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArtcouncil Inc Dba Artadia: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuilts of Valor Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ Street: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Parkinson Disease Assoc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of the United States of America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Academy of Inventors Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $85 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 36.

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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.

The San Francisco FoundationCA14.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Impactassetsinc · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Blackbaud Giving 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 Gegax Family Foundation

How much does Gegax Family Foundation give?
Gegax Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $43,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Gegax Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Health (21%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
Who are Gegax Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Uc Davis Foundation ($25k), National Food Museum ($20k), Chopra Foundation ($20k).
Does Gegax Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gegax Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gegax Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
Where is Gegax Family Foundation based?
Gegax Family Foundation is based in MI.

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 59 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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