Wisconsin · Private foundation
Gialamas Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $278k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 46% of the organizations Gialamas Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 13 | $278k | 38% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $232k | 46% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $202k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $158k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $76k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $83k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $92k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $266,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Madison Country Day School Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Opera Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Edgewood Campus School Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The National Hellenic Society Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Edgewood High School | $33,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Marquette University | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Saguaro Saber Link Inc | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $266,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Madison Country Day School Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Opera Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Edgewood Campus School Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The National Hellenic Society Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Edgewood High School | $33,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Marquette University | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Saguaro Saber Link Inc | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saguaro Sabercat Football Foundatio | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| One City Schools Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First German Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Madison Children's Museum Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pax Americana Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Amg Fitness Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($343k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gialamas Family 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: Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Steinhauer Charitable Foundation · John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Terry Family Foundation Inc · Irving & Dorothy Levy Family Foundation · Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation
How this is measured
About Gialamas Family Foundation
- How much does Gialamas Family Foundation give?
- Gialamas Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $278,400 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Gialamas Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (54%), Arts & Culture (12%), Health (11%).
- Who are Gialamas Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2026: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($266k), Madison Country Day School Inc ($150k), American Cancer Society Inc ($80k).
- Does Gialamas Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gialamas Family 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 Gialamas Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is Gialamas Family Foundation based?
- Gialamas Family Foundation is based in WI.
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