· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $173k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASU FOUNDATION - ATHLETICS | $50,000 |
| UW FOUNDATION INNOVATION FUND | $50,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $30,000 |
| MADISON OPERA | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| HOLLIS SCHOOL DISTRICT | $20,000 |
| EDGEWOOD CAMPUS SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL | $18,400 |
| UNDERDOG PET RESCUE WI INC | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $10,000 |
| ASSUMPTION GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH - MADISON WI | $10,000 |
| FIRST GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2026, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MADISON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC3× · 2019–2021 · $150k · revenue +100%- MOMADISON OPERA INC5× · 2020–2026 · $70k · revenue +36%
- ECEDGEWOOD CAMPUS SCHOOL INC4× · 2023–2026 · $65k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- UCUW CARBONE CANCER INNOVATION FUNDone grant, 2025 · $50k
- MUMarquette Universitygraduatedone grant, 2019 · $24k · revenue +46%
MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +39%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…
The milwaukee institute of art and design's mission is to ignite curious minds through art, design and service. we value courage to seek our own path, integrity to pursue our lives and work with meaning, kindness to thoughtfully engage…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Strengthen communities by providing high-quality and innovative artistic experiences that entertain, inspire, and unite diverse audiences.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MADISON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds EDGEWOOD CAMPUS SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL HELLENIC SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SAGUARO SABERCAT FOOTBALL FOUNDATIO ↗
- Who funds ONE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gialamas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gialamas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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