Minnesota · Private foundation
Gilligan Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $403k
- Granted FY2023
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $234k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Gilligan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 21 | $234k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $226k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $194k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $190k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agate Housing & Services Inc | $81,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | $72,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Risen Christ School | $55,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $53,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bread for the World Institute | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wayside House Inc | $38,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $28,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Carmen Pampa Fund | $24,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Christ the King Catholic Church | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jeremiah Program | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agate Housing & Services Inc | $81,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | $72,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Risen Christ School | $55,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $53,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bread for the World Institute | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wayside House Inc | $38,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $28,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Carmen Pampa Fund | $24,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Christ the King Catholic Church | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jeremiah Program | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Eldercare | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Peace House Community | $16,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Theresa Living Center | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Network Education Program Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tubman | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Babys Breath Project | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($337k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gilligan 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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gilligan Foundation
- How much does Gilligan Foundation give?
- Gilligan Foundation reported 21 itemized grants totaling $234,000, out of $403,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Gilligan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (10%), Human Services (10%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Gilligan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Agate Housing & Services Inc ($81k), Project for Pride in Living Inc ($72k), Risen Christ School ($56k).
- Does Gilligan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gilligan 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 Gilligan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.
- Where is Gilligan Foundation based?
- Gilligan Foundation is based in MN.
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