California · Public charity
Gilroy Foundation
Founded in 1980, the GILROY FOUNDATION was organized specifically to help the needs of the community in the areas of health, education, recreation, culture and civic services.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,882
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $594,215
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Gilroy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 26 | $1.1M | 42% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $415k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $512k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $434k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $405k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $673k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $876k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $426k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Nest Inc | $644,215 | 2 | 7% |
| SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER | $315,853 | 8 | 1% |
| Gilroy Arts Alliance | $184,070 | 8 | 76% |
| Gilroy Historical Society | $116,911 | 5 | 30% |
| Gilroy Unified School District | $65,009 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Freedom Paws | $59,561 | 8 | 1% |
| Community Solutions for Children Families and Individuals | $36,686 | 4 | 0% |
| Pitstop Outreach | $25,500 | 3 | 18% |
| Odd Fellow- Rebekah Childrens Home of California | $25,225 | 2 | 0% |
| South County Compassion Center | $21,955 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Nest Inc | $644,215 | 2 | 7% |
| SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER | $315,853 | 8 | 1% |
| Gilroy Arts Alliance | $184,070 | 8 | 76% |
| Gilroy Historical Society | $116,911 | 5 | 30% |
| Gilroy Unified School District | $65,009 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Freedom Paws | $59,561 | 8 | 1% |
| Community Solutions for Children Families and Individuals | $36,686 | 4 | 0% |
| Pitstop Outreach | $25,500 | 3 | 18% |
| Odd Fellow- Rebekah Childrens Home of California | $25,225 | 2 | 0% |
| South County Compassion Center | $21,955 | 3 | 1% |
| Unravel | $20,060 | 1 | 1% |
| Youth Alliance | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Informed Choices | $18,461 | 3 | 2% |
| Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sovereign Military Order of Malta Western Association-Usa | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Parents Helping Parents Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dreampower Foundation | $6,025 | 1 | 2% |
| Gilroy Police Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Gilroy Rodeo Association | $5,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Carry the Vision | $5,560 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Services | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Rucker Home & School Club | $5,040 | 1 | 19% |
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gilroy Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Destination Home SV co Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Valley Health Foundation (Vhf) · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Christopher Ranch Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Intero Foundation Inc · The Health Trust · The Family Giving Tree · Community Foundation for San Benito County
How this is measured
About Gilroy Foundation
- How much does Gilroy Foundation give?
- Gilroy Foundation reported 26 itemized grants totaling $1,119,884, out of $1,563,024 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gilroy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Arts & Culture (15%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Gilroy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Digital Nest Inc ($644k), SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER ($316k), Gilroy Arts Alliance ($184k).
- Does Gilroy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gilroy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Destination Home SV co Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Sobrato Family Foundation.
- Where is Gilroy Foundation based?
- Gilroy Foundation is based in CA.
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