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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 FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$594k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.2MArts & Culture$710kYouth Development$707kFood & Nutrition$350kHuman Services$196kPhilanthropy$147kPublic Benefit$89kHealth$56kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $1,119,884, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,563,024 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $443,140 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $156k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $277k
  • $250k+1 grant · $594k
$7,882
Median grant
1
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIGITAL NEST$594,215
VARIOUS 5000 OR LESS$116,138
CHRISTOPHER HIGH SCHOOL$96,329
GILROY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRIC$65,009
ST JOSEPH FAMILY CENTER$40,948
GILROY HIGH SCHOOL$32,195
GILROY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$26,131
GILROY ARTS ALLIANCE$18,936
REBEKAH CHILDRENS SERVICES$14,500
Individual grant recipient$12,671
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS$10,513
GAVILAN COLLEGE$8,048
ST MARY SCHOOL$7,882
SOUTH VALLEY CIVIC THEATER$6,755
Individual grant recipient$6,750
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%PITSTOP OUTREACH: $11k → 8%ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOC: $10k → 8%PITSTOP OUTREACH: $10k → 8%SOUTH COUNTY COMPASSION CENTE: $8k → 8%SOUTH COUNTY COMPASSION CENTE: $7k → 8%SOUTH COUNTY COMPASSION CENTE: $7k → 8%PARENTS HELPING PARENTS: $6k → 8%DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION: $6k → 8%PITSTOP OUTREACH: $6k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 29 repeat orgs$616k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
32

Total granted

$4.2M
$491k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+100%

Still filing today

38%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DN
    DIGITAL NEST INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $644k · revenue +91%
  • SC
    SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $316k · revenue +33%
  • GA
    GILROY ARTS ALLIANCE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $184k · revenue +4% · 76% of their budget

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
    one grant, 2018 · $135k
  • GM
    GUSD MUSIC PROGRAMS
    one grant, 2017 · $54k
  • UF
    UNITED FRESH START ASSOCIATIO
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Community Agency for Resources Advocacy & Services

Resources and Community Advocacy. Serving low income youth and families in the community. Providing culturally competent and sensitivie programing based on based on the needs and resources available in Santa Clara County.

Human Services
2
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
3
Santa Clara County Kinship Adoptive & Foster Parent Association

Provides resources and advocates for the needs of foster and adoptive families in santa clara county.

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4
People First of Santa Cruz County

To ensure housing for all by uniting the community, forming partnerships, inspiring advocacy and providing service

Housing & Shelter
5
Sun Street Centers

To prevent alcohol and drug addiction by offering education, prevention and recovery to individuals and families, regardless of income level.

Human Services
6
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
7
Sacramento Children's Home

At the sacramento children's home, we are committed to opening doors to the future by maximizing the potential of children and families.

Human Services
8
Stanford Youth Solutions dba Stanford Sierra Youth & Families

To help solve the most challenging issues facing youth and families in northern california by providing tailored services from counseling and therapy to alternative placements with an end result of permanently connecting our young clients…

Human Services
9
Prevail Ca

To provide safety, compassion, and respect as we educate, empower, and advocate for individuals, families, and young people.

Human Services
10
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County

Catholic charities of santa clara county serves and advocates for families and individuals in need, especially those living in poverty. rooted in gospel values, we work to create a more just and compassionate community in which people of…

Human Services
11
Sacred Heart Community Service

Our mission is to build a community free from poverty by creating hope, opportunity, and action. we provide essential services, work together to improve our lives, organize for justice, and inspire our community to love, serve, and share.

Human Services
12
Community Human Services

Community human services is a nonprofit agency dedicated to providing high quality mental health, substance use and homeless services to monterey county residents to help them reach their full potantial.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Services; the most unlike its peers is Informed Choices. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 72 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRISTOPHER HIGH SCHOOL: $773,332 · OtherCHRISTOPHER HIGH SCHOOLVARIOUS 5000 OR LESS: $682,083 · OtherVARIOUS 5000 OR LESSIndividual grant recipient: $462,654 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSTARTING ARTS EDUCATOIN: $200,446 · OtherSTARTING ARTS EDUCATOINGILROY ARTS ALLIANCE: $184,070 · OtherGILROY HIGH SCHOOL: $172,397 · OtherTHE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY: $135,086 · Other+52 more: $1,092,299 · Other+52 moreDIGITAL NEST INC: $644,215 · Youth DevelopmentDIGITAL NEST IN…+1 more: $5,040 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER: $315,853 · Food & NutritionPitstop Outreach: $25,500 · Human ServicesSOUTH COUNTY COMPASSION CENTER: $21,955 · Human ServicesSOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA: $10,000 · Human ServicesPARENTS HELPING PARENTS INC: $6,250 · Human ServicesThe Dreampower Foundation: $6,025 · Human ServicesOPERATION FREEDOM PAWS: $59,561 · Public BenefitUNRAVEL: $20,060 · HealthInformed Choices: $18,461 · HealthYOUTH ALLIANCE: $20,000 · Crime & LegalGILROY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,702,367Youth Development$649,255Food & Nutrition$315,853Human Services$69,730Public Benefit$59,561Health$38,521Crime & Legal$26,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDIGITAL NEST INC: $644,215 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER: $315,853 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetGILROY ARTS ALLIANCE: $184,070 over 8y, 76% of budgetGILROY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $116,911 over 5y, 30% of budgetOPERATION FREEDOM PAWS: $59,561 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FOR CHILDREN FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS: $36,686 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPitstop Outreach: $25,500 over 3y, 18% of budgetODD FELLOW- REBEKAH CHILDRENS HOME OF CALIFORNIA: $25,225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY COMPASSION CENTER: $21,955 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUNRAVEL: $20,060 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYOUTH ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetInformed Choices: $18,461 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARENTS HELPING PARENTS INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Dreampower Foundation: $6,025 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGILROY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGILROY RODEO ASSOCIATION: $5,700 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCARRY THE VISION: $5,560 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE SERVICES: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUCKER HOME & SCHOOL CLUB: $5,040 over 1y, 19% of budget
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 DIGITAL NEST INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES fka ST JOSEPHS FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GILROY ARTS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds GILROY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FREEDOM PAWS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FOR CHILDREN FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ↗
  • Who funds Pitstop Outreach ↗
  • Who funds ODD FELLOW- REBEKAH CHILDRENS HOME OF CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH COUNTY COMPASSION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNRAVEL ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Informed Choices ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Destination Home SV c…The Sobrato Family Fo…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Valley Health Foundat…San Jose Mercury News…Christopher Ranch Fou…The David and Lucile …The Intero Foundation…The Health TrustThe Family Giving TreeCommunity Foundation …
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA23.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gilroy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gilroy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 72 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 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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