Iowa · Private foundation
Gleeson Family 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.
- $330k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Gleeson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $328k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $236k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $184k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $254k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $179k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $136k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $266k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $326k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Siouxland Inc | $490,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $340,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Lakeside Lab Inc | $162,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Morningside University | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Siouxland Regional Cancer Center | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Briar Cliff University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Iowa Great Lakes Association | $44,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sioux City Symphony Orchestra | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Siouxland Inc | $490,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $340,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Lakeside Lab Inc | $162,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Morningside University | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Siouxland Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Siouxland Regional Cancer Center | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Briar Cliff University | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Iowa Great Lakes Association | $44,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sioux City Symphony Orchestra | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Girls Incorporated of Sioux City | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Buena Vista University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sioux City Public School Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($708k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gleeson 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: Missouri River Historical Development Inc · Peterson Family Foundation · The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation · The Chesterman Family Foundation · Aalfs Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation · Yockey Foundation · Greenberg Foundation · Berenstein Family Foundation · Waitt Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation
How this is measured
About Gleeson Family Foundation
- How much does Gleeson Family Foundation give?
- Gleeson Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $330,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gleeson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (38%), Philanthropy (22%), Education (11%).
- Who are Gleeson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Siouxland Inc ($490k), Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation ($340k), Friends of Lakeside Lab Inc ($163k).
- Does Gleeson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gleeson 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 Gleeson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Missouri River Historical Development Inc, Peterson Family Foundation, The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Gleeson Family Foundation based?
- Gleeson Family Foundation is based in IA.
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