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Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$449k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 42
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$6.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving44$449k41%
FY202439$399k31%
FY202339$385k54%
FY202242$498k55%
FY202121$196k71%
FY202015$138k80%
FY20194$47k25%
FY201818$118k89%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$372kEducation$276kFood & Nutrition$273kHealth$253kAnimals$234kHousing & Shelter$218kReligion$172kYouth Development$128kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
OK
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 86 grantees
All grantees of Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
There With Care$65,00060%
Pope Memorial Humane Society$63,00062%
Seeds of Faith Inc$55,00053%
Child Development Resources$52,50030%
Voices of Hope Inc$52,50058%
Boys and Girls Club of the North Country Inc$50,00032%
Cairn University$50,00030%
Live Free Animal Rescue$45,00043%
Grafton County Senior Citizens Council Inc$45,00050%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$43,00040%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$43,00040%
We Care Charity Inc$43,00046%
Williamson College of the Trades$40,00040%
Lancaster Bible College$40,00040%
Young Life$35,00020%
New Hampshire Catholic Charities$35,00030%
Vouchers for Veterans$35,00045%
Operation Delta Dog Inc$35,00033%
The Foundation for Faces of Children$33,000314%
Haven Violence Prevention and Support Services$33,00031%
Cross Roads House Inc$33,00030%
Families in Transition$30,00030%
Veterans2Veterans Group$30,000310%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$30,00020%
Above the Notch Humane Society$30,000252%
Lancaster County Christian School$25,00020%
The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America$25,0001n/a
The River Food Pantry Inc$20,00020%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$20,00010%
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$20,00020%
The John Leland Center for Theological Studies$20,0001n/a
The Sidewalk Project$20,00021%
North Country Chamber Playersinc$20,00031%
Copper Cannon Corporation$20,00021%
Bible Visuals International Inc$18,81522%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$17,50020%
Feeding America$15,00010%
The Friendly Kitchen Inc$15,00012%
Meningioma Mommas Inc$15,000157%
Save Your Ass Long Ear Rescue$15,00026%
Makeit Labs Corp$14,00015%
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$13,00010%
Share Outreach Inc$13,00011%
Littlest Tumor Foundation Inc$12,500210%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$10,00010%
Bring on the Music Inc$10,00010%
The Global Hunger Project$10,00010%
Children's Tumor Foundation$10,0001n/a
Hollywood Food Coalition$10,0001n/a
KultureCity$10,00010%
Edgewood University Inc$10,00010%
Porchlight Inc$10,00010%
Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dogs$10,00013%
Greenlight Operation$10,00012%
Roberts Wesleyan University$10,00010%
Hips$10,00010%
Pivot Inc$10,00010%
Broom Street Theater Ltd$10,0001n/a
BOULDER COUNTY RSVP BOARD INC dba CULTIVATE$10,00012%
Solace Friends Inc$10,00012%
Littleton Winter Shelter$10,00019%
Communication Madison$10,00018%
Middle East Children's Alliance$10,00010%
Kidsave International Inc$10,00010%
Driftless Writing Center$10,0001n/a
Washington Nationals Philanthropies$10,00010%
EXPO of Wisconsin Inc$10,0001n/a
Second Chance Animal Rescue Inc$10,00012%
We Care Food Pantry Inc$10,0001n/a
Hope Inspire Love Inc$10,00013%
Pathways Pregnancy Care Center$9,0001n/a
Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc$7,50010%
One Child Center for Autism$5,00014%
Handi Vangelism Ministries International$5,0001n/a
James Madison University$5,0001n/a
The Carter Center Inc$5,00010%
Heritage Humane Society Inc$5,00010%
To Show We Care Inc$5,000113%
Access to Independence Inc$5,00010%
Arts & Literature Laboratory Inc$5,0001n/a
Project Mercy Inc$5,00010%
Hospice House Inc$3,00010%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$2,50010%
Spotlight Theatre$2,5001n/a
Franconia Community Church of Christ$1,0751n/a
Taliesin Preservation Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($636k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThere With Care: $65,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPope Memorial Humane Society: $63,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSeeds of Faith Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetChild Development Resources: $52,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVoices of Hope Inc: $52,500 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of the North Country Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCairn University: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLive Free Animal Rescue: $45,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetGrafton County Senior Citizens Council Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $43,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWe Care Charity Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetWilliamson College of the Trades: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLancaster Bible College: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVouchers for Veterans: $35,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetOperation Delta Dog Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetThe Foundation for Faces of Children: $33,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetHaven Violence Prevention and Support Services: $33,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCross Roads House Inc: $33,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFamilies in Transition: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans2Veterans Group: $30,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetLos Angeles Lgbt Center: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAbove the Notch Humane Society: $30,000 over 2y, 52% of budgetLancaster County Christian School: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe River Food Pantry Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Sidewalk Project: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNorth Country Chamber Playersinc: $20,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCopper Cannon Corporation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBible Visuals International Inc: $18,815 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSecond Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Friendly Kitchen Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMeningioma Mommas Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetSave Your Ass Long Ear Rescue: $15,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetMakeit Labs Corp: $14,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetNew Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $13,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetShare Outreach Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLittlest Tumor Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBring on the Music Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Global Hunger Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKultureCity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEdgewood University Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPorchlight Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 72.

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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.

New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH28× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Granite United Way · Cogswell Benevolent Trust · Samuel P Hunt Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Abraham Burtman Charity Trust · Bank of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · A Caring Community Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc

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.

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About Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami

How much does Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami give?
Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami reported 44 grants totaling $449,215 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (16%), Education (12%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
Who are Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: There With Care ($65k), Pope Memorial Humane Society ($63k), Seeds of Faith Inc ($55k).
Does Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Granite United Way, Cogswell Benevolent Trust.
Where is Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami based?
Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami is based in DC.

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 129 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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