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John T Galligan Scholarship at a glance

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John T Galligan Scholarship

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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$81k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$217k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY$7,500
LASELL COLLEGE$2,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY: $8k → 8%UMASS LOWELL: $2k → 8%MERRIMACK COLLEGE: $2k → 10%WHEATON COLLEGE: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $5k → 12%MCPHS: $2k → 16%ELMS COLLEGE: $2k → 17%ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $2k → 10%COLBY SAWYER COLLEGE: $1k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $2k → 9%PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND: $2k → 9%HUSSON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 10%BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $2k → 12%WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNIV: $2k → 16%JOHNSON AND WALES UNIVERSITY: $1k → 14%HUSSON UNIVERSITY: $1k → 15%BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%LASELL COLLEGE: $3k → 8%UMASS DARTMOUTH: $3k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $2k → 12%EMMANUEL COLLEGE: $2k → 16%LASELL COLLEGE: $2k → 8%UMASS DARTMOUTH: $2k → 11%EMMANUEL COLLEGE: $2k → 16%UMASS DARTMOUTH: $2k → 11%WENTWORTH UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%UMASS BOSTON: $2k → 16%UMASS BOSTON: $2k → 16%EMERSON COLLEGE: $1k → 16%SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $2k → 16%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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$43k · 7 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
19

Total granted

$43k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+14%

Still filing today

43%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time
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

  • BS
    BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2025 · $12k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
    3× · 2020–2022 · $9k
  • UD
    UMASS DARTMOUTH
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7k

Funded once

  • FS
    FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • MERRIMACK COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +66%
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
Dean College

Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
4
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
5
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
6
The President and Trustees of Colby College

to provide a rigorous and transformative liberal arts education that prepares students to become thoughtful, engaged citizens.

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
9
Le Moyne College

The College is a diverse learning community that strives for academic excellence in the Catholic and Jesuit tradition through comprehensive programs rooted in the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
10
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
11
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
12
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emmanuel College; the most unlike its peers is Husson University. 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

13 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. 13 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY: $11,500 · OtherBRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST: $9,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERSTUMASS DARTMOUTH: $6,500 · OtherUMASS DARTMOUTHUMASS BOSTON: $4,000 · OtherUMASS BOSTONFRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $2,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $2,000 · OtherSALEM STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · OtherPLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · OtherMCPHS: $2,000 · OtherWENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNIV: $2,000 · OtherUMASS LOWELL: $2,000 · OtherWENTWORTH UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · OtherBRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2,000 · OtherLASELL UNIVERSITY: $4,500 · EducationLASELL UNIVERSITYEMMANUEL COLLEGE: $4,000 · EducationEMMANUEL COLLEGEHusson University: $3,500 · EducationHusson UniversityMERRIMACK COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationMERRIMACK COLLEGESUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationSUFFOLK UNIVERSITYWHEATON COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationWHEATON COLLEGEUniversity of New England: $2,000 · EducationUniversity of New EnglandST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $2,000 · EducationST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORKCOLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF THE ELMS: $2,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF THE ELMSEMERSON COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationColby-Sawyer College: $1,000 · EducationJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$51,500Education$27,000Community Improvement$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLASELL UNIVERSITY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMMANUEL COLLEGE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHusson University: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERRIMACK COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHEATON COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New England: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF THE ELMS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMERSON COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColby-Sawyer College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 LASELL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EMMANUEL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Husson University ↗
  • Who funds MERRIMACK COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WHEATON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds University of New England ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF THE ELMS ↗
  • Who funds EMERSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Colby-Sawyer College ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

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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 John T Galligan Scholarship funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John T Galligan Scholarship. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Merrimack College: 2% of income from government
  • Lasell University: 1% of income from government
  • Suffolk University: 1% of income from government
  • Emerson College: 0% of income from government
  • Wheaton College: 0% of income from government
  • Emmanuel College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report 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 27 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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