Illinois · Private foundation
Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $731k
- Granted FY2023
- 21
- Grants FY2023
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
53% of Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Mayo Clinic, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $731k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $9.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 19 | $596k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $430k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $171k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $465k | 77% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $88k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $88k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Academy | $400,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Clearbrook | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Baptist Health South Florida Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago's Green City Market Program | $45,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pads to Hope Dba-Journeys the Road Home | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Helen V Brach Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation with peer funders
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation
- How much does Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation give?
- Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $731,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (56%), Education (19%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Loyola Academy ($400k), Clearbrook ($145k), Baptist Health South Florida Inc ($125k).
- Does Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Helen V Brach Foundation.
- Where is Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation based?
- Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family Foundation is based in IL.
Play a game based on Mary and Ralph Gesualdo Family’s filings →