Illinois · Private foundation
McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $83k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 21 | $83k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $75k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $83k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $83k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $71k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $70k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $37k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $63k | 54% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $45,585 | 8 | 0% |
| Mutual Ground Inc | $35,235 | 8 | 0% |
| Gads Hill Center | $28,535 | 5 | 0% |
| Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry Inc | $24,435 | 5 | 0% |
| Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry | $22,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Food for Greater Elgin Inc | $19,485 | 3 | 0% |
| Wayside Cross Ministries | $18,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Deborah's Place | $17,935 | 3 | 0% |
| Teen Nite Inc | $13,900 | 6 | 19% |
| Lazarus House | $12,650 | 2 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($186k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc 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: Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley · Dunham Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Fox Valley United Way · Dunham Fund · The Bersted Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc
- How much does McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc give?
- McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $82,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Food & Nutrition (22%), Health (15%).
- Who are McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northern Illinois Food Bank ($46k), Mutual Ground Inc ($35k), Gads Hill Center ($29k).
- Does McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc 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 McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, Dunham Foundation, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group.
- Where is McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc based?
- McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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