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Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
67
Grants FY2024
71
Organizations funded FY2023
6%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 71
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$60M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyEducationAnimalsHealthOther
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
FY2024still arriving63$3.9M2%
FY202371$4.0M6%
FY202268$4.1M15%
FY202168$3.7M16%
FY202067$3.4M82%
FY201916$3.4M44%
FY20187$3.3M86%
FY201731$3.1Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$9.0MHealth$5.7MPhilanthropy$3.4MEducation$1.6MSocial Science$1.5MEnvironment$1.2MYouth Development$1.2MInternational$940kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Joffrey Ballet$5,550,000811%
Vail Health Services Foundation$1,400,00045%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$1,068,00050%
Center for Strategic and International Studies$968,00050%
Jupiter Medical Center Inc$900,00030%
University of California San Francisco$700,0002n/a
The Art Institute of Chicago$510,00050%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$500,00050%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$500,00050%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$500,00050%
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All grantees of Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Joffrey Ballet$5,550,000811%
Vail Health Services Foundation$1,400,00045%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$1,068,00050%
Center for Strategic and International Studies$968,00050%
Jupiter Medical Center Inc$900,00030%
University of California San Francisco$700,0002n/a
The Art Institute of Chicago$510,00050%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$500,00050%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$500,00050%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$500,00050%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$500,00050%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$400,00023%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$400,00050%
Rare$300,00011%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs$250,00041%
Ravinia Festival Association$250,00050%
Santa Fe Institute$225,00022%
The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential$200,00025%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$200,00020%
Kidspace a Participatory Museum$150,00017%
Vandercook College of Music$150,00060%
Vail Veterans Foundation Inc$130,00052%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$125,00050%
National Symphony Orch Assn of Washington DC$125,00055%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$125,00050%
Vail Religious Foundation$112,00053%
Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc$100,00021%
Refugees International Inc$100,00041%
Chicago Blackhawks Foundation$100,00041%
The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation)$75,00034%
Chicago History Museum$75,0002n/a
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$60,00013%
Brain Research Foundation$54,00023%
Greater Los Angeles Area Council Boy Scouts of America$50,00010%
Window to the World Communications Inc$50,00010%
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$50,00012%
Northwestern University$50,00010%
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation$50,00011%
The Cradle Society$40,00040%
Summit School Inc$40,00021%
Americares Foundation Inc$40,00040%
Collegiate Directions Inc$30,00031%
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching$30,00030%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$25,00010%
The Midori Foundation Inc$25,00050%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$25,00050%
Music Institute of Chicago$25,00050%
Save The Children Federation Inc$25,00050%
Storycatchers$25,00050%
Big Shoulders Fund$25,00020%
The Newberry Library$25,00050%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$25,00050%
Field Museum of Natural History$20,00020%
Polytechnic School$20,00010%
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired$10,00050%
Barrington Area Comm Foundation Inc$10,00011%
United Negro College Fund Inc$10,00020%
The Adler Planetarium$10,00020%
Chicago Foundation for Education$5,00020%
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago$1,00010%
Barrington Area Council on Aging Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Joffrey Ballet: $5,550,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetVail Health Services Foundation: $1,400,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $1,068,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Strategic and International Studies: $968,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $900,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $510,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $500,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTheodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $400,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRare: $300,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Chicago Council on Global Affairs: $250,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetRavinia Festival Association: $250,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSanta Fe Institute: $225,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential: $200,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKidspace a Participatory Museum: $150,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetVandercook College of Music: $150,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetVail Veterans Foundation Inc: $130,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetThe Philanthropy Roundtable: $125,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNational Symphony Orch Assn of Washington DC: $125,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVail Religious Foundation: $112,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRefugees International Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetChicago Blackhawks Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $75,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBrain Research Foundation: $54,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetGreater Los Angeles Area Council Boy Scouts of America: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWindow to the World Communications Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNorthwestern University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMax McGraw Wildlife Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Cradle Society: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSummit School Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCollegiate Directions Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGolden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Midori Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Institute of Chicago: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStorycatchers: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 59.

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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.

Robert Galvin FoundationIL43.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert Galvin Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Canning Foundation · Carol Bernick Family Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust

How much does Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust give?
Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust reported 67 grants totaling $4,081,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 71 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Health (19%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Joffrey Ballet ($5.5M), Vail Health Services Foundation ($1.4M), American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ($1.1M).
Does Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust 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 Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robert Galvin Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
Where is Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust based?
Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust is based in IL.

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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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