New Jersey · Private foundation
The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation)
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.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $59M
- 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 The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $2.6M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $2.7M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $2.4M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $3.3M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $2.4M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $2.4M | 19% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $2.1M | 21% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $922k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center | $12,325,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Seton Hall Preparatory School | $1,382,200 | 7 | n/a |
| Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $1,045,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Heartworks Inc | $850,000 | 8 | 32% |
| Community in Crisis Inc | $765,000 | 8 | 20% |
| Lafayette College | $725,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Achilles International Inc | $225,000 | 8 | 1% |
| American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc | $200,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lee Pesky Learning Center Inc | $165,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindersmile Foundation Inc | $132,500 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($393k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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 New Jersey · Healey Family Foundation · The McJ Amelior Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation)
- How much does The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) give?
- The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) reported 18 grants totaling $2,561,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (71%), Education (14%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation)'s largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Foundation for Morristown Medical Center ($12M), Seton Hall Preparatory School ($1.4M), Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc ($1.0M).
- Does The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) 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 The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation)?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Healey Family Foundation, The McJ Amelior Foundation.
- Where is The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) based?
- The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) is based in NJ.