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The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$13MEducation$2.7MHuman Services$1.1MYouth Development$1.0MRecreation & Sports$237kEmployment$141kPublic Safety & Disaster$65kInternational$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.1M
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$59M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER$2,100,000
COMMUNITY IN CRISIS$100,000
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE$100,000
HEARTWORKS$50,000
ACHILLES INTERNATIONAL$50,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND$25,000
KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWARK$25,000
LEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY$10,000
HAGEDORN LITTLE VILLAGE SCHOOL$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BRIGHT MINDS FOUNDATION OF HOWARD$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
FLORIDA LIONS EYE CLINIC$5,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SOMERSET HILLS YMCA: $265k → 5%SOMERSET HILLS YMCA: $250k → 5%SOMERSET HILLS YMCA: $250k → 5%SOMERSET HILLS YMCA: $250k → 5%SOMERSET HILLS YMCA: $15k → 5%SOMERSET HILLS YMCA: $15k → 5%KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION: $45k → 16%KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION: $20k → 16%KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
IL
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
DC
OK
GA
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 31 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
18

Total granted

$19M
$135k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+19%

Still filing today

65%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterInternationalOther
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

  • FF
    Foundation for Morristown Medical Center
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12M · revenue +28%
  • Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +52%
  • COMMUNITY IN CRISIS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $765k · revenue +564%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SMILEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • SH
    SOMERSET HILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue ×24
  • MM
    MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -8%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative

The mission of philadelphia youth sports collaborative (pysc) is to dramatically enhance the capacity of youth-serving organizations in philadelphia to provide high quality, sports-based youth development programs to children in every…

Philanthropy
5
Ymca of Montclair New Jersey

The YMCA of Montclair welcomes all. We are a nonprofit that strengthens individuals, families, and community by developing spirit, mind, and body. Membership is open to all, with financial assistance available to those who live in our…

Human Services
6
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
10
Pg Chambers School

The organization's mission is to be a leader in the education and development of children with disabilities increasing the children's confidence in their individual abilities, preparing them to engage in the community, and expanding their…

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11
The Arc of Bergen and Passaic Counties Inc

To provide enhanced opportunities for all citizens of bergen and passaic counties with intellectual and other disabilities and their families through advocacy, community education, direct services, and customized supports to help these…

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12
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is West Morris Soccer Club. 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 50 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
26/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Foundation for Morristown Medical Center: $12,325,000 · HealthFoundation for Morristown Medical CenterCOMMUNITY IN CRISIS INC: $765,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY IN CRISIS INC+2 more: $36,000 · HealthSETON HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $1,382,200 · OtherSETON HALL P…Achilles International Inc: $225,000 · OtherAchilles Int…Individual grant recipient: $90,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · Other+26 more: $319,600 · Other+26 moreLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $725,000 · EducationAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $200,000 · EducationLEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC: $165,500 · EducationBoise State University Foundation Inc: $50,000 · Education+4 more: $48,500 · EducationSomerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $1,045,000 · Human ServicesKINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC: $132,500 · Human ServicesHeartworks Inc: $850,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWARK INC: $75,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentBERNARDSVILLE FIRE COMPANY: $65,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $50,000 · International
Health$13,126,000Other$2,096,800Education$1,189,000Human Services$1,177,500Youth Development$1,006,500Public Safety & Disaster$65,000International$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $12,325,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetSomerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $1,045,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetHeartworks Inc: $850,000 over 8y, 32% of budgetCOMMUNITY IN CRISIS INC: $765,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $725,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $225,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $200,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC: $165,500 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetKINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC: $132,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWARK INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBERNARDSVILLE FIRE COMPANY: $65,000 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA LIONS EYE CLINC INC: $35,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTHE HAGEDORN LITTLE VILLAGE SCHOOL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIVELIKELOU FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGARDEN STATE INITIATIVE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWEST MORRIS SOCCER CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TRADING FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCANCER HOPE NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF TIBURON SUNSET FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDERS FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOMERSET CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERNARDS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CLUB: $500 over 1y, 1.4% 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 Foundation for Morristown Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Heartworks Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY IN CRISIS INC ↗
  • Who funds LAFAYETTE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Achilles International Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds LEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWARK INC ↗
  • Who funds BERNARDSVILLE FIRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds Boise State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA LIONS EYE CLINC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HAGEDORN LITTLE VILLAGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds LIVELIKELOU FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOMERSET HILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Equity4HC Inc ↗
  • Who funds GARDEN STATE INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST MORRIS SOCCER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TRADING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CANCER HOPE NETWORK ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Healey Family Foundat…The McJ Amelior Found…Columbia Bank Foundat…Chubb Charitable Foun…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…Verizon FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ19× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gagnon Family Foundation Inc (Fka the Lois E & Neil J Gagnon Foundation). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 44%
  • Community in Crisis Inc: 56% of income from government
  • Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Kindersmile Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 50 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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