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The Galasso Foundation

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.

$500k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 46
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$8.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Galasso Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving48$500k31%
FY202438$262k24%
FY202335$334k17%
FY202236$248k22%
FY202137$468k14%
FY202038$385k18%
FY201943$388k12%
FY201846$377k22%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.3MEducation$1.1MFood & Nutrition$280kPhilanthropy$166kHuman Services$122kHousing & Shelter$92kHealth$34kInternational$29kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
CA
NE
KY
MD
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Galasso Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Marys High School$495,1509n/a
St Bonaventure University$310,00080%
Feedmore Wny Foundation Inc$143,00061%
Cobleskill Community Activities Foundation$90,0009100%
Gerard Place Housing Development Fund Company Inc$80,00061%
Canisius University$45,00090%
City Mission Society Inc$41,50030%
Brothers of Mercy Holding Inc$38,00063%
The Bison Children's Scholarship Fund Inc$32,00040%
Via Visually Impaired Advancement$29,50050%
Seneca Falls Rotary Service$26,250910%
United Way of Seneca County Inc$13,25091%
Erie County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,0001n/a
Dominik Hasek Youth Hockey League Inc$10,00011%
The Service Collaborative of Wny$10,0001n/a
Irish Classical Theater Co$6,50070%
Bridge of Hope Inc$5,00010%
Compass House$5,00010%
Seneca Falls Library$3,35080%
Seneca County Childrens Committee Inc$2,50028%
Focus Churches of Albany Inc$2,5001n/a
Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association Inc$2,00030%
Save Our Youth Foundation$2,0001n/a
Camp Onseyawa Inc$1,15031%
St Bernard's School Inc$1,00010%
Tri-Community Food Pantry$1,0001n/a
Nathan Littauer Foundation Inc$1,00020%
The Zach Liberatore Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Geneva General Hospital$1,00020%
Omaha Symphony Association$1,00010%
Safe Harbors of the Finger Lakes Inc$1,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$75020%
The Heritage Foundation$75020%
Waterloo Library and Historical Society Inc$75010%
Lancaster New York Historical Society$5001n/a
Hope-Net Ministries Inc$50010%
Celebrate Commemorate Memorial Day$5001n/a
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network Inc$50010%
Msu Marketing Association$5001n/a
Literacy Volunteers of Seneca County Inc$35021%
Support Our Troops Inc$30020%
American Cancer Society Inc$30010%
Catholic Answers Inc$25010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$25010%
Seneca White Deer Inc$2501n/a
Cathy Wendel Lista Fund Inc$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Galasso Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Bonaventure University: $310,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFeedmore Wny Foundation Inc: $143,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCobleskill Community Activities Foundation: $90,000 over 9y, 100% of budgetGerard Place Housing Development Fund Company Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCanisius University: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCity Mission Society Inc: $41,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBrothers of Mercy Holding Inc: $38,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetThe Bison Children's Scholarship Fund Inc: $32,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVia Visually Impaired Advancement: $29,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSeneca Falls Rotary Service: $26,250 over 9y, 10% of budgetUnited Way of Seneca County Inc: $13,250 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetDominik Hasek Youth Hockey League Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetIrish Classical Theater Co: $6,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBridge of Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCompass House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSeneca Falls Library: $3,350 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSeneca County Childrens Committee Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetSeneca Lake Pure Waters Association Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCamp Onseyawa Inc: $1,150 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSt Bernard's School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNathan Littauer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Zach Liberatore Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGeneva General Hospital: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOmaha Symphony Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Harbors of the Finger Lakes Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWaterloo Library and Historical Society Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope-Net Ministries Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCayuga Lake Watershed Network Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Seneca County Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSupport Our Troops Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Answers Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $250 over 1y, 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 35.

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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.

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY26.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · Bonafiglia Foundation Inc · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · East Hill Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Nelson B Delavan Found Part a Xxxxx9000 · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · The Frank G Raichle Foundation

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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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 The Galasso Foundation

How much does The Galasso Foundation give?
The Galasso Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $500,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Galasso Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Education (34%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
Who are The Galasso Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Marys High School ($495k), St Bonaventure University ($310k), Feedmore Wny Foundation Inc ($143k).
Does The Galasso Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Galasso 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 Galasso Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, The John R Oishei Foundation, Bonafiglia Foundation Inc.
Where is The Galasso Foundation based?
The Galasso Foundation is based in NY.

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 106 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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