Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Galaxy Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 110
- Grants FY2024
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 71
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2024
- 24
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 48% of the organizations The Galaxy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 105 | $1.6M | 70% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $339k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 71 | $718k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alverno College | $720,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $145,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co | $140,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Acts Community Development Corporation | $130,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Institute for Ethnomedicine Inc Dba Brain Chemistry Labs | $80,000 | 1 | 3% |
| United Community Center Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Bicycle Relief Nfp | $41,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Advocates Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 115 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($362k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Galaxy Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 97 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Windhover Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Galaxy Foundation Inc
- How much does The Galaxy Foundation Inc give?
- The Galaxy Foundation Inc reported 110 grants totaling $1,723,690 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 71 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does The Galaxy Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (35%), Human Services (12%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are The Galaxy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Alverno College ($720k), Catholic Relief Services ($145k), The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co ($140k).
- Does The Galaxy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Galaxy 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 The Galaxy Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is The Galaxy Foundation Inc based?
- The Galaxy Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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