· Private foundation
The Gallagher Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k2 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $377k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $713k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARKLUND CHILDREN'S HOME | $142,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO | $92,500 |
| BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE | $87,000 |
| CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES INC | $85,000 |
| MOBILE C A R E FOUNDATION | $80,000 |
| CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN | $65,000 |
| CHRIST THE KING JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $56,000 |
| BIG SHOULDERS FUND | $55,000 |
| INNER CITY IMPACT | $50,000 |
| BROOKLINK | $42,000 |
| MISERICORDIA | $31,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL | $30,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME | $26,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO (NEW HOPE APARTMENTS) | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +63% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MCMARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME7× · 2017–2023 · $767k · revenue +73%
- MCMOBILE CARE FOUNDATION4× · 2019–2023 · $370k · revenue +175%
- CHCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY7× · 2017–2023 · $340k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- MCMOBILE C A R E FOUNDATION (FOR PATRICK STEIN FUND)one grant, 2020 · $75k
- BHBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPEone grant, 2017 · $50k
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +46%
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.
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.
Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.
The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.
Our mission is to strengthen and heal families and individuals from all walks of life through clinical service, education and research.
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite and empower the promise of youth. we nurture children, strengthen communities and believe that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life.
We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.
The niu foundation's mission is to energize and connect the private sector with the niu community to secure and steward resources that support the future and growth of niu.
The Chicago School educates the next generation of change-makers in innovative theory and culturally competent practice to strengthen the integrated health of individuals, organizations, and communities.
Northwestern memorial healthcare is an integrated healthcare system, consisting of multiple hospitals (including northwestern memorial hospital, an academic medical center) and networks of physicians and healthcare professionals, where the…
The Lycee Francais de Chicago, driven by our core values of respect, responsibility and the joy of learning, empowers students to grow into active global citizens.
How this is measured
27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 46 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MARKLUND CHILDRENS HOME ↗
- Who funds MOBILE CARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOPE IGNITES CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago ↗
- Who funds Big Shoulders Fund ↗
- Who funds BROOKLINK INC ↗
- Who funds Emmaus Ministries ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds Operation Warm Inc ↗
- Who funds Inner City Impact ↗
- Who funds ARMENIAN RELIEF MISSION ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds New Foundation of Hope ↗
- Who funds Training Leaders International ↗
- Who funds Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds American Brain Tumor Association ↗
- Who funds YOUTH CHORAL THEATER OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds National Alopecia Areata Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE NEEDY FAMILY FUND ↗
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Gallagher Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gallagher Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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