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The Gallagher Family Foundation at a glance

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The Gallagher Family 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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$348k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$7.7MArts & Culture$850kHealth$565kReligion$408kHuman Services$259kYouth Development$217kFood & Nutrition$197kPhilanthropy$161kOther$0
02FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $653k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $205k
  • $250k+2 grants · $663k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLARKE UNIVERSITY$348,333
LORAS COLLEGE$315,000
NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK INC$135,000
CEDAR VALLEY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS$70,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$44,286
GROUT MUSEUM INC$41,500
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA$37,500
MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ALLEN$35,000
ST EDWARD'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$30,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE$30,000
WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS SYMPHONY$25,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL$25,000
NAMI DUBUQUE$25,000
CEDAR VALLEY HOSPICE$20,000
THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION IN THE$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

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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

MN
IL
WI
IA
NE
MO
DC
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 75 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

75 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

75
9

Total granted

$12M
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
0%

Still filing today

45%
11%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • LC
    LORAS COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +11%
  • CU
    Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +10%
  • GM
    GROUT MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $418k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • SS
    ST STEPHENS THE WITNESS
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • FS
    FLORIDA SOUTHWESTER STATE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • CV
    CEDAR VALLEY IRISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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
Community Foundation for Western Iowa

The community foundation for western iowa is dedicated to creating a lasting legacy in our region by engaging our citizens and communities for durable change and fostering a culture of philanthropy. this is where giving grows.

Philanthropy
2
Iowa College Foundation

The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.

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3
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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4
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
5
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

To excite, engage and educate through the arts.

Arts & Culture
6
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
7
Grow Cedar Valley

Working to increase the economic vitality and wealth in the waterloo/cedar falls area and surrounding economic region.

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8
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
9
Veridian Credit Union

The mission of veridian credit union is to partner with members to create successful financial futures.

Public Benefit
10
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

—
11
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.

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12
State University of Iowa Foundation

The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Waterloo Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Hartman Reserve Inc. 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

37 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. 37 of the 86 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LORAS COLLEGE: $3,124,895 · OtherLORAS COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA: $704,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWAUNI FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FUND: $453,000 · OtherUNI FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FUNDCEDAR VALLEY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $410,000 · OtherST EDWARD'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $390,000 · Other+60 more: $2,734,000 · Other+60 moreClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $2,066,071 · EducationClarke University of Du…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $215,716 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYHAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN: $125,000 · EducationMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $103,000 · Education+1 more: $85,000 · EducationGROUT MUSEUM INC: $417,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE INC: $140,000 · Arts & CultureCedar Valley Chamber Music Inc: $117,000 · Arts & CultureYouth Art Team: $75,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ALLEN HOSPITAL: $140,000 · HealthPEOPLES COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $115,000 · HealthTHE CEDAR VALLEY CANCER COMMITTEE: $60,000 · HealthNAMI DUBUQUE: $60,000 · HealthNORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK: $331,500 · Food & NutritionCEDAR VALLEY HOSPICE INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WATERLOO IOWA: $145,000 · Human Services+2 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesWATERLOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $103,500 · PhilanthropyCEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAY: $85,000 · Philanthropy
Other$7,815,895Education$2,594,787Arts & Culture$754,500Health$375,000Food & Nutrition$331,500Human Services$310,000Philanthropy$188,500

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 budgetLORAS COLLEGE: $3,124,895 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $2,066,071 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetGROUT MUSEUM INC: $417,500 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetNORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK: $331,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $215,716 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HARTMAN RESERVE INC: $165,000 over 9y, 17% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY HOSPICE INC: $150,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WATERLOO IOWA: $145,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE INC: $140,000 over 7y, 7.5% of budgetMEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ALLEN HOSPITAL: $140,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN: $125,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetCedar Valley Chamber Music Inc: $117,000 over 9y, 26% of budgetPEOPLES COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $115,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWATERLOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $103,500 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $103,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY: $90,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetIowa Legal Aid Foundation: $86,000 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAY: $85,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetJOB FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetYWCA BLACK HAWK COUNTY: $80,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetYouth Art Team: $75,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $70,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE FAMILY YMCA OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY: $67,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CEDAR VALLEY CANCER COMMITTEE: $60,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetNAMI DUBUQUE: $60,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetHW GROUT TRUST: $57,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCOVENANT FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ART CENTER: $50,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetWINNEBAGO COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #173: $35,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetNAMI BLACK HAWK COUNTY: $35,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY TRAILS PARTNERSHIP: $18,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetStonehill Benevolent Foundation: $9,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetIOWA STATE BAR FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD GRACE PROJECT: $6,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY IRISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 LORAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa ↗
  • Who funds GROUT MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HARTMAN RESERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR VALLEY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WATERLOO IOWA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ALLEN HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN ↗
  • Who funds Cedar Valley Chamber Music Inc ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLES COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERLOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Iowa Legal Aid Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds JOB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YWCA BLACK HAWK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Youth Art Team ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY YMCA OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY ↗

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.

Max and Helen Guernse…Black Hawk County Gam…Otto Schoitz Foundati…Lsb FoundationVan G Miller Family C…Cedar Valley United W…Duroe Family Foundati…Community Foundation …Molinaro Family Chari…R J McElroy TrustGreenState Credit Uni…Alliant Energy Founda…
Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable FoundationIA47× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Black Hawk County Gaming Association · Otto Schoitz Foundation · Lsb Foundation · Van G Miller Family Charitable Foundation · Cedar Valley United Way · Duroe Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation · R J McElroy Trust · GreenState Credit Union · Alliant Energy 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 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Gallagher Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Gallagher Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    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.

    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 86 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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