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The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$249k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2026
44
Organizations funded FY2025
32%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2026
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 44
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
6
Total assets, FY2026
$3.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 32% of the organizations The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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
FY2026still arriving40$249k25%
FY202544$203k32%
FY202430$193k37%
FY202332$179k41%
FY202228$172k39%
FY202126$159k65%
FY20208$85k0%
FY201910$91k40%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$393kEducation$234kHousing & Shelter$166kRecreation & Sports$130kArts & Culture$103kFood & Nutrition$71kHuman Services$55kPhilanthropy$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
MA
OR
CT
CA
UT
CO
TN
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$162,50090%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$145,0008n/a
The Lionheart Foundation Inc$140,00083%
United States Ski Team Foundation$120,00060%
Northeastern University$105,00050%
Teach for America Inc$95,00060%
Pine Street Inn Inc$85,00090%
Horizons for Homeless Children$76,00040%
The Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children$48,00080%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$40,35040%
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All grantees of The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$162,50090%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$145,0008n/a
The Lionheart Foundation Inc$140,00083%
United States Ski Team Foundation$120,00060%
Northeastern University$105,00050%
Teach for America Inc$95,00060%
Pine Street Inn Inc$85,00090%
Horizons for Homeless Children$76,00040%
The Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children$48,00080%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$40,35040%
Best Buddies International Inc$17,6501n/a
Touchstone Farm Inc$15,00051%
A Hand Up Group$11,0003n/a
Family Table Collaborative Inc$10,00011%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$9,00030%
Our Fathers Table Inc$8,00046%
Kylecares Inc$7,50033%
Lakes Region Food Pantry Inc$7,50051%
Friends of Weston's Council on Aging Inc$7,25059%
Perkins School for the Blind$7,00040%
Regis College$5,42730%
Human Relations Service Inc$4,75050%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$4,50040%
Saint Francis House Inc$4,00030%
Rosie's Place Inc$4,00020%
Village Improvement Society of Dennis$3,50025%
The Parmenter Foundation Inc$3,25040%
The Corner Art Room Corp$3,00031%
Bread of Life Inc$3,00030%
Friends of the Weston Public Library Inc$2,50032%
Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance$2,50010%
City of Salem$2,5001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,50010%
United States Blind Golf Association Association Inc$2,50012%
Metrowest Women's Fund Inc$2,00020%
Waterville Valley Adaptive Sports$2,00011%
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$2,00030%
Rodman For Kids Inc$2,0001n/a
Behavioral Health Innovators Inc$1,50020%
Weston Forest and Trail Association Inc$1,50020%
American Lung Association$1,2501n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
The Claddagh Fund Charities Inc$1,00010%
Project Purple Inc$1,0001n/a
Clay Soper Memorial Fund Inc$1,0002n/a
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$1,0001n/a
Equine Assisted Activities Group Inc$1,0001n/a
The Michael Lisnow Respite Center Inc$1,00010%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$55020%
Old Colony Hospice Inc$50010%
The Kilham Bear Center Inc$50010%
Weston Community League Inc$50011%
Girls on the Run of the Grand Valley$5001n/a
47 Palmer Inc$5020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $162,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lionheart Foundation Inc: $140,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $120,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNortheastern University: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $85,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHorizons for Homeless Children: $76,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children: $48,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $40,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTouchstone Farm Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFamily Table Collaborative Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOur Fathers Table Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetKylecares Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetLakes Region Food Pantry Inc: $7,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Weston's Council on Aging Inc: $7,250 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetPerkins School for the Blind: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRegis College: $5,427 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Relations Service Inc: $4,750 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetProject Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Francis House Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRosie's Place Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVillage Improvement Society of Dennis: $3,500 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetThe Parmenter Foundation Inc: $3,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Corner Art Room Corp: $3,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBread of Life Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Weston Public Library Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMassachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Blind Golf Association Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMetrowest Women's Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWaterville Valley Adaptive Sports: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Home for Little Wanderers Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBehavioral Health Innovators Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWeston Forest and Trail Association Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Claddagh Fund Charities Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Michael Lisnow Respite Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Colony Hospice Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kilham Bear Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWeston Community League Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budget47 Palmer Inc: $50 over 2y, 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 43.

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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.

Boston Foundation IncMA17.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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About The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea

How much does The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea give?
The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea reported 40 grants totaling $249,350 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 44 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (33%), Education (19%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
Who are The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($163k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($145k), The Lionheart Foundation Inc ($140k).
Does The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea 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 Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc, Arbella Insurance Foundation.
Where is The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea based?
The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea is based in MA.

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 94 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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