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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 FY2026still arriving
40
Grants FY2026still arriving
6
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2026 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k29 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $214k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIONHEART FOUNDATION$40,000
HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHI$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$20,000
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
THE CHILDRENS ROOM$20,000
BEST BUDDIES$17,650
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$11,350
PINE STREET INN$10,000
THE CAPE PLAYHOUSE$10,000
PMC$6,500
A HANDS UP GROUP$5,000
REGIS COLLEGE$2,500
RODMAN RIDE FOR KIDS$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–26, $239k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $275 → 8%TOUCHSTONE FARM: $5k → 7%OLD COLONY HOSPICE: $500 → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $275 → 8%TOUCHSTONE FARM: $5k → 7%TOUCHSTONE FARM: $3k → 7%TOUCHSTONE FARM: $1k → 7%TOUCHSTONE FARM: $1k → 7%WATERVILLE VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $2k → 10%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $500 → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $500 → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $3k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $1k → 16%ST FRANCIS HOUSE: $500 → 16%METROWEST WOMENS FUND: $2k → 8%METROWEST WOMENS FUND: $500 → 8%MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING & SHELTER ALL IANCE: $3k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $25k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $25k → 16%MICHAEL LISNOW RESPITE CENTER: $1k → 8%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $25k → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $1k → 16%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $20k → 8%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $1k → 16%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $10k → 8%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $5k → 8%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $5k → 8%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $4k → 8%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $2k → 8%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $1k → 8%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $1k → 8%THE CHILDRENS ROOM: $500 → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
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

NH
MN
IL
MA
OR
CT
CA
UT
CO
TN
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 53 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2026, 23 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
29

Total granted

$1.3M
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+4%

Still filing today

62%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsEducationArts & CultureFood & 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

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    9× · 2018–2026 · $163k · revenue +123%
  • TL
    THE LIONHEART FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2018–2026 · $140k · revenue +177%
  • US
    United States Ski Team Foundation
    6× · 2018–2023 · $120k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • FT
    FAMILY TABLE COLLABORATIVE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • BE
    BRACKENRIDGE EDUCATION CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • MH
    MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING & SHELTER ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +29%
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
Walkboston Inc

Walkmassachusetts makes walking safer and easier in massachusetts to encourage better health, a cleaner environment and vibrant communities.

Unclassified
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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4
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Inc

Massachusetts taxpayers foundation provides public & private sector decision makers with accurate, timely, unbiased research & constructive solutions that drive public policy in order to strengthen the state's finances & position the…

Public Benefit
5
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
6
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
9
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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10
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc (Parent)

Umass memorial health care, inc. is committed to improving the health of the people of central new england through excellence in clinical care, services, teaching, and research.

Health
11
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
12
Massachusetts Health & Hospital Assoc Inc

To advance the health of individuals and communities by serving as the leading voice for all massachusetts hospitals and healthcare systems and to help them provide high quality, cost-effective and equitable patient care.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint Francis House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

52 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. 52 of the 94 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
37/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $145,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $40,350 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL: $35,000 · OtherNEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITALHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHI: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $24,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · Other+52 more: $170,015 · Other+52 moreNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $105,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVE…Teach for America Inc: $95,000 · EducationTeach for America …Trustees of Dartmouth College: $30,000 · EducationTrustees of Dartmo…+2 more: $12,427 · EducationPINE STREET INN INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN IN…HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $76,000 · Human ServicesHORIZONS FOR HOMEL…The Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children: $48,000 · Human ServicesThe Childrens Room…TOUCHSTONE FARM INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTOUCHSTONE FARM IN…+8 more: $14,550 · Human Services+8 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $162,500 · HealthDana-Farber Ca…KYLECARES INC: $7,500 · Health+8 more: $16,250 · Health+8 moreTHE LIONHEART FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LIONHEA…+2 more: $3,050 · Arts & CultureUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $120,000 · Recreation & SportsUnited St…+3 more: $4,500 · Recreation & SportsBest Buddies International Inc: $17,650 · International
Other$499,365Education$242,427Human Services$238,550Health$186,250Arts & Culture$143,050Recreation & Sports$124,500International$17,650

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 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 budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $30,000 over 1y, 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 budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $7,250 over 1y, 0.1% 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
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 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LIONHEART FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds United States Ski Team Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds The Childrens Room Center for Grieving Children ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
  • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOUCHSTONE FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY TABLE COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR FATHERS TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds KYLECARES INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKES REGION FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WESTON'S COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds REGIS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RELATIONS SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Village Improvement Society of Dennis ↗
  • Who funds THE PARMENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 IncUnited Way Of Massach…Arbella Insurance Fou…Cummings Foundation G…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Verizon FoundationThe Bank of America C…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gildea Family Foundation Co James Gildea. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Old Colony Hospice Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Bread of Life Inc: 6% of income from government
  • 47 Palmer Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Regis College: 2% of income from government
  • Family Table Collaborative Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
5report 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.

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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