California · Private foundation
The Gillespie Foundation
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.
- $123k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $123,004
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $123,004
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The Gillespie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $123k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.3M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1.6M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $71k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $122k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $140k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $164k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $147k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population Communication | $3,381,870 | 8 | 100% |
| Venture Strategies for Health and Development Dba Oasis | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arlington Garden in Pasadena | $9,105 | 7 | 1% |
| World Business Academy | $8,169 | 3 | 2% |
| The Urban Wildlands Group Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Trust for Public Land | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Population Media Center Inc | $5,996 | 4 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $5,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Dkt International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midland School Corporation | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Gillespie Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 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: The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · EcoTrust · California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Gillespie Foundation
- How much does The Gillespie Foundation give?
- The Gillespie Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $123,004 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Gillespie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (96%), Environment (1%), Education (1%).
- Who are The Gillespie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Population Communication ($3.4M), Venture Strategies for Health and Development Dba Oasis ($10k), Arlington Garden in Pasadena ($9k).
- Does The Gillespie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gillespie Foundation 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 Gillespie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Pasadena Community Foundation, EcoTrust.
- Where is The Gillespie Foundation based?
- The Gillespie Foundation is based in CA.
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