California · Private foundation
The William Gillespie Foundation
- $27k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 64
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The William Gillespie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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 | 5 | $27k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $497k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 50 | $1.3M | 52% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $835k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $308k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 60 | $338k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 56 | $324k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 64 | $345k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $350,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | $310,000 | 7 | 18% |
| Orange County Museum of Art | $309,800 | 6 | 1% |
| Sage Hill School | $204,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Laura's House | $110,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Unsilenced Project Inc | $105,000 | 1 | 42% |
| University of California Irvine Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mountain Fifes and Drums | $75,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Laguna College of Art & Design | $60,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Brackens Kitchen Inc | $57,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The William Gillespie Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 60 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: Orange County Community Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Macgillivray Family Foundation · Ueberroth Family Foundation · Samueli Foundation · The Crean Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
How this is measured
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About The William Gillespie Foundation
- How much does The William Gillespie Foundation give?
- The William Gillespie Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $27,178 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 64 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The William Gillespie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Health (17%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The William Gillespie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hoag Hospital Foundation ($350k), Court Appointed Special Advocates ($310k), Orange County Museum of Art ($310k).
- Does The William Gillespie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The William Gillespie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, O L Halsell Foundation, Argyros Family Foundation.
- Where is The William Gillespie Foundation based?
- The William Gillespie Foundation is based in CA.
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