Funding search · EIN 367156974 · Chicago, IL

The Gallagher Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

57
grants reported
$2.0M
total given
2022–2023
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

familyservicesreligiouseducationalmedicalculturalresearchcare

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Marklund Children'S Home2 grants · $267,000
  • Mobile C a R E Foundation2 grants · $165,000
  • Catholic Relief Services2 grants · $160,000
  • Boys Hope Girls Hope2 grants · $137,000
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago3 grants · $119,658
  • Chicago Botanic Garden2 grants · $115,000
  • Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School2 grants · $106,000
  • Big Shoulders Fund2 grants · $105,000
  • Inner City Impact2 grants · $75,000
  • Brooklink2 grants · $67,000

Giving over time

$900,000
2022
$1.1M
2023

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

  • $142,000

    Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2023

    Family services

  • $125,000

    Marklund Children'S Home · Geneva, IL · 2022

    Family services

  • $92,500

    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Religious and family services

  • $87,000

    Boys Hope Girls Hope · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Family services

  • $85,000

    Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Religious and family services

  • $85,000

    Mobile C a R E Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical

  • $80,000

    Mobile C a R E Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical

  • $75,000

    Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Religious and family services

  • $65,000

    Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023

    Cultural

  • $56,000

    Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Educational

  • $55,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Family services

  • $50,000

    Inner City Impact · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Religious

  • $50,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Family services

  • $50,000

    Boys Hope Girls Hope · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Family services

  • $50,000

    Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022

    Cultural

  • $50,000

    Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Educational

  • $42,000

    Brooklink · Germantown, WI · 2023

    Family services

  • $31,000

    Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Family services

  • $30,000

    Annual Catholic Appeal · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Religious

  • $30,000

    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical research

  • $30,000

    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical research

  • $30,000

    Emmaus Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Religious

  • $26,000

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023

    Educational

  • $25,000

    Armenian Relief Mission · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Family srvices

  • $25,000

    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago (New Hope Apartments) · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Emmaus Ministries · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Operation Warm · Chadds Ford, PA · 2023

    Family serviceseducational

  • $25,000

    Uso of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Military need

  • $25,000

    Annual Catholic Appeal · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Armenian Relief Mission · Winnetka, IL · 2022

    Family srvices

  • $25,000

    Brooklink · Germantown, WI · 2022

    Family services

  • $25,000

    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Religious and family services

  • $25,000

    Inner City Impact · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Religious

  • $25,000

    Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Family services

  • $25,000

    Operation Warm · Chadds Ford, PA · 2022

    Family serviceseducational

  • $25,000

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022

    Educational

  • $25,000

    Uso of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Military need

  • $20,000

    Boys and Girls Club Silicon Valley · Milpitas, CA · 2023

    Family services

  • $20,000

    Boys and Girls Club Silicon Valley · Milpitas, CA · 2022

    Family services

  • $20,000

    Training Leaders International · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Educational

  • $17,000

    New Foundation of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical care

  • $15,000

    Training Leaders International · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Maasai Development Group · Castle Rock, CO · 2022

    Educational

  • $15,000

    New Foundation of Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical care

  • $11,000

    Erika'S Lighthouse · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Comunity and family services

  • $10,000

    American Brain Tumor Association · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Medical

  • $10,000

    Josephinum Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Youth Choral Theater of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Cultural

  • $10,000

    American Brain Tumor Association · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Medical

  • $10,000

    Children'S Tumor Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical research

  • $10,000

    Erika'S Lighthouse · Winnetka, IL · 2022

    Comunity and family services

  • $10,000

    Josephinum Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Youth Choral Theater of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Cultural

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities Loss · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Religious

  • $5,000

    Bernies Book Bank · Lake Bluff, IL · 2022

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities Loss · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Religious

  • $2,158

    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Religious-anticipated final distribution

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.