Funding search · EIN 520811730 · Pittsburgh, PA

The Gildea Foundation

Name: The Gildea Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

51
grants reported: $563,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education conservation research school arvigo belize carolina chel

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Organic Consumers Association4 grants · $70,000
Columbus Civic Arts Council4 grants · $55,000
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation3 grants · $47,500
Open Space Institute Land Trust4 grants · $40,000
One Eleuthera Foundation of the US3 grants · $40,000
International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros4 grants · $35,000
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League4 grants · $33,000
Mississippi State University Foundation3 grants · $32,500
Bahamas Plastic Movement2 grants · $25,000
Infinity Science Center3 grants · $22,500

Giving over time

$142,500

2022

$133,000

2023

$133,000

2024

$155,000

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2025
Grant to advance organization's mission
$30,000
Organic Consumers Association · Finland, MN · 2025
Rosita arvigo ix chel tropical research belize
$20,000
Marketing Research Education Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
The joseph school in haiti
$20,000
Organic Consumers Association · Finland, MN · 2023
Research
$20,000
Columbus Civic Arts Council · Columbus, MS · 2022
Education
$15,000
Muw Foundation · Columbus, MS · 2025
Leap events
$15,000
Bahamas Plastic Movement · Satellite Beach, FL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Mississippi State University Foundation · Starkville, MS · 2024
Starkville-msu symphony association
$15,000
One Eleuthera Foundation of the US · Clemson, SC · 2024
Harbour island green school - general
$15,000
Columbus Civic Arts Council · Columbus, MS · 2023
Education
$15,000
One Eleuthera Foundation of the US · Clemson, SC · 2023
Education
$15,000
Cleveland International Film · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Education
$15,000
International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Charity
$15,000
Organic Consumers Association · Finland, MN · 2022
Research
$12,500
Mississippi State University Foundation · Starkville, MS · 2022
Education
$10,000
Bahamas Plastic Movement · Satellite Beach, FL · 2025
Summer education program development
$10,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Cape eleuthera foundation fy25 request
$10,000
Columbus Civic Arts Council · Columbus, MS · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros · Rapid City, SD · 2025
Conservation of our gila herd and their upkeep
$10,000
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2025
Plants, people & culture: ethnobotanical research and publication in vanuatu
$10,000
One Eleuthera Foundation of the US · Clemson, SC · 2025
Harbour island green school - general
$10,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2025
Conservation and community prosperity projects in the southeast
$10,000
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2025
Growfood carolina: general operating support
$10,000
Art for All People · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Community arts program
$10,000
Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center · Divide, CO · 2024
Water heating system
$10,000
Columbus Civic Arts Council · Columbus, MS · 2024
General support
$10,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2024
Black river initiative
$10,000
Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center · Divide, CO · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Fresh Future Farm · North Charleston, SC · 2023
Conservation
$10,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2023
Conservation
$10,000
Tampa Bay Waterkeeper · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Conservation
$10,000
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2022
Education
$10,000
Fresh Future Farm · North Charleston, SC · 2022
Conservation
$10,000
Infinity Science Center · Pearlington, MS · 2022
Education
$10,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2022
Conservation
$10,000
South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2022
Education & conservation
$10,000
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2022
Charity
$8,000
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2024
Grow food carolina food safety equipment upgrades
$7,500
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2023
Education
$7,500
Infinity Science Center · Pearlington, MS · 2023
Education
$5,000
Infinity Science Center · Pearlington, MS · 2024
Educational purposes
$5,000
International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Herd upkeep
$5,000
Organic Consumers Association · Finland, MN · 2024
Rosita arvigo ix chel tropical research belize
$5,000
South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2024
Education & conservation
$5,000
International Society for the Protection of Mustangs & Burros · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Mississippi State University Foundation · Starkville, MS · 2023
Education
$5,000
Retrieving Freedom · Sedalia, MO · 2023
Charity
$5,000
South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2023
Education & conservation
$5,000
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Retrieving Freedom · Sedalia, MO · 2022
Charity
$3,000
Tennessee Williamsnew Orleans Literary Festival · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Education

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