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Robert Galvin Foundation

Name: Robert Galvin Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

90
grants reported: $11.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Institute of Technology3 grants · $3.7M
Rare3 grants · $900,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation3 grants · $800,000
Santa Fe Institute3 grants · $700,000
Ucsf School of Medicine3 grants · $700,000
Kidspace Museum3 grants · $600,000
National Academy of Engineering3 grants · $500,000
Weitzman Institute of Science3 grants · $300,000
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation3 grants · $300,000
Museum of Science and Industry3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$3.9M

2022

$4.2M

2023

$3.8M

2024

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$1.3M
Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$1.2M
Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$1.2M
Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$300,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public charity
$300,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2023
Public charity
$300,000
Ucsf School of Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Public charity
$300,000
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2022
Public charity
$300,000
Ucsf School of Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Public charity
$275,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Public charity
$275,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Public charity
$275,000
Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Public charity
$275,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation · Washington, DC · 2023
Public charity
$275,000
Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Public charity
$275,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation · Washington, DC · 2022
Public charity
$250,000
Development · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$250,000
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation · Washington, DC · 2024
Public charity
$250,000
The Kennedy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Public charity
$200,000
Kidspace Museum · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Public charity
$200,000
Kidspace Museum · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Public charity
$200,000
National Academy of Engineering · Washington, DC · 2023
Public charity
$200,000
Kidspace Museum · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Public charity
$200,000
National Academy of Engineering · Washington, DC · 2022
Public charity
$200,000
Northshore Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Public charity
$150,000
Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
Institute for Achievement of Human Potential · Wyndmoor, PA · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation · Dundee Township, IL · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
National Academy of Engineering · Washington, DC · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
Ucsf School of Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
Weitzman Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$100,000
Institute for Achievement of Human Potential · Wyndmoor, PA · 2023
Public charity
$100,000
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation · Dundee Township, IL · 2023
Public charity
$100,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$100,000
Weitzman Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$100,000
Institute for Achievement of Human Potential · Wyndmoor, PA · 2022
Public charity
$100,000
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation · Dundee Township, IL · 2022
Public charity
$100,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$100,000
Weitzman Institute of Science · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$80,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Public charity
$80,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Public charity
$50,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$50,000
Illinois Math & Science Academy · Aurora, IL · 2024
Public charity
$50,000
President and Fellows · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Public charity
$50,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Public charity
$50,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2023
Public charity
$50,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$50,000
Harvard Kennedy Cpl · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Public charity
$50,000
Illinois Math & Science Academy · Aurora, IL · 2023
Public charity
$50,000
President and Fellows · Dorchester, MA · 2023
Public charity
$50,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$50,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
Public charity
$50,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation · 2022
Public charity
$50,000
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust · Miami, FL · 2022
Public charity
$50,000
Brain Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$50,000
Illinois Math & Science Academy · Aurora, IL · 2022
Public charity
$50,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$30,000
Academy of St Joan of Arc · Evanston, IL · 2022
Public charity
$25,000
African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Public charity
$25,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$25,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$25,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$25,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$25,000
Advocate Good Shepard Hospital · Barrington, IL · 2022
Public charity
$25,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$20,000
Summit School · Summit, IL · 2024
Public charity
$20,000
Summit School · Summit, IL · 2023
Public charity
$20,000
Summit School · Summit, IL · 2022
Public charity
$12,500
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$10,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$10,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$10,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$10,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
Public charity
$10,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2022
Public charity
$10,000
Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$10,000
The Cradle · Evanston, IL · 2022
Public charity
$10,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$7,000
Open the Books · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$5,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public charity
$5,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public charity
$5,000
University of Edinburgh · 2023
Public charity
$5,000
Ymca - McGaw - Joliet · Plainfield, IL · 2023
Public charity
$5,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$5,000
University of Edinburgh · 2022
Public charity
$2,500
Chicago Foundation for Education · Chicago, IL · 2022
Public charity
$2,150
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Public charity
$1,000
Ymca - Metropolitan Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2023
Public charity
$1,000
Ymca Buehler of Metropolitan Chicago · Palatine, IL · 2023
Public charity
$100
Sedona Arts Center · Sedona, AZ · 2023
Public charity

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