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The Gordon T and Melissa a Egan

Lodi, CA · EIN 68-0401845. Reported 53 grants totalling $299,586 to 26 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,640median grant
$299,586granted, 2021-2024
26organizations funded
59%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,079,247assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Gordon T and Melissa a Egan did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,640. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,575 and $7,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $24,825. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
27 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
12 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
11 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Lodi Boys & Girls ClubLodi, CA$62,586442024
Albie Aware Breast Cancer FoundationSacramento, CA$40,000442024
Various OrganizationsStockton, CA$38,929332024
GO2 Foundation for Lung CancerSan Carlos, CA$23,600222022
Omega Nu-Alpha Delta ChapterLodi, CA$17,140332024
The Cedars of MarinRoss, CA$15,205442024
Lincoln Unified School DistrictStockton, CA$12,575332024
Lodi House Hope for Women & ChildrenLodi, CA$11,825442024
First Responders Resiliency IncSanta Rosa, CA$10,500222023
World of Wonders Science MuseumLodi, CA$10,000222023
UCLA FoundationLos Angeles, CA$8,500222023
Hospice of San Joaquin Butterfly AuxiliaryStockton, CA$8,000332024
Fieldhaven Feline CenterLincoln, CA$6,526222024
Lincoln High SchoolStockton, CA$6,000112024
Mustang Wrestling FoundationSan Luis Obispo, CA$5,000112022
The Village Adult Developmental & Community CenterLodi, CA$4,100222024
St Basil ChurchStockton, CA$4,000222024
Cancer Kids of San Joaquin County IncWoodbridge, CA$3,500112021
Lodi RotaryLodi, CA$3,100112024
Angels-Murphy Rotary ClubMurphys, CA$1,500112021
Hoover Tyler Little LeagueStockton, CA$1,500112022
Millswood Middle SchoolLodi, CA$1,500112021
Stockton Animal ProtectionStockton, CA$1,500112023
Rotary District 5220 Disaster Relief CorpGalt, CA$1,000112023
Sjfb Foundation for Agricultural EducationStockton, CA$1,000112023
Lodi Fire Family AuxiliaryLodi, CA$500112023

15 of 26 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 59%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 4 grants to individuals totalling $26,000 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 28 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Medical Research
4 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
3 grants
Mental Health
2 grants
Education
2 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202111$52,280$3,500
202212$93,105$5,150
202317$80,783$3,150
202413$73,418$3,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Lodi, CA
$111K
Stockton, CA
$74K
Sacramento, CA
$40K
San Carlos, CA
$24K
Ross, CA
$15K
Santa Rosa, CA
$10K
Los Angeles, CA
$8K
Lincoln, CA
$7K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,640. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Gordon T and Melissa a Egan's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1537, Lodi, CA, 95241. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 68-0401845 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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