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Grgich Family Foundation

Accepts applications Napa, California · EIN 943131840

Grgich Family Foundation is a private foundation in Napa, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $49,500 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $1,750 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $36,700 the year before.

7% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$36,70013$65,132
2024$49,50014$9,534

How to apply

ContactViolet Grgich
1302 Maxwell Avenue, Napa, CA 94559
Phone or email(707) 812-4115
What to submitA written request including satisfactory evidence that the organization is a charitable tax exempt organization which is not a private foundation.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Grgich Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to California. It also paid $20,000 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
California11$18,500
Maryland1$10,000
Wisconsin1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Caritas-SpesHumanitarian aid$20,000
Catholic Relief Services
Baltimore, MD
Gaza$10,000
Croatian Scholarship Fund
San Ramon, CA
Scholarship$5,000
Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, CA
Rainbow house$2,000
Santa Sabina Center
San Rafael, CA
Garden fund$2,000
St Mary's Center - A Friendly Place
Oakland, CA
Homeloss shelter$2,000
St Vincent de Paul Society of St Helena
St Helena, CA
Humanitarian aid$2,000
Hanna Boys Center
Sonoma, CA
Youth support$1,500
Boys and Girls Club St Helena
St Helena, CA
Youth support$1,000
Connolly Ranch Education Center
Napa, CA
Youth support$1,000
Rodale Institute
Camarillo, CA
Health initatives in developing world$1,000
School Sisters of St Francis
Milwaukee, WI
Retired nuns$1,000
Earle Baum Center of the Blind
Santa Rosa, CA
Humanitarian aid$500
St Helena Montessori School
St Helena, CA
Youth support$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Grgich Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Grgich Family Foundation give?

$49,500 in tax year 2024, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $1,750.

Who runs Grgich Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Violet Grgich (President), FR Dennis McManus (Vice President) and Dr Gary Mills (Board Member).

What does Grgich Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly international, faith communities and human services.

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