Galashiels Fund Ltd makes a small number of very large grants focused on a mix of public-interest legal advocacy, international mobility/poverty relief, faith-based social services, education, disability sports, and wildlife conservation. The foundation favors multi-million-dollar annual and endowment gifts and often repeats support to the same organizations rather than spreading many small grants. Its portfolio blends domestic policy/advocacy (notably civil liberties) with targeted programmatic giving to service providers and conservation groups worldwide.
Galashiels Fund Ltd repeatedly makes seven-figure annual awards, with $5,000,000 grants to the Institute for Justice in both 2024 and 2025 standing out as a defining pattern. The foundation’s recent grantmaking also shows sizable, repeated support for World Bicycle Relief, Challenged Athletes Foundation, Cato Institute, and Holy Family Ministries, alongside gifts to schools, medical research, and conservation groups. This is a DAF provider that gives a relatively small number of large grants rather than many small awards, and its portfolio mixes public-interest legal advocacy with mobility access, education, disability sports, and wildlife conservation. Annual support is a common thread across the recent grants list, and several recipients appear in consecutive years, including World Bicycle Relief, Cato Institute, Holy Family Ministries, Wild Tomorrow Fund, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Inc. The result is a grantmaking profile built around sustained institutional support for organizations already in its orbit, with multi-year commitments often reaching into the millions.
In public-interest legal advocacy, Galashiels Fund Ltd gave $5,000,000 in both 2024 and 2025 to the Institute for Justice for annual support. In access and mobility work, it awarded $2,532,000 in 2024 and $2,209,250 in 2025 to World Bicycle Relief, again as annual support. Education is another visible theme: the funder gave $2,000,000 to Geo Academies Inc in 2024 and $1,000,000 to Greater Education Opportunities Foundation in 2025, both for annual support. Faith-based schooling also appears through $1,300,000 in 2025 and $1,200,000 in 2024 to Holy Family Ministries, with the later award combining endowment and annual support. Conservation shows up through $1,150,000 in 2024 and $756,000 in 2025 to Wild Tomorrow Fund.
Typical grant size is large: the 25th percentile is $250,000, the median is $1,000,000, and the 75th percentile is $1,200,000. The recent list shows a pattern of repeat support across years rather than one-off gifts, including multiple organizations funded in both 2024 and 2025. Galashiels Fund Ltd is classified as a pure DAF provider, and the grants are overwhelmingly framed as annual support, with some endowment-and-annual combinations. The portfolio is not built around small, open application grants; it is concentrated in a limited number of sizable awards.
$15.1M
$150.6M
$21.1M
$18.5M
Most grants fall between $250K and $1.2M, with a median of $1M.
25th Percentile
$250K
Median
$1M
75th Percentile
$1.2M
About 8% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Highly concentrated giving: very few, large grants (several exceeding $1M), repeated multi-year/annual support and occasional endowment gifts; tendency to fund the same organizations multiple times rather than many small or one-off awards.
Notable grantees: Institute for Justice, World Bicycle Relief, Holy Family Ministries, Challenged Athletes Foundation, GEO Academies Inc
Galashiels Fund Ltd gives nationally, and every recent grant in the provided list went to a US recipient. Virginia appears most often by recipient location, led by Arlington-based grantmaking. Other frequently represented places include Chicago, New York City, Washington, DC, Indianapolis, San Diego, Northbrook, and Sarasota. The foundation’s HQ is in Sarasota, Florida, and 8% of grants go to Florida recipients, including a Sarasota school.
The recent grants point to public-interest legal advocacy, mobility access, education, faith-based schooling, disability sports, medical research, and conservation. Examples include annual support to the Institute for Justice, World Bicycle Relief, Geo Academies Inc, Holy Family Ministries, Challenged Athletes Foundation, and Wild Tomorrow Fund.
The distribution is very large by nonprofit standards: the 25th percentile is $250,000, the median is $1,000,000, and the 75th percentile is $1,200,000. Recent awards also include several multi-million-dollar grants.
Yes. Multiple recipients appear in both 2024 and 2025, including the Institute for Justice, World Bicycle Relief, Cato Institute, Holy Family Ministries, Wild Tomorrow Fund, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Inc.
By recipient location, Virginia appears most often in the recent grants list, with Arlington-based organizations among the recipients. Other repeated recipient locations include Chicago, New York, Washington, DC, Indianapolis, San Diego, Northbrook, and Sarasota.
No. The foundation’s giving is national, and all recent grants shown were to US recipients. Florida recipients account for 8% of grants, which is a minority of the portfolio.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | ARLINGTON, VA | $5,000,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF | CHICAGO, IL | $2,209,250 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION | SAN DIEGO, CA | $2,100,000 | 2025 | ENDOWMENT AND ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES | NORTHBROOK, IL | $1,300,000 | 2025 | ENDOWMENT AND ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| CATO INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| CRISTO RAY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $1,000,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| GREATER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $1,000,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| WILD TOMORROW FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $756,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION | BROOKLYN, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY | WASHINGTON, DC | $250,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | ARLINGTON, VA | $5,000,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF | CHICAGO, IL | $2,532,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| GEO ACADEMIES INC | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $2,000,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES | NORTHBROOK, IL | $1,200,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| WILD TOMORROW FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $1,150,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| CATO INSTITUTE | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL | SARASOTA, FL | $1,000,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION | SAN DIEGO, CA | $1,000,000 | 2024 | ENDOWMENT AND ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | LOUISVILLE, KY | $500,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY | WASHINGTON, DC | $250,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| HOUSE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $250,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
| ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | ANNUAL SUPPORT |
INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
$5,000,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF
$2,209,250ANNUAL SUPPORT
CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION
$2,100,000ENDOWMENT AND ANNUAL SUPPORT
HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES
$1,300,000ENDOWMENT AND ANNUAL SUPPORT
CATO INSTITUTE
$1,000,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
CRISTO RAY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
$1,000,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
GREATER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION
$1,000,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
WILD TOMORROW FUND
$756,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION
$250,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY
$250,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
$125,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
$100,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
$5,000,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF
$2,532,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
GEO ACADEMIES INC
$2,000,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES
$1,200,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
WILD TOMORROW FUND
$1,150,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
CATO INSTITUTE
$1,000,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL
$1,000,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION
$1,000,000ENDOWMENT AND ANNUAL SUPPORT
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$500,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY
$250,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
HOUSE INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
$250,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC
$100,000ANNUAL SUPPORT
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
$100,000ANNUAL SUPPORT