The Gleason Family Impact Foundation concentrates its giving on a single higher-education institution, providing general, unrestricted operating support to the University of California, Irvine. Its grants are directed to broad institutional needs rather than project-specific programs, suggesting a preference for flexible funding to a trusted university partner. The foundation appears to give quietly and narrowly rather than across many organizations or issue areas.
Highly concentrated: a small number of relatively modest gifts exclusively to one repeat grantee (three grants totaling $78,000), focused on general/unrestricted support rather than diversified or project-specific funding.
Gleason Family Impact Foundation’s recent grantmaking centers on a narrow set of recipients, led by the University of California, Irvine Foundation. The largest recent award in the data is a $50,000 general and unrestricted grant in 2024, followed by $16,000 in 2023 and $12,000 in 2025, all to the same university partner. That pattern points to a funder that favors flexible institutional support over a wide spread of project grants. The foundation also gives smaller general grants to a handful of other organizations, including Fred Finch Youth Center, Going to the Sun, Young Lives Redeemed, Orangewood Foundation, Shelter to Soldier Inc, Tillys Life Center, St Rose Catholic School, Honor Flight Southland, Miracles for Kids Inc, Saddleback College Foundation, Eisenhower Foundation, March of Dimes Inc, and California State Parks Foundation. Most awards are modest, but the repeated university support stands out as the clearest thread in the portfolio. A single program-specific gift also appears in the record: $2,000 for Golden Anteater Programming at University of California, Irvine Foundation.
Higher education institutional support is the clearest theme. In 2024, Gleason Family Impact Foundation gave $50,000 to University of California Irvine Foundation for general and unrestricted support, and it followed with $12,000 in 2025 for the same purpose. Student-facing campus programming appears as a separate line of support. The foundation awarded $2,000 to University of California Irvine Foundation in 2025 for Golden Anteater Programming, indicating at least one grant tied to campus activity rather than general operations. Outside the university, the foundation made general unrestricted grants to youth and community-serving organizations. Examples include $5,000 to Fred Finch Youth Center in Oakland, $5,000 to Going to the Sun in Bozeman, and $3,000 to Young Lives Redeemed in Fullerton.
Grant sizes are small to mid-sized, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $1,750, and a p75 of $5,000. The portfolio includes a few larger institutional awards, but most grants cluster at lower levels. The record shows repeated support across years rather than one-off giving only: University of California Irvine Foundation appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Going to the Sun appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Eisenhower Foundation appears in 2023 and 2025. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The grants listed are all general and unrestricted except for one campus-program gift.
$119K
$1.1M
$52K
$39K
Most grants fall between $1K and $5K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$5K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in KS.
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Notable grantees: University of California, Irvine Foundation
Giving is national, but the portfolio is heavily weighted toward California recipients. Irvine appears multiple times, along with Oakland, Santa Ana, San Diego, Fullerton, Dove Canyon, Rancho Santa Margarita, Mission Viejo, and San Francisco. Outside California, the grants reach Bozeman, Portland, Abilene, and Arlington. By country, all listed grants go to U.S. recipients. The top state by grant count is Kansas, reflecting repeated support for Eisenhower Foundation in Abilene, even though the foundation’s headquarters are in Delaware.
The foundation’s recent grants go mainly to a university partner and a small set of youth, education, and community organizations. The clearest pattern is repeated support for University of California Irvine Foundation, alongside grants to groups such as Fred Finch Youth Center, Going to the Sun, and St Rose Catholic School.
Typical awards are modest. The grant-size distribution shows a p25 of $1,000, a median of $1,750, and a p75 of $5,000. The biggest recent gift in the data is $50,000.
Yes. University of California Irvine Foundation appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Going to the Sun appears in all three of those years as well, and Eisenhower Foundation appears in both 2023 and 2025.
Its top state by grant count is Kansas. In the recent-grants list, that shows up through repeated support for Eisenhower Foundation in Abilene, KS.
No. The foundation’s scope is national, and the recipient list includes organizations in California, Montana, Oregon, Kansas, and Virginia. All listed grants in the dataset go to U.S. recipients.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION | IRVINE, CA | $12,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| GOING TO THE SUN | BOZEMAN, MT | $5,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| YOUNG LIVES REDEEMED | FULLERTON, CA | $3,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| TILLYS LIFE CENTER | IRVINE, CA | $2,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| ST ROSE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | PORTLAND, OR | $2,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION | IRVINE, CA | $2,000 | 2025 | Golden Anteater Programming |
| HONOR FLIGHT SOUTHLAND | RCHO STA MARG, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| EISENHOWER FOUNDATION | ABILENE, KS | $500 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION | IRVINE, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| GOING TO THE SUN | BOZEMAN, MT | $5,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION | IRVINE, CA | $16,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| FRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER | OAKLAND, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| GOING TO THE SUN | BOZEMAN, MT | $5,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION | SANTA ANA, CA | $2,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| SHELTER TO SOLDIER INC | SAN DIEGO, CA | $2,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| HONOR FLIGHT SOUTHLAND | DOVE CANYON, CA | $1,500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| ST ROSE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | PORTLAND, OR | $1,500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| MIRACLES FOR KIDS INC | IRVINE, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| SADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOUNDATION | MISSION VIEJO, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| MARCH OF DIMES INC | ARLINGTON, VA | $500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| EISENHOWER FOUNDATION | ABILENE, KS | $500 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $250 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
$12,000General & Unrestricted
GOING TO THE SUN
$5,000General & Unrestricted
YOUNG LIVES REDEEMED
$3,000General & Unrestricted
TILLYS LIFE CENTER
$2,000General & Unrestricted
ST ROSE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
$2,000General & Unrestricted
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
$2,000Golden Anteater Programming
HONOR FLIGHT SOUTHLAND
$1,000General & Unrestricted
EISENHOWER FOUNDATION
$500General & Unrestricted
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
$50,000General & Unrestricted
GOING TO THE SUN
$5,000General & Unrestricted
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION
$16,000General & Unrestricted
FRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER
$5,000General & Unrestricted
GOING TO THE SUN
$5,000General & Unrestricted
ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION
$2,000General & Unrestricted
SHELTER TO SOLDIER INC
$2,000General & Unrestricted
HONOR FLIGHT SOUTHLAND
$1,500General & Unrestricted
ST ROSE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
$1,500General & Unrestricted
MIRACLES FOR KIDS INC
$1,000General & Unrestricted
SADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$1,000General & Unrestricted
MARCH OF DIMES INC
$500General & Unrestricted
EISENHOWER FOUNDATION
$500General & Unrestricted
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION
$250General & Unrestricted