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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-3319580

Galencher Nagy Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $122,825 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $122,825

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,124,541
  • Tax year 2024

    $66,957

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,015,447
  • Tax year 2023

    $65,615

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,096,589
  • Tax year 2022

    $29,397

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,030,790
  • Tax year 2021

    $58,855

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,034,874
  • Tax year 2020

    $15,385

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $957,713
  • Tax year 2019

    $27,669

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $947,495
  • Tax year 2018

    $37,865

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $920,631

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Friends of the Children - DetroitDetroit, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $20,000
  2. Rochester High SchoolRochester Hills, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $20,000
  3. Wing Lake SchoolBloomfield Hills, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $16,200
  4. Individual

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $10,000
  5. El BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCHRedford Charter Twp, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $10,000
  6. Franklin High SchoolLivonia, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $10,000
  7. Individual

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $10,000
  8. Individual

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $6,916
  9. Bloomfield Hills SchoolsBloomfield Hills, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $6,000
  10. Hydrocephalus AssociationNorth Bethesda, MD

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $5,000
  11. Individual

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $3,000
  12. Huron Valley SchoolsHighland, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $2,500
  13. Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $2,500
  14. Individual

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $500
  15. West Bloomfield Middle SchoolWest Bloomfield Town, MI

    Distribution to a qualified charity

    $209

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Crime and legal aid1 grant $20,00073% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $5,00018% of the total
  3. Education1 grant $2,5009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan9 grants $87,409
  2. Maryland1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Valerie EllisPRES & DIRECTOR Hours 10Pay $0
  • Lauren EllisVice President Hours 2Pay $24,000
  • Paul EllisTreasurer Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jennifer GibsonSecretary Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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