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Bob and Eileen Gilman Family Foundation at a glance

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Bob and Eileen Gilman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$92kArts & Culture$58kPublic Benefit$53kEnvironment$37kAnimals$35kReligion$25kEducation$13kHuman Services$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $96k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
God's Love We Deliver Inc$30,500
The Nature Conservancy$25,000
Project EATS$20,000
One Spirit Learning Alliance$10,000
Columbia Riverkeeper$10,000
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$5,000
Grow Portland$5,000
Living Arts Alliance$5,000
LongHouse Reserve$3,500
Sag Harbor Partnership Inc$3,000
Edge and Center Inc$2,500
Grown in Haiti Inc$2,000
Mas House & BIPOC Art Studio$1,500
Hamptons Community Outreach$1,500
Peconic Land Trust Inc$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%All for the East End Inc: $500 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$235k · 13 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +96% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
12

Total granted

$235k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+3%

Still filing today

92%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’22’23’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GL
    GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $85k · revenue +182%
  • PE
    PROJECT EATS INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $53k · revenue +3%
  • CI
    CULTURESEED INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $26k · revenue +194%

Funded once

  • HH
    Healing Hearts Rescue and Rehab
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • SD
    Soi Dog Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • HF
    Harmony Fund Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +1%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
3
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
4
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
5
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
6
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
7
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
8
Barn Sanctuary

Rescue farmed animals and inspire people to embrace a plant-based lifestyle.

Animals
9
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
10
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
11
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
12
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Eats Inc; the most unlike its peers is Living Arts Alliance. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $85,000 · Food & NutritionGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INCGROW PORTLAND: $5,000 · Food & NutritionGROW PORTLANDPROJECT EATS INC: $53,000 · Public BenefitPROJECT EATS INCTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANC…Healing Hearts Rescue and Rehab: $7,500 · OtherHealing Hearts Rescue…Soi Dog Foundation: $5,000 · OtherSoi Dog FoundationThe Church: $3,000 · OtherHARLEM STAGE INC: $2,500 · OtherENCHANTED FARM SANCTUARY INC: $2,500 · OtherColumbia Riverkeeper: $10,000 · OtherColumbia Riverkeeper+5 more: $6,500 · Other+5 moreCULTURESEED INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureCULTURESEED IN…EDGE AND CENTER INC THE CHURCH: $5,000 · Arts & CultureEDGE AND CENTE…MA'S HOUSE & BIPOC ART STUDIO INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureMA'S HOUSE & B…SAG HARBOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureSAG HARBOR PAR…HAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHAMPTONS COMMU…+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR A HUMANE ECONOMY INC: $6,500 · AnimalsCENTER FO…WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $5,500 · AnimalsWILDLIFE …Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsPeaceful …Harmony Fund Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsHarmony F…GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $2,500 · AnimalsGENTLE GI…SOUND EQUINE OPTIONS: $2,000 · AnimalsSOUND EQU…+1 more: $750 · AnimalsCollege Success Foundation: $12,500 · EducationCollege S…LONGHOUSE RESERVE: $9,500 · EducationLONGHOUSE…Living Arts Alliance: $5,000 · EducationLiving Ar…ONE SPIRIT LEARNING ALLIANCE LTD: $21,750 · Religion
Food & Nutrition$90,000Public Benefit$53,000Other$62,000Arts & Culture$40,500Animals$27,250Education$27,000Religion$21,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT EATS INC: $53,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCULTURESEED INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE SPIRIT LEARNING ALLIANCE LTD: $21,750 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCollege Success Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $9,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR A HUMANE ECONOMY INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDGE AND CENTER INC THE CHURCH: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarmony Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMA'S HOUSE & BIPOC ART STUDIO INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSAG HARBOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM STAGE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUND EQUINE OPTIONS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAG HARBOR CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC CO SUSAN MEAD: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL FOR THE EAST END INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…The Ford FoundationThe Oregon Community …Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Jewish Communal FundNY13.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Ford Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bob and Eileen Gilman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bob and Eileen Gilman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 36%
  • Grow Portland: 36% of income from government
  • Columbia Riverkeeper: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Bob and Eileen Gilman Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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