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Cgw Family Foundation at a glance

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Cgw Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$250kRecreation & Sports$96kHealth$71kAnimals$23kArts & Culture$7kEnvironment$3kHuman Services$2kFood & Nutrition$500
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$795k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IRVING SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$10,000
DMSF (DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND)$10,000
CURING KIDS CANCER$10,000
MHS19 INC$10,000
DON DIEGO SCHOLARSHIP FUND$10,000
TEAM SUMMIT - COLORADO$10,000
10TH MOUNTAIN LACROSSE$5,000
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 (FY18–24, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CURING KIDS CANCER: $10k → 8%CURING KIDS CANCER: $10k → 8%CURING KIDS CANCER: $10k → 8%WECAN (WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CAPE AREA NETWORKING): $1k → 8%CURING KIDS CANCER: $10k → 8%WECAN (WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CAPE AREA NETWORKING): $325 → 8%CURING KIDS CANCER: $5k → 8%CURING KIDS CANCER: $5k → 8%CURING KIDS CANCER: $3k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
MA
CA
CO
VA
DC
GA
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$428k · 17 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$428k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+171%

Still filing today

76%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • CK
    Curing Kids Cancer Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $53k · revenue +36%
  • DM
    DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    6× · 2018–2024 · $50k · revenue +105%
  • TS
    TEAM SUMMIT
    6× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTH COAST PERPETORY THEATRE
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • MS
    MARBLEHEAD SPORTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • MF
    MURPHY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
The Ironman Foundation Inc

To leave ironman's legacy through philanthropy, volunteerism and grant making; by supporting various athletic, community, education, health, human services and public benefit non-profit organizations around the world.

Philanthropy
2
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
3
United States Skiing Foundation

United states skiing foundation is engaged in not-for-profit membership, competition, training, development, and educational activities related to amateur skiers and snowboarders who are, or aspire to become, members of the u.s. ski and…

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4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Conquer cancer funds research for every type of cancer to benefit every patient, everywhere. working in collaboration with a global network of top scientists and clinicians, and leading advocacy and research organizations, conquer cancer…

Health
7
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc

The mission of the lake champlain land trust is to save the scenic beauty, natural communities, and recreational amenities of lake champlain by permanently preserving significant islands, shoreline areas, and natural communities in the…

Environment
8
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
9
Scholarship Fund of the Worcester District Medical Society

Scholarships for medical students

Education
10
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
11
North Central Massachusetts Chamber Foundation

Scholarships are awarded to highlight the acedemic excellence of high school seniors in the community

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12
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Don Diego Scholarship Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $50,000 · OtherDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDCARRABASSETT VALLEY ACADEMY ANNUAL FUND: $30,000 · OtherCARRABASSETT VALLEY ACADEMY ANNUAL FUNDIRVING SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $27,500 · OtherIRVING SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONMSLB INC: $15,611 · OtherMSLB INCRANCHO HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherRANCHO HUMANE SOCIETYNORTH COAST PERPETORY THEATRE: $7,000 · Other+9 more: $17,300 · Other+9 moreDON DIEGO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $73,300 · EducationDON DIEGO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIONCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO…MHS 19 INC: $20,000 · EducationMHS 19 INC+1 more: $1,500 · EducationTEAM SUMMIT: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsTEAM SUMMIT10th Mountain Lacrosse Inc: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports10th Mountain Lacr…Curing Kids Cancer Inc: $52,500 · Human ServicesCuring Kids C…+1 more: $1,625 · Human ServicesHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $13,000 · AnimalsACEING AUTISM INC: $10,000 · HealthKnitted Knockers Support Foundation: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · HealthCHATHAM CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$157,411Education$139,800Recreation & Sports$75,000Human Services$54,125Animals$13,000Health$11,500Environment$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDON DIEGO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $73,300 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetCuring Kids Cancer Inc: $52,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $50,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTEAM SUMMIT: $50,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIRVING SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budget10th Mountain Lacrosse Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetMHS 19 INC: $20,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACEING AUTISM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWE CAN CORPORATION: $1,625 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKnitted Knockers Support Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHATHAM CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds DON DIEGO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Curing Kids Cancer Inc ↗
  • Who funds DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds TEAM SUMMIT ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IRVING SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 10th Mountain Lacrosse Inc ↗
  • Who funds MHS 19 INC ↗
  • Who funds HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ACEING AUTISM INC ↗
  • Who funds WE CAN CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ELDREDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Knitted Knockers Support Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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.

The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Cgw Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cgw Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • We Can Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.

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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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