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David and Mindy Gross Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

David and Mindy Gross Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$65k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$114kArts & Culture$45kHealth$30kHuman Services$28kFood & Nutrition$24kHousing & Shelter$15kAnimals$13kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY$34,700
THE JACK ELTON SNYDER FOUNDATION$5,000
THE WELLINGTON SCHOOL$2,500
COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$2,500
MID-OHIO FOODBANK$2,500
COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD$2,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$2,000
THE FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO$1,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION CENTRAL OH CHAPTER$1,000
BALD HEAD ISLAND CONSERVANCY$1,000
FLYING HORSE FARMS$1,000
DING - DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY$1,000
COLUMBUS HUMANE$1,000
FRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY$1,000
THE ST STEPHENS HOUSE$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FISH OF SANCAP: $1k → 11%FISH OF SANCAP: $1k → 11%FISH OF SANCAP: $1k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $2k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $2k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $2k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $2k → 15%HEINZERLING FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%NNEMAP: $2k → 15%HEINZERLING FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%NNEMAP: $1k → 15%HEINZERLING FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%NNEMAP: $1k → 15%HEINZERLING FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%NNEMAP: $1k → 15%HEINZERLING FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%NNEMAP: $200 → 15%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$254k · 24 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
7

Total granted

$254k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+45%

Still filing today

79%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • CC
    COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY
    3× · 2022–2025 · $86k · revenue +6%
  • WS
    WELLINGTON SCHOOL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +8%
  • CS
    COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $15k · revenue +265%

Funded once

  • US
    UA SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • CC
    CSCC CAMERON MITCHELL HALL
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • OH
    OHIO HISTORY CONNECTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +45%
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
Columbus Cares for Cats
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2
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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3
Citizens for Humane Action Inc

Our mission is to serve the people and animals of Central Ohio by providing safe, temporary shelter and care for abandoned or otherwise homeless cats and dogs, and to reduce pet overpopulation by means of spay and neuter, education, and…

Civil Rights
4
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
5
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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6
Columbus Association of Realtors

The columbus association of realtors is a local level, not-for-profit trade association. founded in 1908, columbus association of realtors is comprised of more than 9,100 real estate professionals engaged in residential sales and leasing,…

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7
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
8
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
9
West Ohio Food Bank

Everyone should have access to healthy, nutritious food. Together with our partners, we provide nutritious food to those in need. We do this through collaborating with more than 100 partner agencies, which include emergency pantries, soup…

Food & Nutrition
10
Central Community House

Central community house (cch) is a comprehensive, neighborhood-based community center that has been serving the near east and south side neighborhoods of columbus, ohio since 1936. rather than specifically address one problem or social…

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11
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
12
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nnemap Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ding Darling Wildlife Society Inc. 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

24 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. 24 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WELLINGTON SCHOOL: $17,500 · OtherWELLINGTON SCHOOLMid-Ohio Foodbank: $17,500 · OtherMid-Ohio FoodbankTHE SALVATION ARMY: $11,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE JACK ELTON SNYDER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE JACK ELTON SNYDER FOUNDATIONUA SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherUA SCHOOLSCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARDCSCC CAMERON MITCHELL HALL: $8,000 · OtherCSCC CAMERON MITCHELL HALLFRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY: $7,000 · OtherFRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORYTHE ST STEPHENS HOUSE: $5,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION CENTRAL OH CHAPTER: $5,000 · OtherBALD HEAD ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 · OtherFLYING HORSE FARMS: $4,000 · Other+3 more: $2,499 · OtherCOLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $85,700 · EducationCOLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY+1 more: $1,000 · EducationHEINZERLING COMMUNITY: $7,000 · Human ServicesHEINZERLING C…FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $7,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE BAN…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $7,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CH…NNEMAP INC: $5,200 · Human ServicesNNEMAP INCTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE BUCKEYE R…FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesFISH OF SANIB…COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOHIO HISTORY CONNECTION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL OHIO: $13,500 · HealthDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · AnimalsCOLUMBUS HUMANE: $4,000 · AnimalsTHE CAT WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $2,250 · AnimalsCOLONY CATS: $2,000 · AnimalsUPPER ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$112,499Education$86,700Human Services$33,200Arts & Culture$20,000Health$13,500Animals$13,250Community Improvement$10,000

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 budgetCOLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $85,700 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetWELLINGTON SCHOOL: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL OHIO: $13,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUPPER ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEINZERLING COMMUNITY: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNNEMAP INC: $5,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBALD HEAD ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS HUMANE: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLYING HORSE FARMS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO HISTORY CONNECTION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAT WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLONY CATS: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFEED THE KIDS COLUMBUS INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDolly Parton's Imagination Library: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY ALLIANCE OHIO: $750 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 COLUMBUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds WELLINGTON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds UPPER ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD ↗
  • Who funds HEINZERLING COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds NNEMAP INC ↗
  • Who funds BALD HEAD ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds THE BUCKEYE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds FLYING HORSE FARMS ↗
  • Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds THE CAT WELFARE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COLONY CATS ↗
  • Who funds FEED THE KIDS COLUMBUS INC ↗
  • Who funds Dolly Parton's Imagination Library ↗
  • Who funds EPILEPSY ALLIANCE OHIO ↗

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.

Columbus FoundationHarry C Moores Founda…L Brands FoundationUnited Way of Central…Safelite FoundationIngram-White Castle F…Columbus Jewish Found…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Electric Pow…Thomas R Gross Family…OhioHealth CorporationThe Foundation of the…
Columbus FoundationOH37.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · L Brands Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Safelite Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Thomas R Gross Family Foundation · OhioHealth Corporation · The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    9report 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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    How do I get to David and Mindy Gross Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to David and Mindy Gross 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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