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Donald and Allison Gulbrandsen Foundation Inc at a glance

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Donald and Allison Gulbrandsen Foundation Inc

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.

$448k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$250k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$435kSocial Science$312kHealth$310kEducation$228kHuman Services$123kRecreation & Sports$116kPhilanthropy$77kPublic Benefit$72kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND CLINIC PHILANTHROPY INSTITUTE$250,000
FIRST SERVE$50,000
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$50,000
NYU$20,000
CHURCH OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE$20,000
ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL$10,000
ART & NEWPORT$10,000
GREAT OAK EQUINE ASSISTED PROGRAM$5,500
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH INC$5,000
PALM BEACH ISLAND CATS INC$5,000
HOMEWORKS TRENTON$5,000
PACIFIC LINKS FOUNDATION$5,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$2,500
RED SNEAKERS OF OAKLEY$2,500
REHABILITATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN$2,500
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $34k → 22%LIFE CAMP: $8k → 13%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $100k → 16%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $12k → 8%AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $60k → 14%FIRST SERVE: $25k → 11%GATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $25k → 9%THE POLICY CIRCLE: $15k → 14%NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $25k → 22%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $55k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE GUILD: $14k → 17%AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $59k → 14%FIRST SERVE: $15k → 11%INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION: $25k → 14%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $20k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE GUILD: $10k → 17%AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $59k → 14%FIRST SERVE: $15k → 11%AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%TENNIS HALL OF FAME: $112k → 7%AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $50k → 14%PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $75k → 7%AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%SRBA HISTORIC BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $75k → 7%AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $9k → 14%PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $64k → 7%NYU: $20k → 17%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWPORT: $25k → 7%ALZHEIMER DRUG DISORDER FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWPORT: $10k → 7%CHURCH OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE: $20k → 17%ART & NEWPORT: $10k → 7%RED CROSS: $25k → 11%THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS: $36k → 11%UNITED WAY: $25k → 11%THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS: $25k → 11%UNITED WAY: $15k → 11%PALM BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%PALM BEACH UNITED WAY: $10k → 11%ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL: $10k → 11%ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL: $8k → 11%PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH INC: $8k → 11%ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL: $8k → 11%ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL: $8k → 11%Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $7k → 11%PALM BEACH ISLAND CATS INC: $7k → 11%COX SCIENCE CENTER & AQUARIUM: $13k → 11%COX SCIENCE CENTER & AQUARIUM: $10k → 11%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

WA
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
VA
AR
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 32 repeat orgs$597k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
36

Total granted

$1.3M
$281k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+5%

Still filing today

53%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $316k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsSocial ScienceFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AE
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    7× · 2017–2024 · $312k · revenue +0%
  • Cornell University
    7× · 2017–2024 · $194k · revenue +59%
  • TP
    THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY
    4× · 2018–2023 · $141k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • TH
    TENNIS HALL OF FAME
    one grant, 2023 · $112k
  • SH
    SRBA HISTORIC BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -19%
  • GP
    GATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -88%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
5
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
6
Balboa Park Conservancy

Balboa Park Conservancy (the Conservancy) was organized on November 3, 1923. The Conservancy is the City of San Diegos (the City) partner and advocated for the greater good of Balboa Park (the Park). The Conservancy collaborated with and…

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7
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
8
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
11
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
12
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Preservation Society of Newport County; the most unlike its peers is Art & Newport. 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

50 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. 50 of the 79 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/50
Grantees still filing
32/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TENNIS HALL OF FAME: $112,138 · OtherTENNIS HALL OF FAMEFIRST SERVE: $106,000 · OtherFIRST SERVEALZHEIMER DRUG DISORDER FOUNDATION: $51,000 · OtherALZHEIMER DRUG DISORDER FOUNDATIONTHE ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL INC: $43,500 · OtherTHE ROYAL POINCIANA CHAPEL INCUNITED WAY: $40,000 · OtherUNITED WAYRED CROSS: $30,000 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE GUILD: $28,200 · OtherCHURCH OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE: $20,000 · OtherNYU: $20,000 · OtherPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $31,500 · OtherPalm Beach Civic Association IncGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $25,000 · Other+36 more: $80,830 · Other+36 moreTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $141,050 · Arts & CultureTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY …SRBA HISTORIC BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureSRBA HISTORIC BUILDING AN…The Society of the Four Arts Inc: $61,000 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four A…NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $58,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CEN…The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $36,200 · Arts & CultureThe Preservation Foundati…Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: $22,500 · Arts & CultureCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $17,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $16,700 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $312,300 · Social ScienceAMERICAN ENTERPRISE …INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION INC: $25,000 · Social ScienceINSTITUTE FOR POLITI…THE POLICY CIRCLE CO: $15,000 · Social ScienceTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND C…+4 more: $6,000 · HealthCornell University: $193,700 · EducationCornell Univ…+6 more: $15,150 · Education+6 morePalm Beach Island Cats Inc: $42,000 · AnimalsROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,500 · AnimalsSANCTUARY OF HOPE INC: $4,300 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsBoys and Girls Clubs of Newport County Inc: $35,328 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$588,168Arts & Culture$427,950Social Science$352,300Health$256,000Education$208,850Animals$52,300Youth Development$36,328

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 budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $312,300 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $193,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $141,050 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSRBA HISTORIC BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $61,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $58,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach Island Cats Inc: $42,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $36,200 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Newport County Inc: $35,328 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $31,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POLICY CIRCLE CO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPacific Links Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetArt & Newport: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED: $9,160 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROBERT POTTER LEAGUE FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHomeWorks Trenton: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAVAL WAR COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANCTUARY OF HOPE INC: $4,300 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetRehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $2,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE CHARITIES INC: $1,245 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRESH RX INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOMERSET HILLS LEARNING INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlantagenets Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLiberty Humane Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMPANY OF THE REDWOOD LIBRARY AND ATHENAEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT FILM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXCHANGE CLUB DICK WEBBER CENTER: $325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELMONT CHAPEL FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $100 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.

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.

Van Beuren Charitable…Alletta Morris McBean…Ejmp Fund for Philant…Hamilton Family Found…T Rowe Price Program …Gs Donor Advised Phil…The New York Communit…Frederick Henry Princ…The Rhode Island Comm…John E Rovensky Chari…The Anne and David B …The William H Pitt Fo…
Van Beuren Charitable Foundation IncNY26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · Hamilton Family Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The New York Community Trust · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · John E Rovensky Charitable Trust 6388 F/K/A Ud Je Rovensky 2/28/89 Fdn · The Anne and David B Ford Jr Foundation · The William H Pitt Foundation 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 Donald and Allison Gulbrandsen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald and Allison Gulbrandsen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • HomeWorks Trenton: 6% of income from government
  • Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Friends of the Public Garden Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • New Hope Charities Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Donald and Allison Gulbrandsen Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Donald and Allison Gulbrandsen Foundation Inc 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 79 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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