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Eugene A & Suzanne H Gorab 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.

$74k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fund
0166% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172024.

Education$593kHealth$154kEmployment$100kArts & Culture$75kHousing & Shelter$75kCommunity Improvement$10kCrime & Legal$10kHuman Services$5kEnvironment$1kOther$534k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$285k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The United Theatre$25,000
Mountain Sinai Childrens Center Foundation$10,000
Spark Youth NYC$10,000
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation$10,000
Near and Far Aid Association$10,000
The Center for Family Justice$5,000
Gettysburg College$2,000
Watch Hill Conservancy$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
Adam J Lewis Academy$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%The Center for Family Justice: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
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RI
TN

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.1M · 13 repeat orgs$466k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
6

Total granted

$1.1M
$429k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+33%

Still filing today

85%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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
EducationHealthHousing & ShelterEmploymentRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Bucknell University
    3× · 2017–2022 · $235k · revenue +45%
  • RH
    RADICAL HOPE INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $110k · revenue +24%
  • THE OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEATRE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $75k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • FC
    FAIRFIELD COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $350k
  • AS
    APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $65k · revenue +88%
  • TO
    THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +1%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

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

4
Bridgeport Hospital

To operate an acute care hospital in bridgeport, connecticut for the care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other physical or mental conditions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age or ability to pay.

Health
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

7
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
8
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
9
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
10
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

11
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
12
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.

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is East Beach Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%9%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%9%20–35yr13%36%35–55yr16%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%29%<5yr14%20%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%0%20–35yr13%12%35–55yr16%29%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 29% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,542

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OPEN DISCOURSE COALITION — $300,000 · EducationOPEN DISCOURSE COALITIONBucknell University — $235,000 · EducationBucknell UniversityGETTYSBURG COLLEGE — $54,000 · EducationGETTYSBURG COLLEGE+2 more — $4,000 · EducationFAIRFIELD COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $350,000 · OtherFAIRFIELD COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLGREENFIELD HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — $165,000 · OtherGREENFIELD HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH+9 more — $34,750 · Other+9 moreRADICAL HOPE INC — $110,000 · HealthRADICAL HOP…BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · HealthBOB WOODRUF…BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · HealthBRIDGEPORT …+2 more — $3,500 · HealthPREA FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · EmploymentTHE OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEATRE INC — $75,000 · Arts & CultureAPPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC — $65,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE NEAR AND FAR ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 · Community Improvement
Education$593,000Other$549,750Health$153,500Employment$100,000Arts & Culture$75,000Housing & Shelter$75,000Community Improvement$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOPEN DISCOURSE COALITION — $300,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBucknell University — $235,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRADICAL HOPE INC — $110,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetPREA FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE OCEAN COMMUNITY UNITED THEATRE INC — $75,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAPPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC — $65,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE — $54,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEAR AND FAR ASSOCIATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPARKYOUTH NYC INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RACE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetEast Beach Association — $1,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE WESTERLY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WATCH HILL CONSERVANCY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation R Bradford Malt Et Al TrusteesMA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation R Bradford Malt Et Al Trustees · The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Andrew and Carol Parsons Family · AM Roberts Charitable Foundation · William T Vogt and Lorine E Vogt Charitable Foundation · The Ninigret Foundation Inc · Lynch Family Foundation · Thomas W Smith Foundation Inc · Royce Family Fund Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Eugene A & Suzanne H Gorab Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 14%
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc49% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc14% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc5% of income from government
  • Fairfield University1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Eugene A & Suzanne H Gorab Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Eugene A & Suzanne H Gorab 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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