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Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation at a glance

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Frank L & Helen Gofrank 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.

$224k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
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 2025.

Health$1.1MEducation$279kHuman Services$226kYouth Development$112kPhilanthropy$78kHousing & Shelter$50kCrime & Legal$17kFood & Nutrition$15k
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $151k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$50,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$49,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC$25,000
ST JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FDN$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS$15,000
COMMUNITY FDN GREATER ROCHESTER$12,000
LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND$5,000
KETTERING UNIVERSITY$5,000
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIES U OF M$3,000
ST VINCENTS DEPAUL$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
ACADEMY OF SACRED HEART$1,500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF DETROIT$1,500
THE ROPER SCHOOL$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 (FY17–25, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $30k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $30k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $28k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $23k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $18k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $15k → 8%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $14k → 8%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 8%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $6k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $5k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 8%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $1k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%CASA CALIBRI: $1k → 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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 30 repeat orgs$303k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
16

Total granted

$1.5M
$248k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+48%

Still filing today

47%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UO
    University of Michigan
    9× · 2017–2025 · $246k · revenue +202%
  • LD
    LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $153k · revenue +26%
  • ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $112k · revenue +150%

Funded once

  • UM
    UT MD ANDERSON CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • PS
    PROVIDENCE ST JOHN CANCER INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2018 · $60k
  • RA
    REGENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
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
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
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
Mclaren Port Huron

Mclaren healthcare, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
4
Mclaren Greater Lansing

Mclaren health care corporation, along with its subsidiaries, will be michigan's best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
5
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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6
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

—
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Mcphs University

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

Education
10
Mclaren Northern Michigan

Mclaren health care, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in health care as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
11
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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12
Northern Michigan Hematology and Oncology

Provide professional services for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and infectious disease and related conditions.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

21 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. 21 of the 53 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND CLINIC: $275,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINICUniversity of Michigan: $246,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganUT MD ANDERSON CENTER: $100,000 · OtherUT MD ANDERSON CENTERST JOHN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $62,500 · OtherST JOHN HEALTH FOUNDATIONPROVIDENCE ST JOHN CANCER INSTITUTE: $60,000 · OtherBASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherREGENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $50,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $49,000 · Other+27 more: $202,750 · Other+27 moreSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S…HENRY FORD HEALTH PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL: $69,000 · HealthHENRY FORD H…BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $60,000 · HealthBARBARA ANN …+2 more: $7,000 · HealthLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $153,000 · Human ServicesLEADER DOGS…ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $36,000 · Human ServicesROCHESTER A…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $112,000 · Housing & ShelterALTERNATI…ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $40,500 · Housing & ShelterST MATTHE…THE WALSH COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationKettering University: $39,000 · EducationALBION COLLEGE: $8,000 · EducationTHE DELTA SIGMA PHI FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $5,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $67,000 · PhilanthropyHAVEN INC: $1,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,150,250Health$211,000Human Services$190,000Housing & Shelter$152,500Education$127,000Philanthropy$67,000Crime & Legal$1,500

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 budgetUniversity of Michigan: $246,000 over 9y, 20% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $153,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $112,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WALSH COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL: $69,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $67,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $40,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKettering University: $39,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $36,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetVISTA MARIA: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROEPER CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetALBION COLLEGE: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DELTA SIGMA PHI FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA COLIBRI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WALSH COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Kettering University ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds VISTA MARIA ↗
  • Who funds ROEPER CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALBION COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DELTA SIGMA PHI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Artichoke Garlic Foun…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…United Way for Southe…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Artichoke Garlic Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 53 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home