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G O Forward Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

G O Forward Charitable Trust

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.

$19M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$1.5M
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Environment$29MArts & Culture$9.4MHealth$3.4MEducation$2.3MPhilanthropy$988kYouth Development$494kAnimals$124k
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,044,700
Median grant
10
States reached
$303M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORDWAY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS$1,544,700
THE SCHUBERT CLUB$1,044,700
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER$1,044,700
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$1,044,700
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,044,700
WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL$1,044,700
WILDERNESS SOCIETY$1,044,700
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE$1,044,700
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$1,044,700
EARTHJUSTICE$1,044,700
YALE UNIVERSITY$1,044,700
GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION$1,044,700
OCEAN CONSERVANCY$1,044,700
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE INCORPORATED$1,044,700
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER$1,000,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER: $1.0M → 8%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $268k → 11%ORDWAY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $1.5M → 14%GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $1.0M → 10%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER: $1.0M → 11%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $1.0M → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $1.0M → 14%YALE UNIVERSITY: $1.0M → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1.0M → 7%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $313k → 5%WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $368k → 10%WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $1.0M → 17%WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER: $920k → 8%THE SCHUBERT CLUB: $1.0M → 14%GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $920k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $920k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $920k → 14%YALE UNIVERSITY: $920k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $920k → 7%ST JOHN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 5%WYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $307k → 10%WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $920k → 17%ORDWAY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $1.0M → 14%EARTHJUSTICE: $1.0M → 10%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $276k → 14%YALE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $368k → 12%JACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM: $500k → 5%ORDWAY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $920k → 14%EARTHJUSTICE: $920k → 10%YALE UNIVERSITY: $313k → 12%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $368k → 5%THE SCHUBERT CLUB: $920k → 14%EARTHJUSTICE: $331k → 10%YALE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $307k → 12%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $307k → 5%ORDWAY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $870k → 14%EARTHJUSTICE: $276k → 10%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1.0M → 17%ORDWAY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $851k → 14%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE INCORPORATED: $1.0M → 17%THE SCHUBERT CLUB: $368k → 14%OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $1.0M → 14%SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $322k → 14%OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $920k → 14%THE SCHUBERT CLUB: $307k → 14%SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $268k → 14%WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $1.0M → 14%WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $920k → 14%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

MT
MN
NY
MA
WY
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39M · 22 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
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Total granted

$39M
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+45%

Still filing today

91%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M 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
EnvironmentHealthArts & CultureAnimalsScience & TechInternationalOther
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

  • OC
    ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5.2M · revenue +81%
  • SC
    SCHUBERT CLUB THE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +15%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • E
    ECOFLIGHTgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $75k · 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
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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2
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
3
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation

We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)

Environment
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

The organization pursues higher standards of news coverage of natural resources and the environment -- standards of accuracy, fairness, balance, depth and context.

Arts & Culture
6
Swan Valley Connections

Maintain the swan valley's unique natural resources and ensure that a vibrant human community can sustain itself through stewardship, education, economic viability, and conservation on public and private lands.

Environment
7
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
8
Washington Water Trust

Wwt's mission is to protect and restore water in rivers and streams across washington state. washington water trust restores and protects water in rivers and streams and promotes sustainable freshwater management in washington, and, more…

Environment
9
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
10
Western Environmental Law Center

Public interest law firm - the western environmental law center uses the power of the law to foster thriving, resilient western u.s. lands, waters, wildlife, and communities in the face of a changing climate. we envision a thriving west,…

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11
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
12
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wilderness Society; the most unlike its peers is Schubert Club the. 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

27 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. 27 of the 29 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTHJUSTICE: $2,798,786 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,705,763 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCWYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $2,458,742 · EnvironmentWYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCILENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,335,232 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $2,335,231 · EnvironmentGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITIONOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $2,211,721 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,211,721 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $2,211,721 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY+3 more: $637,361 · EnvironmentORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $5,206,633 · Arts & CultureORDWAY CENTER FOR THE …SCHUBERT CLUB THE: $2,883,796 · Arts & CultureSCHUBERT CLUB THESCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $823,180 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINN…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,399,979 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERV…YALE UNIVERSITY: $2,278,167 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYJACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM: $500,000 · OtherJACKSON HOLE HISTO…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $360,306 · OtherWYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $932,894 · OtherWYOMING WILDERNESS…GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $988,084 · OtherGRAND TETON NATION…+1 more: $123,511 · OtherSt John's Health Foundation: $1,000,000 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center: $1,000,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,000,000 · HealthTETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $438,851 · HealthWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $2,458,742 · Science & TechWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $2,211,721 · InternationalYale University: $674,617 · EducationAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INC: $494,042 · Education
Environment$19,906,278Arts & Culture$8,913,609Other$7,582,941Health$3,438,851Science & Tech$2,458,742International$2,211,721Education$1,168,659

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $5,206,633 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetSCHUBERT CLUB THE: $2,883,796 over 5y, 24% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $2,798,786 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,705,763 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL: $2,458,742 over 5y, 33% of budgetWoodwell Climate Research Center Inc: $2,458,742 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,399,979 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,335,232 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $2,335,231 over 5y, 15% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $2,211,721 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $2,211,721 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,211,721 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $2,211,721 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $988,084 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetWYOMING WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $932,894 over 3y, 39% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $823,180 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetYale University: $674,617 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON HOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM: $500,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INC: $494,042 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $438,851 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $438,851 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $123,511 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $123,510 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetECOFLIGHT: $75,000 over 1y, 6.7% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 G O Forward Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from G O Forward Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 29 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
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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