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GAM 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.

$47k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$55kEnvironment$24kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kInternational$9kHealth$6kCivil Rights$6kFood & Nutrition$3kCrime & Legal$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,022
Median grant
11
States reached
$996k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hillsborough School Foundation$15,000
San Mateo High School Foundation$5,330
Ocean Conservancy$5,000
World Central Kitchen$5,000
Stanford University$2,000
UNICEF USA$1,227
Cool Effect Inc$1,227
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,023
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$1,023
Quest Scholars Program$1,023
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation$1,023
Planned Parenthood Federation of America$1,022
Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation$1,022
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$1,022
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$1,022
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 (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 54% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation: $1k → 7%Hillsborough School Foundation: $15k → 7%Quest Scholars Program: $8k → 8%Cool Effect Inc: $1k → 8%Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1k → 10%Natural Resources Defense Council: $1k → 17%Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: $1k → 9%First Nations Development Institute: $1k → 12%University of Chicago: $1k → 14%NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $1k → 19%Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $1k → 7%Hillsborough School Foundation: $15k → 7%Quest Scholars Program: $1k → 8%Cool Effect Inc: $1k → 8%Natural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1k → 10%Magen David Adom (MDA): $1k → 17%Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: $1k → 9%First Nations Development Institute: $1k → 12%University of Chicago: $1k → 14%NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $1k → 19%Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation: $1k → 7%Quest Scholars Program: $1k → 8%Cool Effect Inc: $1k → 8%Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: $1k → 9%First Nations Development Institute: $1k → 12%University of Chicago: $1k → 14%NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $1k → 19%Stanford University: $2k → 7%Second Harvest of Silicon Valley: $1k → 8%UNICEF USA: $6k → 17%Planned Parenthood Federation of America: $1k → 14%Stanford University: $2k → 7%Second Harvest of Silicon Valley: $1k → 8%UNICEF USA: $1k → 17%Planned Parenthood Federation of America: $1k → 14%San Mateo High School Foundation: $5k → 7%Second Harvest of Silicon Valley: $1k → 8%UNICEF USA: $1k → 17%World Central Kitchen: $8k → 14%UNICEF USA: $1k → 17%World Central Kitchen Inc: $5k → 14%I Have a Dream Foundation: $3k → 17%World Central Kitchen: $5k → 14%Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation: $1k → 17%Ocean Conservancy: $5k → 14%Ocean Conservancy: $5k → 14%Ocean Conservancy: $5k → 14%American Civil Liberties Union Foundation: $1k → 17%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

ID
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$115k · 20 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
9

Total granted

$115k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+22%

Still filing today

90%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHealthEducationInternationalCrime & LegalCivil RightsOther
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

  • HS
    HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +10%
  • QS
    QUEST SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +20%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    4× · 2021–2024 · $9k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • IH
    I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +22%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +47%
  • MD
    Magen David Adom
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
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
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
2
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
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
7
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
8
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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9
My Green Lab

My green lab's mission is to build a culture of sustainability in science to transform the industry into a global leader on environmental sustainability. through education, community engagement, and leading-edge certification programs, we…

Environment
10
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
11
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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12
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United States Fund for Unicef; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

30 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. 30 of the 36 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationHILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONQUEST SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC: $9,523 · EducationQUEST SCHOLARS PROGRAM INCSAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL PTO AND FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $5,330 · EducationSAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL PTO AND FOUNDATION FOR…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD…University of Chicago: $3,000 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $18,025 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN I…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $9,427 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR …OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $15,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYCool Effect Inc: $3,327 · EnvironmentCool Effect IncNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,023 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DE…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,730 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND …+1 more: $200 · EnvironmentFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $3,022 · OtherFIRST NATI…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $1,194 · OtherAMERICAN F…Negrense Volunteers for Change Foundation: $1,000 · OtherNegrense V…Magen David Adom (MDA): $1,000 · OtherMagen Davi…Girls On The Run Bay Area Inc: $415 · OtherYMCA of the USA: $413 · OtherSan Mateo County Health Foundation: $404 · OtherSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $3,022 · OtherSECOND HAR…+7 more: $1,367 · Other+7 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,023 · Civil RightsNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $3,022 · Civil RightsALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $3,022 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,022 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $407 · Health+2 more: $150 · HealthSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $3,023 · Crime & LegalI HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Education$51,853International$27,452Environment$23,280Other$11,837Civil Rights$6,045Health$5,601Crime & Legal$5,523

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 budgetHILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $18,025 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetQUEST SCHOLARS PROGRAM INC: $9,523 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $9,427 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL PTO AND FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $5,330 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCool Effect Inc: $3,327 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $3,023 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,023 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,023 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $3,022 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $3,022 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $3,022 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $3,022 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetI HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,022 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,730 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $1,194 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $407 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSan Mateo County Health Foundation: $404 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY GIVING TREE: $223 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $207 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEAL PROJECT: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTERS: $150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $50 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Silicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY12.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 GAM Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from GAM 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 →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–50%
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.

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 36 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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