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Gates Industrial Corporation 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.

$241k
Granted FY2025still arriving
88
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$163kPublic Safety & Disaster$27kHuman Services$25kPhilanthropy$13kYouth Development$12kAnimals$7kHealth$7kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 88 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k82 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $129k
$250
Median grant
21
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Merit Scholarship Corporation$78,995
Regis Jesuit High School$50,000
American Red Cross Mile High Chapter$26,854
Wish for Wheels$23,275
Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver$10,127
Missouri 4H Foundation$10,000
Mile High United Way Inc$7,550
DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE$5,000
The Gathering Place$5,000
Good Shepherd Foundation$5,000
Association of Graduates of the US Military Academy$3,727
Food Bank Of The Rockies$3,015
National Foundation For Celiac Awareness$3,000
University of Detroit$2,927
El Sistema Colorado$2,397
02The need
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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 (FY25–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Guiding Eyes for the Blind: $50 → 9%Wounded Warrior Project: $200 → 14%Christian Appalachian Project: $500 → 15%Childrens Home Association of Illinois: $100 → 14%Wish for Wheels: $23k → 12%Catholic Charities of Denver: $50 → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $50 → 12%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
IL
MI
NY
IA
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
KS
TN
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 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.

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Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
2
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
3
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
4
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
5
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
6
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
7
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
10
The Colorado Humane Society & Spca Inc

See schedule o.to prevent cruelty and neglect of animals within the state of colorado by:-assisting agencies in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty and neglect of companion animals and equines-educating the public on animal welfare…

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Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
12
Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc

Metropolitan state university of denver foundation, inc is a non-profit corporation organized to promote the general welfare and development of the metropolitan state university of denver through strategic planning, fundraising and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Soc At the Un Inc. 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

68 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 68 of the 89 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
68/68
Grantees still filing
20/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $3,738,922 · OtherVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION+45 more: $119,369 · OtherNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $78,995 · Education+11 more: $6,088 · EducationWish for Wheels Inc: $23,275 · Human Services+6 more: $950 · Human ServicesMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $7,550 · PhilanthropyTHE GOOD SHEPHERD FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $25 · PhilanthropyGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $10,127 · Youth DevelopmentParents of Troop 628: $2,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $150 · Youth DevelopmentDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $5,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsGREAT LAKES DOG RESCUE INC: $256 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $250 · Animals+5 more: $557 · AnimalsBEYOND CELIAC: $3,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $930 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · HealthCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF COVINGTON INC: $300 · HealthMending Faces: $250 · Health+4 more: $275 · Health
Other$3,858,291Education$85,083Human Services$24,225Philanthropy$12,575Youth Development$12,277Animals$7,063Health$5,255

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $3,738,922 over 5y, 93% of budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $78,995 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWish for Wheels Inc: $23,275 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $10,127 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMISSOURI 4-H FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $7,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $3,015 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEL SISTEMA COLORADO: $2,397 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParents of Troop 628: $2,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParker Task Force for Human Services: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN ACADEMY OF EVERGREEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $930 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN AUSTIN CHELEY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP ID-RA-HA-JE ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF COVINGTON INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN BAND BOOSTERS: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMending Faces: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO CARING: $210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAT CARE SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELTA DELTA DELTA FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $79 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ABILITY EXPERIENCE: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES & COMMUNITY SERV OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA STATE ACACIA CHAPTER FOUNDATION: $38 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF DENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $25 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationMile High United Way …The Janus Henderson F…Western Union Foundat…Daniels FundThe Colorado Health F…Xcel Energy FoundationPrologis FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…Lumen Clarke M Willia…McInnes S and J Char …
Colorado Gives FoundationCO32.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Western Union Foundation · Daniels Fund · The Colorado Health Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Prologis Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · McInnes S and J Char Tr

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 Gates Industrial Corporation Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gates Industrial Corporation Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
17report 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.
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How do I get to Gates Industrial Corporation Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gates Industrial Corporation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 89 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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