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Gaudium Et Spes Foundation Inc

Economic support to philanthropy projects in connection with 1 provision of healthcare and nutritional support to impoverished communities in PR and worldwide and 2 restoration and preservation of historically and culturally important buildings works of art and artifacts related to the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico and worldwide.

$983k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$282kEducation$183kHealth$135kReligion$126kInternational$96kPhilanthropy$83kArts & Culture$43kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $410,100, the rows itemized in this filing. The $983,242 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $573,142 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $355k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Colegio Maria Auxiliadora de Carolina$50,000
Colegio Nuestra Senora del Carmen$40,000
Foundation Order of Malta Inc$37,600
La Perla de Gran Precio Inc$35,000
Casa de Ninos Manuel Fernandez Juncos Inc$30,000
Instituto Santa Ana Inc$30,000
PR Education Initiative Corp$25,000
Nunciatura Apostolica Naciones Unidas$25,000
Global Giving Foundation$25,000
Centro Deambulantes Cristo Pobre Inc$20,000
Proyecto Nacer Inc$20,000
Centro Madre Dominga Casa Belen$17,500
Tech My School$15,000
Sociedad Americana Contra el Cancer$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Path To Peace Foundation: $5k → 17%Real Ordem de Sao Miguel de Ala Military Commandery: $6k → 14%Global Giving Foundation: $25k → 14%Foundation Order of Malta Inc: $90k → 15%Roman-Catholic Parish of Assumption of VM: $11k → 4%National Catholic Community Foundation: $30k → 6%Nunciatura Apostolica Naciones Unidas: $25k → 14%Foundation Order of Malta Inc: $55k → 15%National Catholic Community: $27k → 6%Foundation Order of Malta Inc: $38k → 15%Foundation Order of Malta Inc: $27k → 15%Trustbridge Global Foundation USA Inc: $30k → 15%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.

Grants abroad, by region: $542k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions, $531k to organizations and $11k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$461k · 85% · 12 grants · 1 person

Stated purpose: Restoration of 17th-century basilica elements. · Restoration of an 18th-century chapel. · Repair of roofs and coverings (the terrace and roof structures) in Nunziatura Apostolica in Spagna.

Sub-Saharan Africa$33k · 6% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: This project involves the construction of a water well and a solar generator

Middle East and North Africa$32k · 6% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: This project involves the construction of an orphanage

South America$17k · 3% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: Charitable works of a congregation of nuns and of the apostolic vicariate.

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 33% of Gaudium Et Spes Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 63% of the giving stays in PR; by stated purpose, 44%.

Gaudium Et Spes Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 14% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$557k · 9 repeat orgs$411k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
10

Total granted

$557k
$163k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+19%

Still filing today

89%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $248k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • LP
    LA PERLA DE GRAN PRECIO INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $55k · revenue +5%
  • PN
    PROYECTO NACER INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $40k · revenue +33%
  • CS
    CENTRO SAN FRANCISCO INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $38k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • MD
    MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -3%
  • SM
    SOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM OF RHODESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +55%
  • SD
    SOCIEDAD DE EDUCACION Y REHABILITACION SER DE P R
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +19%
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
Colegio De La Inmaculada Concepcion

To provide charity services to poor families religious services and Education from primary to High school. Administers by the community of Daughter of Charity

Education
2
Puerto Rico Salud Inc

Medical asst to under develop areas

Health
3
Puerto Rico Lit Inc
Philanthropy
4
Gaudium Et Spes Foundation Inc

Economic support to philanthropy projects in connection with 1 provision of healthcare and nutritional support to impoverished communities in PR and worldwide and 2 restoration and preservation of historically and culturally important…

Philanthropy
5
Ministerio Evangelico Lazos De Amor

Integral development of communi

Human Services
6
Hogar Padre Venard Inc

Hogar padre venard, inc is a non-profit organization created to provide housing, meals & medical assitance to homeless people.

Housing & Shelter
7
Puerto Rico Project

To support the capacity of the infectious disease workforce in partnership with syringes services

Human Services
8
Adopta Ahora Inc

Guide and educate the population of Puerto Rico about the need, importance and feasibility of adoption of Puerto Rican Children.

Human Services
9
Patronato de San Jose Inc

Repair, restoration and maintenance of the San Jose Church in Old San Juan, PR, the second oldest church in the Americas, dating back to 1532.

Arts & Culture
10
Misiones Pax Inc

Medical relief and health education

International
11
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

The university accomplished their mission trough a dynamic educational experience, critical and creative, surrounded by christian friendship and committed to find the answers and solutions to the challenge of the culture, the caribbean,…

Education
12
Fundacion Infantil Ronald McDonald Inc

The Ronald McDonald House Foundation of Puerto Rico supports children and families by providing lodging for those with hospitalized children as well as offering pediatric care in underserved communities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tech My School. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION ORDER OF MALTA INC: $209,600 · OtherFOUNDATION ORDER OF MALTA INCColegio Nuestra Senora del Carmen: $90,000 · OtherColegio Nuestra Senora del CarmenACS OF PUERTO RICO INC: $55,000 · OtherACS OF PUERTO RICO INCColegio Maria Auxiliadora de Carolina: $50,000 · OtherColegio Maria Auxiliadora de CarolinaINSTITUTO SANTA ANA INC: $30,000 · OtherCASA DE NINOS MANUEL FERNANDEZ JUNCOS INC: $30,000 · OtherNunciatura Apostolica Naciones Unidas: $25,000 · OtherParroquia Santa Maria Reina: $21,000 · Other+9 more: $103,424 · Other+9 moreNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $57,200 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CAT…Givers Legacy Foundation Inc: $30,350 · PhilanthropyGivers Legac…SOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM OF RHODES: $25,000 · PhilanthropySOVEREIGN MI…CENTRO SAN FRANCISCO INC: $37,500 · EducationCENTRO SA…TECH MY SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationTECH MY S…PR EDUCATION INITIATIVE CORP: $25,000 · EducationPR EDUCAT…PROYECTO NACER INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesHOGARES TERESA TODA CARMELITAS DE SAN JOSE: $22,500 · Human ServicesCENTRO DEAMBULANTES CRISTO POBRE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesLA PERLA DE GRAN PRECIO INC: $55,000 · HealthSOCIEDAD DE EDUCACION Y REHABILITACION SER DE P R: $25,000 · HealthGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · InternationalREAL ORDEM DE SAO MIGUEL DE ALA MILITARY COMMANDERY: $6,250 · InternationalMUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureFUNDACION PARA LA CONSERVACION ADAPTIVA INC: $17,500 · Community Improvement
Other$614,024Philanthropy$112,550Education$92,500Human Services$82,500Health$80,000International$31,250Arts & Culture$25,000Community Improvement$17,500

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 budgetFOUNDATION ORDER OF MALTA INC: $209,600 over 4y, 16% of budgetNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $57,200 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetACS OF PUERTO RICO INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLA PERLA DE GRAN PRECIO INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPROYECTO NACER INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRO SAN FRANCISCO INC: $37,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetGivers Legacy Foundation Inc: $30,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTECH MY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCASA DE NINOS MANUEL FERNANDEZ JUNCOS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPR EDUCATION INITIATIVE CORP: $25,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetMUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM OF RHODES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOCIEDAD DE EDUCACION Y REHABILITACION SER DE P R: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOGARES TERESA TODA CARMELITAS DE SAN JOSE: $22,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCENTRO DEAMBULANTES CRISTO POBRE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFUNDACION PARA LA CONSERVACION ADAPTIVA INC: $17,500 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetPATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Fondos Unidos de Puer…Juntos y Unidos por P…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto RicoPR17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico · Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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 Gaudium Et Spes Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gaudium Et Spes Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 32 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 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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