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Gee 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.

$74k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
29
Organizations funded FY2024
28%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 64
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Gee Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsEducationHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving33$65k42%
FY202429$58k28%
FY202328$45k14%
FY202234$54k12%
FY202164$49k41%
FY202057$63k33%
FY201964$72k59%
FY201834$54k88%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$344kArts & Culture$57kAnimals$21kEnvironment$16kHuman Services$13kPhilanthropy$13kScience & Tech$11kHousing & Shelter$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
CA
UT
CO
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Barstow College Foundation$26,80079%
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts$13,50080%
Making Music Matter Foundation$11,50053%
Washington State University$10,0002n/a
Conservatory at Pinecrest Academy$7,850519%
Zoological Society of San Diego$7,60070%
Regents Univ of California$7,5001n/a
Carnegie Mellon University$7,50010%
Grand Canyon University$7,50010%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation$6,80080%
Show all 99 grantees
All grantees of Gee Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Barstow College Foundation$26,80079%
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts$13,50080%
Making Music Matter Foundation$11,50053%
Washington State University$10,0002n/a
Conservatory at Pinecrest Academy$7,850519%
Zoological Society of San Diego$7,60070%
Regents Univ of California$7,5001n/a
Carnegie Mellon University$7,50010%
Grand Canyon University$7,50010%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation$6,80080%
New Hope Village Inc$6,75080%
The Desert Sanctuary Inc$6,50070%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$6,5003n/a
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$5,99020%
Ottawa University$5,00010%
Barstow Police Activities League$5,00055%
Occidental College$5,00010%
Azusa Pacific University$5,00010%
Biola University Inc$5,00010%
Utah Tech University$5,0001n/a
Barstow Senior Citizens Center$4,75060%
The J Paul Getty Trust$4,00040%
Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation Inc$3,95080%
Barstow Humane Society$3,75060%
Rock Harbor Church$2,9003n/a
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$2,62560%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$2,55010%
Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association$2,55060%
Mojave Valley United Fund Inc$2,55051%
Vanguard University of So Cal$2,50010%
The Han-Schneider International Childrens Foundation$2,30031%
Smithsonian Institution$2,04540%
Living Desert The$2,00040%
Concordia Lutheran Church$2,0003n/a
Down to Dissect$2,0001n/a
Upland Police Foundation Co Gail Horton-Treser$2,00021%
Vegas City Opera Formerly Sin City Opera$2,00022%
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation$2,00020%
Friends of the Moonridge Zoo$1,75040%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,50030%
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation$1,27050%
California School-Age Consortium Inc$1,25030%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$1,25040%
Barstow Youth Activity Center$1,25020%
Springs Preserve Foundation$1,16040%
The Richard Nixon Foundation$1,15050%
Las Vegas Natural History Museum$1,00040%
Lending Hope Foundation$1,0002n/a
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$1,00020%
Mojave River Valley Museum$1,0002n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00040%
Descanso Gardens Foundation$90030%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$85030%
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden$80040%
Loma Linda University Health$75030%
California Science Center Foundation$67540%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$63030%
Foundation Assisting Seniors Inc$60030%
Tim Heiden Life For Christ Foundation Inc$60011%
Opportunity Village Foundation$50020%
Southern California Mountains Foundation$5001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50020%
Barstow Community Hospital Auxiliary$50016%
Special Olympics Inc$50020%
The Walt Disney Family Museum$50010%
San Francisco Opera Association$50010%
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation$50010%
Opera San Jose Incorporated$50010%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$50010%
Band of Angels Corp$50010%
Friends of the Chinese American Museum$37530%
Uss Midway Museum$35020%
California Academy of Sciences$35010%
Memphis Zoological Society$30510%
Museum Associates$30010%
Festival Of Arts Of Laguna Beach$30010%
San Bernardino County Museum Association$30030%
Rheumatology Research Foundation$30010%
Georgia Aquarium Inc & Subsidiary$28010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$25010%
Conservation Nation$25010%
Pets Lifeline Inc$25010%
Friends of Cabrillo Aquarium$25020%
San Diego Museum of Art$22520%
Opera Las Vegas$20010%
American Southwestern Railway Assn Inc$20020%
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco$20010%
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History$17510%
San Diego Society of Natural History$17510%
Bayorg$16710%
Shedd Aquarium Society$1351n/a
Museum of Chinese in America$12510%
The Art Institute of Chicago$11510%
National Forest Foundation$10010%
National Aquarium Inc$10010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10010%
National Park Foundation$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$9030%
Pinecrest Academy of Nevada$2010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gee Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBarstow College Foundation: $26,800 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts: $13,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMaking Music Matter Foundation: $11,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetConservatory at Pinecrest Academy: $7,850 over 5y, 19% of budgetZoological Society of San Diego: $7,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Canyon University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAquarium of the Pacific Corporation: $6,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hope Village Inc: $6,750 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Desert Sanctuary Inc: $6,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNational Center for Family Philanthropy Inc: $5,990 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOttawa University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBarstow Police Activities League: $5,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetOccidental College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAzusa Pacific University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBiola University Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBarstow Senior Citizens Center: $4,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe J Paul Getty Trust: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Arboretum Foundation Inc: $3,950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBarstow Humane Society: $3,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHenry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery: $2,625 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAsian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc: $2,550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Los Angeles Zoological Association: $2,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMojave Valley United Fund Inc: $2,550 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetVanguard University of So Cal: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Han-Schneider International Childrens Foundation: $2,300 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $2,045 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Desert The: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUpland Police Foundation Co Gail Horton-Treser: $2,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetVegas City Opera Formerly Sin City Opera: $2,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Moonridge Zoo: $1,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation: $1,270 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia School-Age Consortium Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBarstow Youth Activity Center: $1,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSprings Preserve Foundation: $1,160 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Richard Nixon Foundation: $1,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLas Vegas Natural History Museum: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDescanso Gardens Foundation: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLoma Linda University Health: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Science Center Foundation: $675 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $630 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 88.

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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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA18.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Ahmanson Foundation · Sempra Foundation · California Community Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation · Nevada Humanities Inc · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · Pasadena Community 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.

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How do I get to Gee Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gee 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.

About Gee Foundation

How much does Gee Foundation give?
Gee Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $73,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Gee Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Arts & Culture (11%), Animals (4%).
Who are Gee Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Barstow College Foundation ($27k), The Smith Center for the Performing Arts ($14k), Making Music Matter Foundation ($12k).
Does Gee Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gee Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gee Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
Where is Gee Foundation based?
Gee Foundation is based in CA.

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 155 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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