· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k34 grants · $64k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Barstow Community College | $10,000 |
| California St University San Bernar | $7,500 |
| University of California Irvine | $7,500 |
| California Polytechnic State Univer | $7,500 |
| University of Southern California | $6,500 |
| Utah Tech University | $5,000 |
| Asian Americans Pacific Islanders i | $2,550 |
| Smith Center for the Performing Art | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| UCLA Foundation | $2,500 |
| California State University Montere | $2,500 |
| Making Music Matter Foundation | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Down to Dissect | $2,000 |
| Barstow Unifed School District | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
75 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BCBarstow College Foundation7× · 2017–2023 · $27k · revenue +604%
- TSThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts8× · 2018–2025 · $14k · revenue +12%
- MMMAKING MUSIC MATTER FOUNDATION5× · 2021–2025 · $12k · revenue +195%
Funded once
- RUREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIAone grant, 2024 · $8k
- CMCarnegie Mellon Universityone grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +25%
- GCGrand Canyon Universityone grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +22%
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.
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.
The museum's mission is to inspire all californians to create a more vibrant future for themselves and their communities. through collections, exhibitions, education programs, and public dialogue, we inspire people of all ages and…
We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.
Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art
Phoenix art museum creates spaces of exchange and belonging for all audiences through dynamic exhibitions, collections, and experiences with art. this mission is supported by seven strategic pillars:(continued on schedule o)1. be a space…
The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.
The san diego museum of man, dba museum of us, sits on the unceded ancestral homelands of the kumeyaay nation, in san diegos balboa park. the museum of us extends its respect and gratitude to the kumeyaay peoples who have lived here for…
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.
How this is measured
95 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. 95 of the 155 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Barstow College Foundation ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Smith Center for the Performing Arts ↗
- Who funds MAKING MUSIC MATTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATORY AT PINECREST ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
- Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
- Who funds AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NEW HOPE VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds The Desert Sanctuary Inc ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
- Who funds OTTAWA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Barstow Police Activities League ↗
- Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BIOLA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gee Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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