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Gelco Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Gelco Charitable Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$346k
Granted FY2022
80
Grants FY2022
9
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

99% of Gelco Charitable Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Gelco Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 50 organizations, $346k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’17
27
’18
32
’19
36
’20
37
’21
50
’22
12
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$6.2MReligion$694kEducation$402kHuman Services$186kHealth$163kArts & Culture$50kYouth Development$31kHousing & Shelter$15kOther$0
02FY2022 · 80 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k66 grants · $180k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $167k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION$20,000
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CHURCH$14,500
40 DAYS FOR LIFE$14,500
MARY TV INC$14,000
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE$12,000
FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE$11,500
MARIAN FATHERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE$10,000
RESURRECTION CATHOLIC PARISH$10,000
BLANCHET CATHOLIC SCHOOL$10,000
CONGREGATION OF MARIAN FATHERS OF THE IMMACULATE C$10,000
UNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY$10,000
REGIS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH$10,000
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE$7,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $166k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $1k → 12%FRIENDS OF PIMPOLLO: $2k → 8%STANDUPGIRL COM FOUNDATION INC: $7k → 11%STANDUPGIRL COM FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 11%STANDUPGIRL COM FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 11%MARTHAS VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $1k → 11%STANDUPGIRL COM FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 11%PARENTING WITH INTENT: $2k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $2k → 12%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALEM-KEIZER OREGON: $500 → 14%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $7k → 14%ST GERMAINE: $3k → 14%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $2k → 14%ST GERMAINE: $2k → 14%ST GERMAINE: $2k → 14%ST GERMAINE: $2k → 14%ST GERMAINE: $2k → 14%ST GERMAINE: $2k → 14%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $1k → 14%ST GERMAINE: $1k → 14%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $1k → 14%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $250 → 14%STANDUPGIRL COM FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 14%STANDUPGIRL COM FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 14%STANDUPGIRL COM FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $25k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $15k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $12k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $8k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $7k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $5k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $4k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $2k → 14%LIBERTY HOUSE: $2k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $2k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID WILLAMETTE: $2k → 14%LIBERTY HOUSE: $2k → 14%LIBERTY HOUSE: $1k → 14%LIBERTY HOUSE: $250 → 14%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
DC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 55 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2022, 15 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
20

Total granted

$1.5M
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+14%

Still filing today

53%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesReligionEducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $98k · revenue +258%
  • AF
    ARCHBISHOP FRANCIS N BLANCHET SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $89k · revenue +94%
  • MT
    Mary TV Inc
    6× · 2018–2023 · $47k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • BO
    BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • DS
    DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF EUCHARIST
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • DM
    DE MUNIZ RESOURCE CENTER LEGAL CLINIC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -26%
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
St Mary's Home

St. mary's home for boys is dedicated to providing high risk youth and their families the opportunity to become involved in change within an environment that embraces safety, security, and integrity, utilizing time tested, outcome oriented…

Human Services
2
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center (LGSHMC), founded in 1875 is one of the earliest hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. LGSHMC provides acute and tertiary care in Portland, OR with 539 licensed beds. LGSHMC provides a…

Health
3
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver

As the charitable arm of the archdiocese of denver and inspired by god's love and compassion, catholic charities extends the healing ministry of jesus christ to the poor and those in need. catholic charities of the archdiocese of denver…

Human Services
4
Catholic Charities of Spokane

Catholic charities affirms the dignity of every person, partnering with parishes and the greater community to serve and advocate for those who are vulnerable, bringing stability and hope to people throughout eastern washington.

Human Services
5
Society of St Vincent De Paul of Portland Oregon

To provide compassion and support to individuals in need, regardless of race, origin, religion or gender.

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6
University of Portland

The university of portland, an independently governed catholic university guided by the congregation of holy cross, addresses significant questions of human concern through interdisciplinary studies of the arts, sciences, and humanities…

Education
7
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center

Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center (LMHMC) was founded in 1922 and is a community hospital in Gresham, Oregon with 115 licensed beds. LMHMC offers a wide range of services including family birth, diagnostic services, cancer treatment,…

Health
8
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc

St. Mary's Center for Women and Children (SMC), a multi-service organization supporting women, children, and families, believes shelter is not enough to erase the devastation of cyclical poverty and homelessness.Grounded in social justice,…

Unclassified
9
Saving Grace

Saving grace offers safety, hope, and healing to survivors of intimiate partner violence and sexual assault and engages central oregon to build life free from violence.

Human Services
10
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

—
11
Holy Family Catholic Clinic Ps

Provide superior, compassionate, life-affirming health care to patients of all ages, honoring the sanctity of life from conception to natural death, and supporting the culture of life.

Religion
12
Cathedral Center Inc

Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Community Services of the Mid- Willamette Valley & Central Coast; the most unlike its peers is Encounter Ministries. 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

58 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. 58 of the 101 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/58
Grantees still filing
45/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $6,222,343 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC+5 more: $15,500 · PhilanthropyQueen of Peace School: $435,150 · OtherQueen of Peace…JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $56,800 · OtherJESUIT HIGH SC…REGIS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $53,000 · OtherREGIS CATHOLIC…OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CHURCH: $43,500 · OtherCHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION TUALATIN OR: $39,000 · Other+54 more: $356,900 · Other+54 moreCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID- WILLAMETTE VALLEY & CENTRAL COAST: $129,200 · Human ServicesSTANDUPGIRLCOM FOUNDATION INC: $25,300 · Human ServicesFAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $11,050 · Human ServicesST GERMAINE: $11,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $7,000 · Human Services+8 more: $16,750 · Human ServicesARCHBISHOP FRANCIS N BLANCHET SCHOOL: $89,000 · Education40 DAYS FOR LIFE: $34,750 · EducationFRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE: $32,500 · EducationOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Education+3 more: $8,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $98,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON: $15,000 · HealthMary TV Inc: $46,500 · ReligionCatholic Broadcasting Northwest Inc dba Mater Dei Radio: $16,417 · ReligionENCOUNTER MINISTRIES: $10,000 · ReligionFR BERNARD YOUTH CENTER INC: $4,500 · ReligionCHURCH AT THE PARK: $3,500 · Religion+5 more: $7,900 · ReligionChildren's Cancer Association: $3,500 · Arts & CultureSAINT LUKE PRODUCTIONS INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $3,000 · Arts & CultureWILLAMETTE MASTER CHORUS: $500 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$6,237,843Other$984,350Human Services$200,300Education$173,250Health$113,000Religion$88,817Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $6,222,343 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID- WILLAMETTE VALLEY & CENTRAL COAST: $129,200 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $98,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetARCHBISHOP FRANCIS N BLANCHET SCHOOL: $89,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMary TV Inc: $46,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budget40 DAYS FOR LIFE: $34,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTANDUPGIRLCOM FOUNDATION INC: $25,300 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetCatholic Broadcasting Northwest Inc dba Mater Dei Radio: $16,417 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $11,050 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST GERMAINE: $11,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetENCOUNTER MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MARION AND POLK COUNTIES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAST (CATCH A SPECIAL THRILL) FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SALEM MARION & POLK COUNTIES: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SALEM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIBERTY HOUSE: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFR BERNARD YOUTH CENTER INC: $4,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOREGON RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnd Then There Were None: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST FRANCIS SHELTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT LUKE PRODUCTIONS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARION-POLK FOOD SHARE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PIMPOLLO: $2,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDirection for Our Times: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARENTING WITH INTENT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMT ANGEL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADAPTIVE RIDING INSTITUTE DBA HORSES OF HOPE OREGON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXODUS CRY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLACKAMAS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC: $700 over 2y, 13% 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.

  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID- WILLAMETTE VALLEY & CENTRAL COAST ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARCHBISHOP FRANCIS N BLANCHET SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Mary TV Inc ↗
  • Who funds 40 DAYS FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE ↗
  • Who funds STANDUPGIRLCOM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Broadcasting Northwest Inc dba Mater Dei Radio ↗
  • Who funds THE DOUGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST GERMAINE ↗
  • Who funds ENCOUNTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MARION AND POLK COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAST (CATCH A SPECIAL THRILL) FOR KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT LEMONADE 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.

The Salem FoundationOCF Joseph E Weston P…The Oregon Community …Juan Young TrustM J Murdock Charitabl…Maps Community Founda…Braemar Charitable Tr…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Lawrence E Tokarski C…Salem HealthWillamette Health Cou…The Ford Family Found…
The Salem FoundationOR54.9× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Salem Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Juan Young Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Maps Community Foundation · Braemar Charitable Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Lawrence E Tokarski Charitable Trust · Salem Health · Willamette Health Council · The Ford Family 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 Gelco Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gelco Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Family Building Blocks Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Liberty House: 23% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Church at the Park: 12% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Parenting With Intent: 7% of income from government
  • United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley: 6% of income from government
  • Marion-Polk Food Share Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Adaptive Riding Institute Dba Horses of Hope Oregon: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Catholic Community Services Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Gelco Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gelco Charitable 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 101 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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