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Gemini Foundation at a glance

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Gemini Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$41kPublic Benefit$32kEducation$8kHealth$450Animals$150Food & Nutrition$130Human Services$125International$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150
Median grant
5
States reached
$13k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIGHT AND LIFE CHANDLER CHURCH$8,000
HOUSE OF PUERTO RICO$6,000
PLATTE VALLEY ADVENTIST SCHOOL$3,000
PHOENIX RESCUE MISSION$150
THE CARTER CENTER$100
FOOD FOR THE POOR$100
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$20
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $51) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $16 → 12%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $20 → 20%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $15 → 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

NV
IN
CA
NE
KY
AZ
TN
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 5 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
15

Total granted

$73k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+6%

Still filing today

60%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalHealthReligionPublic BenefitEducationOther
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

  • LA
    LIGHT AND LIFE CHANDLER CHURCH
    5× · 2020–2024 · $40k
  • HO
    HOUSE OF PUERTO RICO
    3× · 2022–2024 · $32k
  • PG
    PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $182 · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • SC
    ST CHARLES BORROMEO ACADEMY
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • HO
    HEY OPERATION
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $300 · 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
Foundation for Advancing Veterans' Health Research

To promote, administer, and conduct research and education at the va to improve the health and lives of veterans.

Health
2
Paralyzed Veterans of America

Paralyzed veterans of america (pva) was founded by a group of world war ii veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders in 1947. following decades of dedicated advocacy and service for other similarly situated veterans, pva was…

Health
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
6
Vietnam Veterans of America Inc

To support a full range of issues affecting vietnam veterans, as well as, all veterans. vva is the only congressionaly chartered organization exclusively dedicated to vietnam-era veterans and their families.

Public Benefit
7
Prostate Cancer Foundation

The prostate cancer foundation (pcf) funds the world's most promising research on the biology and treatment of prostate cancer, accelerating those discoveries into therapies and strategies designed to improve the quality of life and…

Philanthropy
8
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
9
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
10
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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11
Aarp

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization empowering people to choose how they live as they age. AARP champions positive social change and delivers value through advocacy, information, and service. AARP's vision is a society in which…

Civil Rights
12
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

13 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. 13 of the 23 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIGHT AND LIFE CHANDLER CHURCH: $40,400 · OtherLIGHT AND LIFE CHANDLER CHURCHHOUSE OF PUERTO RICO: $32,200 · OtherHOUSE OF PUERTO RICOST CHARLES BORROMEO ACADEMY: $5,000 · OtherST CHARLES BORROMEO ACADEMYPLATTE VALLEY ADVENTIST SCHOOL: $3,000 · Other+7 more: $2,257 · OtherAmerican Heart Association Inc: $300 · HealthALS UNITED GREATER SAN DIEGO: $100 · HealthFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $130 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $100 · InternationalPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $182 · ReligionAARP FOUNDATION: $32 · Human ServicesCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $20 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $16 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $15 · Human ServicesCOMING HOME FOUNDATION: $35 · Public BenefitNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $30 · EducationVOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ALLIANCE INC: $15 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$82,857Health$400International$230Religion$182Human Services$83Public Benefit$35Education$30Public Safety & Disaster$15

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $182 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $130 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER SAN DIEGO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMING HOME FOUNDATION: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $32 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $16 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ALLIANCE INC: $15 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $15 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $7 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gemini Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gemini Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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