· Private foundation
Gene & Ros Gans Family 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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $3,000 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | $763 |
| ASPCA - CT | $750 |
| AMERICAN INSTITUTE CANCER RESEARCH | $750 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $500 |
| WABE | $424 |
| WSHU | $370 |
| CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM | $350 |
| CONNECTICUT FOODSHARES | $280 |
| ACLU | $250 |
| WSKG | $240 |
| NORTHEAST HUMANE GA SOCIETY | $218 |
| Individual grant recipient | $210 |
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 (FY17–24, $900) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +51% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 11 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, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Cornell University7× · 2019–2025 · $5k · revenue +50%
Feeding America7× · 2019–2025 · $4k · revenue +77%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $4k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- LALAKEVIEW ACADEMY CENTERone grant, 2017 · $2k
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $700 · revenue +40%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $600
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 american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
Usp's mission is to improve global health through public standards and related programs that help ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods.
Gsa serves an international community of scientists who use genetics to make new discoveries and improve lives. we advance biological research by supporting professional development of scientists, by communicating advances and fostering…
We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.
2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…
To enhance both the global competitiveness of u.s. business and the u.s. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
The mission of the american college of physicians (acp), www. acponline.org, is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. acp was founded in 1915 to…
Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…
How this is measured
34 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. 34 of the 115 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 Cornell University ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds GAINESVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL INC AKA LAKEVIEW ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED ↗
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: AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Gene & Ros Gans Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gene & Ros Gans Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
- Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
- Rowayton Arts Center: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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